Best Mysteries from the 2010s

Your pick for best mysteries written and published (not set) in the 2010s. That's from Jan 1st 2010 to Dec 31st 2019. Fiction only.

Books published before 2010 will be removed without comment.

Because this is for current books, a minimum of 100 ratings is required. Books with less than 100 ratings will be removed without comment.

For purposes of this list it doesn't matter if the book is a cozy mystery or a crime mystery or a historical mystery or a literary mystery or a general mystery. When in doubt, check the shelves for the book - if it is shelved more than a 100 times as mystery and you want to, put it on this list.

See also:
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime Readers Picks
Best Mysteries of the 21st Century
Best Mysteries of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Mystery

Best Mysteries by Subgenre
Best Cozy Mystery Series
Best Crime Mystery Books
Best Historical Mystery
Best Literary Mysteries
Best Thrillers

Edgar Awards:
Edgar Award Winners
Edgar Award Winners for Best First Novel
Edgar Award Winners for Fact Crime
Edgar Award Winners for Best Young Adult Fiction

Best Mysteries By Decade
1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Best Mysteries By Ratings
100,000 or more
50,000 to 99,999
25,000 to 49,999
10,000 to 24,999
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3.92 avg rating — 18,324 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 2,280 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 443 ratings
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4.17 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
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Mitchell Friedman Trueman Bradley: Aspie Detective removed for having less than 1000 ratings.


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Mitchell Friedman Every Dead Thing removed for having first been published in 1999.


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Mitchell Friedman removed The Priest for having less than 1000 ratings


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Mona Matthews I like to read because I am in a wheel chair from a stroke


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Unnati Mona wrote: "I like to read because I am in a wheel chair from a stroke"

Take Care Mona. Get well soon :)


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Yes, that was one of the few things I found I could still do after my stroke - read. (Tell time was one of the few other ones.)

Never been so grateful for something in my life.


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Blueberry Why is The Help on this list?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads That's a good question; it's certainly not a mystery.

Y'all want me to remove it?


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Ann Annesley Yes it's not a mysteryy


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Mitchell Friedman The Help has been removed.


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Ann Annesley Thanks


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❤Marie Gentilcore Gone Girl and The Life We Bury are on here twice.


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Dolores Name an author almost as great as or better than Louise Penny.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Removed for being published before 2010:

Deception Point by Dan Brown (2001)
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (1991)
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (2001)
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo (2007)
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs (1997)
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (2009)
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (1980)
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (1998)
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (2000)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2005)
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (1993)
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (2003)
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow (1983)
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton (1982)
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane (1998)
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane (1994)
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (2009)
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly (1992)
The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner (2002)
Cell by Stephen King (2006)
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly (1993)
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly (1995)
Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist (2008)
The Closers by Michael Connelly (2005)
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (2008)
A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly (2000)
The Narrows by Michael Connelly (2004)
Echo Park by Michael Connelly (2006)
Headhunters by Jo Nesbo (2008)
The Poet by Michael Connelly (1996)
The Leopard by Jo Nesbo (2009)
Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo (1998)
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (2000)
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo (2003)
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (1992)
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (2009)
Nemesis by Jo Nesbo (2002)


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Mitchell Friedman Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Removed for being published before 2010:

Deception Point by Dan Brown (2001)
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (1991)
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (2001)
[boo..."


wow! that's a lot of work. thanks.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads No problem. It was sort of relaxing, actually.


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Donna Davis Removed due to pub date, The Firm from page 3:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

The system found and removed 1 duplicate.

From page 2, 2009 pub date, removed:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
And from p.1, #57 with a 2007 pub date, Sharp Objects:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
And #87, Bellfield Hall pub date:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
From p.2 (2002): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Also p.2, Innocent
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
From p3, Aurora Borealis (2003):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Also p.3 Iron Lake (1999) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Thanks, Donna - I figured there were still a few I missed after the big cleanup, but my eyes were crossing.


Charlotte Igelkott Removed Borkmann's point by Håkan Nesser, first published in 1994


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Donna Davis Removed due to pub date:
#112 Still Life:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
and #113 A Fall from Grace:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
#116 The Hypnotist
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
#169 Sworn to Silence
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
#212 A Rule Against Murder
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Looks like there's a Louise Penny fan out there that is determined to place everything she has ever written onto this list, copyrights be damned.
Yep. Here's another one: #205 The Cruelest Month
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
From 1974...for shame! #253 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The Crossing Places, page 3
From page 4, Death Angels:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
#350 Darkness Take My Hand:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Page 4 The Pyramid:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
#388 Boundary Waters
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The system found and removed 3 duplicates.

Ahhhh! It may not hold true for long, but right now--4:25 Pacific Standard Time USA--this list is clean!


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Jacqueline Roman Dolores wrote: "Name an author almost as great as or better than Louise Penny."

Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine)


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Vicki #30 The Curious Incident... = published 2003.


message 23: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman Vicki wrote: "#30 The Curious Incident... = published 2003."

Removing The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


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