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
5694 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
6085 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
7212 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7922 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
8560 A Thread Of Violence Mark O'Connell 2023 Unknown English
8604 A Fever In The Heartland Timothy Egan 2023 American English
8668 Liliana's Invincible Summer Cristina Rivera Garza 2023 Mexican Spanish
8698 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8725 King Of Ashes S. A. Cosby 2025 Unknown English
8747 All The Sinners Bleed S. A. Cosby 2023 American English
8981 Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead 2023 American English
9031 The Hunter Tana French 2024 Irish English
9043 All The Colours Of The Dark Chris Whitaker 2024 Unknown English
9107 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9785 Partners In Crime Alisha Rai 2022 Unknown English
9916 Miracle Creek Angie Kim 2019 American English
9916 Your House Will Pay Steph Cha 2019 American English
10103 A Flower Traveled In My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland 2025 Unknown English
10227 I Have Some Questions For You Rebecca Makkai 2023 American English
10229 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
10299 Murderland Caroline Fraser 2025 Unknown English
10584 Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista 2023 Unknown English
10601 Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley 2021 American English
10631 Fair Play Louise Hegarty 2025 Unknown English
10685 Unscripted James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams 2023 Unknown English
10696 The Tragedy Of True Crime John J. Lennon 2025 Unknown English
10896 Lola In The Mirror Trent Dalton 2023 Australian English
11077 The Lost Man Jane Harper 2018 Australian English
11077 London Rules Mick Herron 2018 British English
11077 Smoke And Ashes Abir Mukherjee 2018 British English
11135 The Widows Of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey 2018 American English
11232 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11249 The Peepshow Kate Summerscale 2025 Unknown English
11299 No Way Out Cara Hunter 2019 British English
11299 The Border Don Winslow 2019 American English
11358 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11419 Winter Counts David Heska Wanbli Weiden 2020 American English
11524 Dial A For Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021 Indonesian English
11663 Macbeth Jo Nesbø 2018 Norwegian English
11663 Cherry Nico Walker 2018 American English
11663 Only To Sleep Lawrence Osborne 2018 British English
11663 The Witch Elm Tana French 2018 Irish English
11941 G Man Beverly Gage 2022 American English
12050 Survivor’s Guilt Robyn Gigl 2023 American 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
12601 The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek 2024 French French
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
14006 The Five Hallie Rubenhold 2019 British English
14232 Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 American English
14324 All The Devils Are Here Louise Penny 2020 Canadian English
14484 The Beauty Defense Laura James 2019 Unknown English
14542 The Unusual Suspect Ben Machell 2020 British English
14589 Fuzz Mary Roach 2021 American English
14589 The Babysitter Liza Rodman, Jennifer Jordan 2021 Unknown English
14589 Couple Found Slain Mikita Brottman 2021 Unknown English
14589 Last Call Elon Green 2021 Unknown English
14589 Confident Women Tori Telfer 2021 Unknown English
14589 The Good Girls Sonia Faleiro 2021 Indian English
14589 The Rope Alex Tresniowski 2021 Unknown English
14589 Two Truths And A Lie Ellen McGarrahan 2021 Unknown English
14675 Lay Them To Rest Laurah Norton 2023 Unknown English
14833 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 2018 American English
14985 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14985 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14985 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14985 Holly Stephen King 2023 American English
14985 The Reappearance Of Rachel Price Holly Jackson 2024 Unknown English
14985 Middle Of The Night Riley Sager 2024 American English
14985 We Were Once A Family Roxanna Asgarian 2023 Unknown English
15567 A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin 2020 British English
15567 The Last Trial Scott Turow 2020 American English
15567 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15686 The Whitewashed Tombs Kwei Quartey 2023 Ghanaian English
17164 The Woman In The Window A. J. Finn 2018 American English
17164 The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu Tom Lin 2021 American English
17164 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17164 The Last Widow Karin Slaughter 2019 American English
17164 Book Of Night Holly Black 2022 American English