The Greatest Crime Books Since 2018

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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
5693 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
6084 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6681 Blacktop Wasteland S. A. Cosby 2020 American English
7158 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
7211 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7921 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
8558 A Thread Of Violence Mark O'Connell 2023 Unknown English
8602 A Fever In The Heartland Timothy Egan 2023 American English
8666 Liliana's Invincible Summer Cristina Rivera Garza 2023 Mexican Spanish
8696 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8723 King Of Ashes S. A. Cosby 2025 Unknown English
8744 All The Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby 2023 American English
8979 Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead 2023 American English
9029 The Hunter Tana French 2024 Irish English
9041 All The Colours Of The Dark Chris Whitaker 2024 Unknown English
9105 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9781 Partners In Crime Alisha Rai 2022 Unknown English
9912 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
9912 Your House Will Pay Steph Cha 2019 American English
10098 A Flower Traveled In My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland 2025 Unknown English
10222 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
10224 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
10295 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10581 Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista 2023 Unknown English
10598 Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley 2021 American English
10627 Fair Play Louise Hegarty 2025 Unknown English
10681 Unscripted James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams 2023 Unknown English
10692 The Tragedy Of True Crime John J. Lennon 2025 Unknown English
10892 Lola In The Mirror Trent Dalton 2023 Australian English
11073 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11073 London Rules Mick Herron 2018 British English
11073 Smoke And Ashes Abir Mukherjee 2018 British English
11131 The Widows Of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey 2018 American English
11228 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11245 The Peepshow Kate Summerscale 2025 Unknown English
11295 No Way Out Cara Hunter 2019 British English
11295 The Border Don Winslow 2019 American English
11354 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11416 Winter Counts David Heska Wanbli Weiden 2020 American English
11522 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11661 Macbeth Jo Nesbø 2018 Norwegian English
11661 Cherry Nico Walker 2018 American English
11661 Only To Sleep Lawrence Osborne 2018 British English
11661 The Witch Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
11939 G Man Beverly Gage 2022 American English
12048 Survivor’s Guilt Robyn Gigl 2023 American 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
12428 The Good Liar Denise Mina 2025 Scottish English
12430 Born In Flames Bench Ansfield 2025 Unknown English
12459 Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz 2025 British English
12460 This Book Will Bury Me Ashley Winstead 2025 Unknown English
12462 The Inheritance Trisha Sakhlecha 2025 Unknown English
12463 El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott 2025 Unknown English
12468 The Note Alafair Burke 2025 American English
12498 No More Tears Gardiner Harris 2025 American English
12502 The Savage, Noble Death Of Babs Dionne Ron Currie Jr. 2025 American English
12548 Picks And Shovels Cory Doctorow 2025 Canadian English
12560 The Stalker Paula Bomer 2025 American English
12600 The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek 2024 French French
12630 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman 2025 British English
12679 The Secret History Of The Rape Kit Pagan Kennedy 2025 American English
12750 The Naming Of The Birds Paraic O'Donnell 2025 Irish English
12787 The Jailhouse Lawyer Calvin Duncan, Sophie Cull 2025 Unknown English
12791 The True Happiness Company Veena Dinavahi 2025 Unknown English
12802 Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen 2025 Unknown English
12817 The Fort Bragg Cartel Seth Harp 2025 American English
12861 The Doorman Chris Pavone 2025 American English
12866 Hollow Spaces Victor Suthammanont 2025 Unknown English
12905 Sister, Sinner Claire Hoffman 2025 American English
12913 Bone Valley Gilbert King 2025 American English
12924 They Poisoned The World Mariah Blake 2025 American English
12949 The Gossip Columnist's Daughter Peter Orner 2025 American English
12980 The Dentist Tim Sullivan 2025 British Unknown
12996 Dead Money Jakob Kerr 2025 Unknown English
13030 The Illegals Shaun Walker 2025 British English
13056 Fog And Fury Rachel Howzell Hall 2025 American English
13062 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13069 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
13073 The Dark Maestro Brendan Slocumb 2025 American English
13084 Shadow Cell Andrew Bustamante, Jihi Bustamante 2025 American English
13089 American Scare Robert W. Fieseler 2025 American English
13105 The Right Of The People Osita Nwanevu 2025 American English
13114 The Next One Is For You Ali Watkins 2025 American English
13140 The Bureau Eoin McNamee 2025 Irish English
14006 The Five Hallie Rubenhold 2019 British English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14323 All The Devils Are Here Louise Penny 2020 Canadian English
14483 The Beauty Defense Laura James 2019 Unknown English
14541 The Unusual Suspect Ben Machell 2020 British English
14588 Fuzz Mary Roach 2021 American English
14588 The Babysitter Liza Rodman, Jennifer Jordan 2021 Unknown English
14588 Couple Found Slain Mikita Brottman 2021 Unknown English
14588 Last Call Elon Green 2021 Unknown English
14588 Confident Women Tori Telfer 2021 Unknown English
14588 The Good Girls Sonia Faleiro 2021 Indian English
14588 The Rope Alex Tresniowski 2021 Unknown English
14588 Two Truths And A Lie Ellen McGarrahan 2021 Unknown English
14674 Lay Them To Rest Laurah Norton 2023 Unknown English
14831 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 2018 American English
14984 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14984 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14984 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14984 Holly Stephen King 2023 American English
14984 The Reappearance Of Rachel Price Holly Jackson 2024 Unknown English
14984 Middle Of The Night Riley Sager 2024 American English
14984 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15563 A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin 2020 British English
15563 The Last Trial Scott Turow 2020 American English
15563 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15682 The Whitewashed Tombs Kwei Quartey 2023 Ghanaian English
17130 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
17130 The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu Tom Lin 2021 American English
17130 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17130 The Last Widow Karin Slaughter 2019 American English
17130 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English