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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17131 | I Will Find You | Harlan Coben | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Catch Me | Lisa Gardner | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Love You More | Lisa Gardner | 2011 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Live To Tell | Lisa Gardner | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Neighbor | Lisa Gardner | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Hide | Lisa Gardner | 2007 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Alone | Lisa Gardner | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Billy Summers | Stephen King | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Des Nœuds D'acier | Sandrine Collette | 2013 | French | French | |
| 17131 | Ragdoll | Daniel Cole | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17131 | 1991 | Franck Thilliez | 2021 | French | French | |
| 17131 | The Godmother | Hannelore Cayre | 2017 | French | French | |
| 17131 | L'ange Gardien | Jérôme Leroy | 2014 | French | French | |
| 17131 | Prendre Des Loups Pour Des Chiens | Hervé Le Corre | 2017 | French | French | |
| 17131 | Marseille 73 | Dominique Manotti | 2020 | French | French | |
| 17131 | Versus | Antoine Chainas | 2008 | French | French | |
| 17131 | Romanzo Criminale | Giancarlo De Cataldo | 2002 | Italian | Italian | |
| 17131 | Murder On The Eiffel Tower | Claude Izner | 2003 | French | French | |
| 17131 | Mock | Marek Krajewski | 2013 | Polish | Polish | |
| 17131 | Babylon Berlin | Volker Kutscher | 2008 | German | German | |
| 17131 | Hooligan | Philipp Winkler | 2016 | German | German | |
| 17131 | Give Unto Others | Donna Leon | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Uniform Justice | Donna Leon | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Where They Last Saw Her | Marcie R. Rendon | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17131 | Death At The Sign Of The Rook | Kate Atkinson | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17131 | Bright Young Women | Jessica Knoll | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Harlem Shuffle | Colson Whitehead | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Secret Place | Tana French | 2014 | Irish | English | |
| 17131 | The Wych Elm | Tana French | 2018 | Irish | English | |
| 17131 | The Searcher | Tana French | 2020 | Irish | English | |
| 17131 | Broken Harbor | Tana French | 2012 | Irish | English | |
| 17131 | The Boy | Tami Hoag | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Bad Luck And Trouble | Lee Child | 2007 | British | English | |
| 17131 | Memory Man | David Baldacci | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Babysitter | Joyce Carol Oates | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Fool Moon | Jim Butcher | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Galveston | Nic Pizzolatto | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17131 | My Friend Dahmer | Derf Backderf | 2012 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Black River | Nilanjana S. Roy | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Mysterious Case Of The Alperton Angels | Janice Hallett | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17131 | Victim | Andrew Boryga | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | We Solve Murders | Richard Osman | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17131 | Rat City | Jon Adams, Edmund Ramsden | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Murder Of Mr. Ma | John Shen Yen Nee, SJ Rozan | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Murderess | Laurie Notaro | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | A Case Of Matricide | Graeme Macrae Burnet | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17131 | White City | Dominic Nolan | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Death In The Air | Ram Murali | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Collaborators | Michael Idov | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Moonflower Murders | Anthony Horowitz | 2020 | British | English | |
| 17131 | Hell And Back | Craig Johnson | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Lincoln's Last Trial | Dan Abrams | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Iq | Joe Ide | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Death Comes To Pemberley | P. D. James | 2011 | British | English | |
| 17131 | The Murder Room | P. D. James | 2003 | British | English | |
| 17131 | The Siege | Ben Macintyre | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Cracked Mirror | Chris Brookmyre | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17131 | Deep Water | James D. Bradley | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Wolf At The Table | Adam Rapp | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | House Of Glass | Sarah Pekkanen | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Guide Me Home | Attica Locke | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Return Of Ellie Black | Emiko Jean | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Inside Crime | Colin Hynson | 2007 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Dinner For Vampires | Bethany Joy Lenz | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Skinny Dip | Carl Hiaasen | 2004 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Cherrywood | Jock Serong | 2024 | Australian | English | |
| 17131 | Map Of Bones | James Rollins | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Show Me The Bodies | Peter Apps | 2022 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | A Very British Killing | Andrew Williams | 2012 | British | English | |
| 17131 | 419 | Will Ferguson | 2012 | Canadian | English | |
| 17131 | Forty Words For Sorrow | Giles Blunt | 2000 | Canadian | English | |
| 17131 | The Bishop's Man | Linden MacIntyre | 2009 | Canadian | English | |
| 17131 | Slow Horses | Mick Herron | 2010 | British | English | |
| 17131 | Notes On An Execution | Danya Kukafka | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Von Hier Bis Zum Anfang | Chris Whitaker | 2021 | British | English | |
| 17131 | The Turnout | Megan Abbott | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Our Kind Of Traitor | John le Carré | 2010 | British | English | |
| 17131 | The Chain | Adrian McKinty | 2019 | Irish | English | |
| 17131 | The Cartel | Don Winslow | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Lazarus Man | Richard Price | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Broiler | Eli Cranor | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Last Kilo | T.J. English | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | A Devil Went Down To Georgia | Deb Miller Landau | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Age Of Vice | Deepti Kapoor | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Old Sleuth, The Detective | Harlan Page Halsey | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Expressman And The Detective | Allan Pinkerton | 2004 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Lone Wolf | Louis Joseph Vance | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Cuckooland | Tom Burgis | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Bangalore Detectives Club | Harini Nagendra | 2022 | Indian | English | |
| 17131 | Who Killed Bambi? | Monika Fagerholm | 2019 | Finnish | Swedish | |
| 17131 | The Naturals | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Bad Blood | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2016 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Bird Tribunal | Agnes Ravatn | 2013 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17131 | Smaller And Smaller Circles | FH Batacan | 2002 | Philippine | English | |
| 17131 | Killer Instinct | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Dead Street | Mickey Spillane | 2007 | American | English | |
| 17131 | End Games | Michael Dibdin | 2007 | British | English | |
| 17131 | The Kills | Patrick House | 2013 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Devil House | John Darnielle | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Bad Monkey | Carl Hiaasen | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Short Drop | Matthew FitzSimmons | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17131 | By The Fire We Carry | Rebecca Nagle | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Fourth Man | Robert Baer | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Abstainer | Ian McGuire | 2020 | British | English | |
| 17131 | My Murder | Katie Williams | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Stolen Coast | Dwyer Murphy | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Fear Is Just A Word | Azam Ahmed | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Brooklyn Crime Novel | Jonathan Lethem | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Anansi’s Gold | Yepoka Yeebo | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Art Thief | Michael Finkel | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Small Mercies | Dennis Lehane | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Vengeance Is Mine | Marie NDiaye | 2021 | French | English | |
| 17131 | Fixit | Joe Ide | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Kind Worth Saving | Peter Swanson | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17131 | The Murder Of Mr. Wickham | Claudia Gray | 2022 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | The Lock Up | John Banville | 2023 | Irish | English | |
| 17131 | My Men | Victoria Kielland | 2023 | Unknown | Norwegian | |
| 17131 | Prom Mom | Laura Lippman | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17131 | Confidence | Rafael Frumkin | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17131 | Up With The Sun | Thomas Mallon | 2023 | American | English |