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The 80 Most Popular New Mysteries on Goodreads
Say, are you looking for the most popular mystery novels of the past three years? Eighty of them? In order? We have a most extraordinary coincidence to report.
We’ve gathered below the most popular new mysteries and thrillers in recent circulation, as determined by what your fellow Goodreaders have both recommended and added to their shelves. The books here are ranked with the most popular on top, and each has an overall average rating of 3.5 stars or better. Usually better.
There’s something here for everyone: We’ve got your cozy mysteries, your domestic thrillers, your cold cases, your heist stories. You’ll find familiar names and genre aces: for instance, Parini Shrof, Tana French, Peng Shepherd, and some guy named King.
Check out the list below, add anything interesting you spot to your Want to Read shelf, and feel free to register your delight and/or disagreement in the comments section below. But play nice! Be the comments section you wish to see in the world.
Top 80 New Mystery Novels
What's your favorite mystery published in the past three years? Let us know in the comments below!
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This is a great list, found a lot of my favourites here and some are definitely going in my tbr.
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Thank you, this is my fav genre. Now i have to read all of these
My TBR is groaning after this list! Thanks - it was super helpful!
Great list! I've read a good number and have some on my TBR.
“Augusta Hawke” by Malliet is my favorite book over the last three years. I enjoy humorous mysteries.
if anyone has any strong recommendations do reply in the comments😊
Look at all those books that look exactly the same.
Little Secrets was such a great and unexpected read! Don't let the cover fool you! I freaking loved it!!!!
I mean, the fact that there's not a single Agatha Christie book on this list...
Not a lot of diversity on this list is there? Disappointing.
I have read 35 of these. I'll check out the others eventually.
Wendy wrote: "Not a lot of diversity on this list is there? Disappointing."??
Paulina wrote: "Little Secrets was such a great and unexpected read! Don't let the cover fool you! I freaking loved it!!!!"I wanna read it now!!!
How are these considered “new” mysteries? I’ve heard of all of them and read 80% of them!
Michelina wrote: "How are these considered “new” mysteries? I’ve heard of all of them and read 80% of them!"First paragraph says its the most popular books in the last 3 years.
Pierre wrote: "I mean, the fact that there's not a single Agatha Christie book on this list..."Books from the past 3 years.
Claire Douglas needs to be on this list! Her newest title, 'The Girls Who Disappeared' (Sept 2022) HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT!
"But play nice! Be the comments section you wish to see in the world." Love this, but also sad that it has to be said. Great list, btw!
Excellent list! I see that I have read 24 of the books on this list! I just went through and added 3 to my Libby app (audio) and I have 4 physical copies! Will be working my way through this list for sure!
Amanda wrote: "Excellent list! I see that I have read 24 of the books on this list! I just went through and added 3 to my Libby app (audio) and I have 4 physical copies! Will be working my way through this list f..."You beat me - I've read 23! :)
I've read 31 of these books :)) mystery and thriller is most definitely my favorite genre. 20 are on my tbr out of the ones's I've read the following I rlly liked :)
wayne wrote: "if anyone has any strong recommendations do reply in the comments😊"State of Terror was AMAZING for me! It's a political drama but the plot and characters take you on such a ride - I absolutely loved it!
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howars is missing here. After the Silence, Louise O’Neill as well. Both books were shortlisted for Best Crime Fiction by an post Irish Book Awards.
Good list to save for later. I've read 27 and gave 5 stars to all except one. Some of my favorites are missing, but they couldn't list all of everybody's favorites, could they?
Pierre wrote: "I mean, the fact that there's not a single Agatha Christie book on this list..."Erm... that's because Agatha Christie hasn't published a book within the last 3 years... (that's the criteria for this list btw)
Wendy wrote: "Not a lot of diversity on this list is there? Disappointing."There's a list at the bottom specifically for mysteries by authors of colour.
Scott wrote: "Look at all those books that look exactly the same."like every other genre then eh?
Terrific choices! Have read quite a few of them.
So many great reads on this list. I’ve read quite a few and my 5 star books are:
Check out: BEST WHEN SERVED COLD, by D.A. Dawson
wayne wrote: "if anyone has any strong recommendations do reply in the comments😊"I really loved 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. There were some sci-fi elements which made guessing what was happening unpredictable.
Why do you call this list “new”? It is very misleading. You repeat the same books time and again and I’m looking for NEW books. Please be more selective and only feature NEW books. When you read as much as I do, it’s too much to keep sorting through the same books over and over.
Rimsha wrote: "a much needed list"Literally!! I needed new ones too
So many of these are on my TBR list already!! I need to get to work!
T.HiggsReviews wrote: "Scott wrote: "Look at all those books that look exactly the same."like every other genre then eh?"
Quite.
We are living in the age of the death of cover art.
wayne wrote: "if anyone has any strong recommendations do reply in the comments😊"Little secrets, Every last fear, home before dark, the wife upstairs, and a flicker in the dark were all AMAZING!!
Disliked the it girl.
This list would be far more useful if we could click into just the subgenre we want. Having me have to check each book to figure out its subgenre doesn't help me find new books. it pisses me off and I leave the website. I at first thought the links in the description naming the subgenres would take us to such a list but nope, it only takes us to one book.I notice that the same thing has been happening on Amazon, which owns GoodReads. Most of the time it only indicates "mystery" and I've found books listed as "cozy mystery" that definitely aren't. That's how I ended up very unhappy with the latest "cozy mystery" recommended, which ended up being a badly written mashup of general mystery and police procedural.
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me-William Landay
Paulina wrote: "Little Secrets was such a great and unexpected read! Don't let the cover fool you! I freaking loved it!!!!"I enjoyed it too! As well as, "Things We Do in the Dark" and "Jar of Hearts."
Deb wrote: "So many great reads on this list. I’ve read quite a few and my 5 star books are: [bookcover:When the Stars Go Dark|548..."Love, love, love, anything Lisa Unger!!
Definitely the Thursday Murder Club series! I ranked several of these pretty low - just because something is popular doesn’t always mean it’s good.
