The Greatest Crime Books Since 2000
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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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1010 | Fingersmith | Sarah Waters | 2002 | British | English | |
| 1390 | A Brief History of Seven Killings | Marlon James | 2014 | Jamaican | English | |
| 2188 | No Country for Old Men | Cormac McCarthy | 2005 | American | English | |
| 2189 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Stieg Larsson | 2005 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 3227 | Millennium Trilogy | Stieg Larsson | 2005 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 3318 | Shantaram | Gregory David Roberts | 2003 | Australian | English | |
| 3389 | Death Of A Red Heroine | Qiu Xiaolong | 2000 | Chinese | English | |
| 3609 | Winter's Bone | Daniel Woodrell | 2006 | American | English | |
| 3926 | In The Woods | Tana French | 2007 | Irish | English | |
| 4149 | The Devotion Of Suspect X | Keigo Higashino | 2005 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 4290 | Mystic River | Dennis Lehane | 2001 | American | English | |
| 4753 | Angels And Demons | Dan Brown | 2000 | American | English | |
| 4766 | The Yiddish Policemen's Union | Michael Chabon | 2007 | American | English | |
| 4813 | Dreamland | Sam Quinones | 2015 | American | English | |
| 4941 | Ghettoside | Jill Leovy | 2015 | American | English | |
| 5465 | Child 44 | Tom Rob Smith | 2008 | Russian | English | |
| 5601 | Jar City | Arnaldur Indriðason | 2000 | Icelandic | Icelandic | |
| 5660 | Bluebird, Bluebird | Attica Locke | 2017 | American | English | |
| 5685 | The Constant Gardener | John le Carré | 2001 | British | English | |
| 5692 | Night Boat To Tangier | Kevin Barry | 2019 | Irish | English | |
| 5948 | Inherent Vice | Thomas Pynchon | 2009 | American | English | |
| 6079 | The Power Of The Dog | Don Winslow | 2005 | American | English | |
| 6082 | Dissolution | C. J. Sansom | 2003 | British | English | |
| 6083 | My Sister, The Serial Killer | Oyinkan Braithwaite | 2018 | Nigerian | English | |
| 6136 | The Queen Of The South | Arturo Pérez-Reverte | 2002 | Spanish | Spanish | |
| 6306 | The Lost Symbol | Dan Brown | 2009 | American | English | |
| 6438 | The Snowman | Jo Nesbø | 2007 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 6582 | Hardball | Sara Paretsky | 2009 | American | English | |
| 6661 | You | Caroline Kepnes | 2014 | American | English | |
| 6681 | Blacktop Wasteland | S. A. Cosby | 2020 | American | English | |
| 6898 | A City Possessed | Lynley Hood | 2001 | New Zealand | English | |
| 7000 | The Gray Man | Mark Greaney | 2009 | American | English | |
| 7021 | The Girl On The Train | Paula Hawkins | 2015 | British | English | |
| 7075 | The Glorious Heresies | Lisa McInerney | 2015 | Irish | English | |
| 7127 | Blanche Passes Go | Barbara Neely | 2000 | American | English | |
| 7127 | The Redbreast | Jo Nesbø | 2000 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 7137 | Bury Your Dead | Louise Penny | 2010 | Canadian | English | |
| 7137 | The Plotters | Un-su Kim | 2010 | Korean | Korean | |
| 7158 | The Wager | David Grann | 2023 | American | English | |
| 7179 | The Blue Tango | Eoin McNamee | 2001 | Irish | English | |
| 7193 | Jasper Jones | Craig Silvey | 2009 | Australian | English | |
| 7203 | The Surgeon | Tess Gerritsen | 2001 | American | English | |
| 7211 | Boy Swallows Universe | Trent Dalton | 2018 | Australian | English | |
| 7740 | The Ice Princess | Camilla Läckberg | 2003 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 7778 | The Cold Moon | Jeffrey Deaver | 2006 | American | English | |
| 7880 | 13 Hours | Deon Meyer | 2008 | South African | Afrikaans | |
| 7908 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Michael Connelly | 2005 | American | English | |
| 7919 | Mr. Mercedes | Stephen King | 2014 | American | English | |
| 7921 | Small Mercies | Dennis Lehane | 2023 | American | English | |
| 7948 | George & Rue | George Elliott Clarke | 2005 | Canadian | English | |
| 7997 | Magpie Murders | Anthony Horowitz | 2016 | British | English | |
| 8161 | The Girl Who Played With Fire | Stieg Larsson | 2006 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 8183 | Blacklands | Belinda Bauer | 2010 | British | English | |
| 8238 | Nineteen Seventy Seven | David Peace | 2000 | British | English | |
| 8303 | The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec | Fred Vargas | 2011 | French | French | |
| 8313 | The Bottoms | Joe R. Lansdale | 2000 | American | English | |
| 8313 | Last Seen In Massilia | Steven Saylor | 2000 | American | English | |
| 8324 | Lush Life | Richard Price | 2008 | American | English | |
