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
8722 King Of Ashes S. A. Cosby 2025 Unknown English
10098 A Flower Traveled In My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland 2025 Unknown English
10295 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10626 Fair Play Louise Hegarty 2025 Unknown English
10691 The Tragedy Of True Crime John J. Lennon 2025 Unknown English
11244 The Peepshow Kate Summerscale 2025 Unknown English
12124 The Zorg Siddharth Kara 2025 Unknown English
12164 Little Bosses Everywhere Bridget Read 2025 Unknown English
12209 Girls Play Dead Jen Percy 2025 American English
12233 The Killing Fields Of East New York Stacy Horn 2025 American English
12288 The Librarians Sherry Thomas 2025 American English
12295 The Payback Kashana Cauley 2025 American English
12427 The Good Liar Denise Mina 2025 Scottish English
12429 Born In Flames Bench Ansfield 2025 Unknown English
12458 Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz 2025 British English
12459 This Book Will Bury Me Ashley Winstead 2025 Unknown English
12461 The Inheritance Trisha Sakhlecha 2025 Unknown English
12462 El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott 2025 Unknown English
12467 The Note Alafair Burke 2025 American English
12497 No More Tears Gardiner Harris 2025 American English
12501 The Savage, Noble Death Of Babs Dionne Ron Currie Jr. 2025 American English
12547 Picks And Shovels Cory Doctorow 2025 Canadian English
12559 The Stalker Paula Bomer 2025 American English
12629 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman 2025 British English
12678 The Secret History Of The Rape Kit Pagan Kennedy 2025 American English
12749 The Naming Of The Birds Paraic O'Donnell 2025 Irish English
12786 The Jailhouse Lawyer Calvin Duncan, Sophie Cull 2025 Unknown English
12790 The True Happiness Company Veena Dinavahi 2025 Unknown English
12801 Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen 2025 Unknown English
12816 The Fort Bragg Cartel Seth Harp 2025 American English
12860 The Doorman Chris Pavone 2025 American English
12865 Hollow Spaces Victor Suthammanont 2025 Unknown English
12904 Sister, Sinner Claire Hoffman 2025 American English
12912 Bone Valley Gilbert King 2025 American English
12923 They Poisoned The World Mariah Blake 2025 American English
12948 The Gossip Columnist's Daughter Peter Orner 2025 American English
12979 The Dentist Tim Sullivan 2025 British Unknown
12995 Dead Money Jakob Kerr 2025 Unknown English
13029 The Illegals Shaun Walker 2025 British English
13055 Fog And Fury Rachel Howzell Hall 2025 American English
13061 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13068 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
13072 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13083 Shadow Cell Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante 2025 American English
13088 American Scare Robert W. Fieseler 2025 American English
13104 The Right Of The People Osita Nwanevu 2025 American English
13113 The Next One Is For You Ali Watkins 2025 American English
13139 The Bureau Eoin McNamee 2025 Irish English
17120 Rytual Chloe Wilson 2025 Unknown Unknown