The Greatest Crime Books of 2025

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
8724 King Of Ashes S. A. Cosby 2025 Unknown English
10103 A Flower Traveled In My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland 2025 Unknown English
10299 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10631 Fair Play Louise Hegarty 2025 Unknown English
10696 The Tragedy Of True Crime John J. Lennon 2025 Unknown English
11249 The Peepshow Kate Summerscale 2025 Unknown English
12125 The Zorg Siddharth Kara 2025 Unknown English
12165 Little Bosses Everywhere Bridget Read 2025 Unknown English
12210 Girls Play Dead Jen Percy 2025 American English
12234 The Killing Fields Of East New York Stacy Horn 2025 American English
12289 The Librarians Sherry Thomas 2025 American English
12296 The Payback Kashana Cauley 2025 American English
12429 The Good Liar Denise Mina 2025 Scottish English
12431 Born In Flames Bench Ansfield 2025 Unknown English
12460 Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz 2025 British English
12461 This Book Will Bury Me Ashley Winstead 2025 Unknown English
12463 The Inheritance Trisha Sakhlecha 2025 Unknown English
12464 El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott 2025 Unknown English
12469 The Note Alafair Burke 2025 American English
12499 No More Tears Gardiner Harris 2025 American English
12503 The Savage, Noble Death Of Babs Dionne Ron Currie Jr. 2025 American English
12549 Picks And Shovels Cory Doctorow 2025 Canadian English
12561 The Stalker Paula Bomer 2025 American English
12631 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman 2025 British English
12680 The Secret History Of The Rape Kit Pagan Kennedy 2025 American English
12751 The Naming Of The Birds Paraic O'Donnell 2025 Irish English
12788 The Jailhouse Lawyer Calvin Duncan, Sophie Cull 2025 Unknown English
12792 The True Happiness Company Veena Dinavahi 2025 Unknown English
12803 Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen 2025 Unknown English
12818 The Fort Bragg Cartel Seth Harp 2025 American English
12862 The Doorman Chris Pavone 2025 American English
12867 Hollow Spaces Victor Suthammanont 2025 Unknown English
12906 Sister, Sinner Claire Hoffman 2025 American English
12914 Bone Valley Gilbert King 2025 American English
12926 They Poisoned The World Mariah Blake 2025 American English
12951 The Gossip Columnist's Daughter Peter Orner 2025 American English
12982 The Dentist Tim Sullivan 2025 British Unknown
12998 Dead Money Jakob Kerr 2025 Unknown English
13032 The Illegals Shaun Walker 2025 British English
13058 Fog And Fury Rachel Howzell Hall 2025 American English
13064 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13071 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
13075 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13086 Shadow Cell Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante 2025 American English
13091 American Scare Robert W. Fieseler 2025 American English
13107 The Right Of The People Osita Nwanevu 2025 American English
13116 The Next One Is For You Ali Watkins 2025 American English
13142 The Bureau Eoin McNamee 2025 Irish English
17163 Rytual Chloe Wilson 2025 Unknown Unknown