| 8440 | Faithful Place | Tana French | 2010 | Irish | English | |
| 8464 | Griftopia | Matt Taibbi | 2010 | American | English | |
| 8464 | The Poisoner's Handbook | Deborah Blum | 2010 | American | English | |
| 8488 | The Dry | Jane Harper | 2016 | Australian | English | |
| 8503 | The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest | Stieg Larsson | 2007 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 8508 | The Broken Shore | Peter Temple | 2005 | Australian | English | |
| 8527 | Sanctum | Denise Mina | 2002 | Scottish | English | |
| 8548 | The Hunter | Kerrigan Byrne | 2016 | Unknown | English | |
| 8557 | A Thread Of Violence | Mark O'Connell | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 8558 | Under The Banner Of Heaven | Jon Krakauer | 2003 | American | English | |
| 8601 | A Fever In The Heartland | Timothy Egan | 2023 | American | English | |
| 8665 | Liliana's Invincible Summer | Cristina Rivera Garza | 2023 | Mexican | Spanish | |
| 8695 | Too Much Lip | Melissa Lucashenko | 2018 | Australian | English | |
| 8699 | Silence Of The Grave | Arnaldur Indriðason | 2003 | Icelandic | Icelandic | |
| 8699 | Blacklist | Sara Paretsky | 2003 | American | English | |
| 8722 | King Of Ashes | S. A. Cosby | 2025 | Unknown | English | |
| 8743 | All The Sinners Bleed | S. A. Cosby | 2023 | American | English | |
| 8880 | Hard Revolution | George P. Pelecanos | 2004 | American | English | |
| 8968 | The Shack | William P. Young | 2007 | American | English | |
| 8978 | Crook Manifesto | Colson Whitehead | 2023 | American | English | |
| 8999 | The Emperor Of Ocean Park | Stephen L. Carter | 2002 | American | English | |
| 9005 | August Heat | Andrea Camilleri | 2006 | Italian | Italian | |
| 9005 | Little Face | Sophie Hannah | 2006 | British | English | |
| 9028 | The Hunter | Tana French | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 9040 | All The Colours Of The Dark | Chris Whitaker | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 9096 | Eifel Liebe | Jacques Berndorf | 2003 | German | German | |
| 9104 | The Art Thief | Michael Finkel | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 9139 | Bangkok 8 | John Burdett | 2003 | British | English | |
| 9149 | Mercy | Jussi Adler-Olsen | 2007 | Danish | Danish | |
| 9162 | The Betrayer | Michael Hennessey | 2003 | Canadian | English | |
| 9257 | The Great Swindle | Pierre Lemaitre | 2013 | French | French | |
| 9301 | Bleeding Heart Square | Andrew Taylor | 2008 | British | English | |
| 9312 | White Man Falling | Mike Stocks | 2006 | British | English | |
| 9349 | Eileen | Ottessa Moshfegh | 2015 | American | English | |
| 9363 | Night Watch | Terry Pratchett | 2002 | British | English | |
| 9529 | Snakeskin Shamisen | Naomi Hirahara | 2006 | Japanese | English | |
| 9531 | City Of Veils | Zoë Ferraris | 2009 | Saudi Arabian | English | |
| 9531 | Black Water Rising | Attica Locke | 2009 | American | English | |
| 9611 | The Tin Roof Blowdown | James Lee Burke | 2007 | American | English | |
| 9611 | A Quiet Belief In Angels | R. J. Ellory | 2007 | British | English | |
| 9611 | Exit Music | Ian Rankin | 2007 | British | English | |
| 9626 | Queenpin | Megan Abbott | 2007 | American | English | |
| 9652 | The Dinner | Herman Koch | 2009 | Dutch | Dutch | |
| 9670 | Frozen Moment | Camilla Ceder | 2010 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 9670 | Blue Lightning | Ann Cleeves | 2010 | British | English | |
| 9670 | Strange Shores | Arnaldur Indriðason | 2010 | Icelandic | Icelandic | |
| 9670 | Heartstone | C. J. Sansom | 2010 | British | English | |
| 9694 | When Red Is Black | Qiu Xiaolong | 2004 | Chinese | English | |
| 9730 | The Hard Way | Lee Child | 2006 | British | English | |
| 9739 | Crime | Ferdinand Von Schirach | 2009 | German | German | |
| 9781 | Partners In Crime | Alisha Rai | 2022 | Unknown | English | |
| 9821 | Alex | Pierre Lemaitre | 2011 | French | French | |
| 9821 | The Frozen Dead | Bernard Minier | 2011 | French | French | |
| 9821 | The Collini Case | Ferdinand Von Schirach | 2011 | German | German | |
| 9855 | Wife Of The Gods | Kwei Quartey | 2009 | Ghanaian | English | |
| 9912 | Miracle Creek | Angie Kim | 2019 | American | English | |
| 9912 | Your House Will Pay | Steph Cha | 2019 | American | English | |
| 9961 | Prairie Gothic | J. M. Hayes | 2003 | American | English | |
| 10033 | Death Takes Me | Cristina Rivera Garza | 2007 | Mexican | English | |
| 10053 | Diablo Guardián | Xavier Velasco | 2003 | Mexican | Spanish | |
| 10098 | A Flower Traveled In My Blood | Haley Cohen Gilliland | 2025 | Unknown | English | |
| 10109 | Tokyo Year Zero | David Peace | 2007 | British | English |