Crime

The crime genre includes the broad selection of books on criminals and the court system, but the most common focus is investigations and sleuthing. Mystery novels are usually placed into this category, although there is a separate division for "crime". Hard Case Crime is one example. ...more

End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin (Enola Holmes #10)
Holy Boy
Blood Relay
The Obake Code
The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin's Greatest Enemy
The Killing Time (Ali Dawson, #2)
Salvation
G.I. G-Men: The Untold Story of the FBI’s Search for American Traitors, Collaborators, and Spies in World War II Europe
And the Corpse Wore Tartan (D.S. Roberta Steel, #2)
Alt skal bli støv (Odd Singsaker, #9)
Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage
American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate
The Final Score
The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII
  • The Picasso Job by Avanti Centrae
    The Picasso Job (Phoenix #1)
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    Release date: Nov 18, 2025
    A good-hearted man is trapped between a menacing inmate and a Machiavellian art thief. Enter now!
    “BOOK OF THE YEAR” – Bestthrillers.com


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    Availability: 100 copies available, 3357 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 05 - Mar 29, 2026

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The Shadow Step by Mark Billingham
    The Shadow Step: A Detective Miller Novel

    Release date: Jul 21, 2026
    “Readers rejoice! A captivating new series from Mark Billingham—the very best in the business.”—Richard Osman, #1 bestselling author of The Thursday M ...more
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    Availability: 20 copies available, 2523 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 01 - Mar 30, 2026

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The Vanishing Stone by Christopher Seto
    The Vanishing Stone (Notes on a Murder Book 2)
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    Release date: Apr 08, 2026
    A darkly whimsical whodunnit from criminologist Christopher Seto. Second in the Notes on a Murder series.
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 740 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 01 - Mar 30, 2026

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  • Beautiful Ugly
    The God of the Woods
    Judge Stone
    Gone Before Goodbye
    None of This Is True
    Don't Let Him In
    Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
    Local Woman Missing
    The Widow
    Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
    Hidden Pictures
    The River Is Waiting
    She Didn't See It Coming
    All the Colors of the Dark
    A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides
    Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterFledgling by Mark A. CooperPoint Blank by Anthony HorowitzThe Recruit by Robert Muchamore
    Spy Kids
    316 books — 706 voters
    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboToken Huntress by Kia Carrington-RussellThe Roads Chosen by Ben CarlyleThe Law of Attraction by N.M. SilberLost in Yaba by Walt Gleeson
    Our Favorite Indie Reads
    3,997 books — 3,660 voters

    The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
    I Don't Understand All That Fuss
    1,001 books — 2,594 voters
    Murder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaOn Her Watch by Melinda LeighDeeper Than the Dead by Debra WebbThose Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea
    Crime Books That Should Be Movies
    1,198 books — 1,083 voters

    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
    Murder Most Cold
    238 books — 397 voters
    The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
    Thieves
    662 books — 1,264 voters

    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    And Then There Were None
    Gone Girl
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
    The Girl on the Train
    In Cold Blood
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    The Silent Patient
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

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