A Virginia crime family that operates out of a small-town
crematorium. A new housemate who brings with her a curious
graveyard smell. Two mysterious men who aren’t who they say they are—who might not even be
two men at all.
Those are just a few of the story hooks on offer from books publishing this summer—an especially busy one for mysteries and thrillers.
To help with your summertime reading schedule, we’ve dug deep into the stacks to sort out 72 of the summer’s most popular mystery-thrillers, according to readers’
Want to Read shelves. These are the books that have caught the collective eye of Goodreads regulars.
The books are sorted by U.S. publication month from May to the end of August. You’ll find many of the usual suspects (
Carl Hiaasen,
Ruth Ware,
Riley Sager) plus a generous assortment of subgenre types (the
cozy mystery, the
private eye story, the
modern gothic). Adventurous readers will also find some
historical mystery and
metafiction fun.
Click on the cover art images for more details about each book, and use the
Want to Read button to add any good leads to your digital shelf.
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