Home - Where you will find out more about mystery novels, find new authors, and learn about some really great older ones.

"Best" Mysteries by Year

• The Year's Best Crime Novels 2013 - This list is from Booklist magazine, May, 2013

• Best Mysteries 2012 - This list is from Library Journal.
• Best Mysteries of 2012 - This list is from Kirkus Reviews.
• Best Mysteries of 2012 - This list is from the The Seattle Times.
• The Year's Best Crime Novels: 2012 - This list is from Booklist Magazine, May, 2012
• The Best Crime Novels of 2012 - This list is by Hallie Ephron of the Boston Globe
• Best Mysteries of 2012 - This list is from Publisher's Weekly
• The Case Books of 2012 - The best mysteries of the year from The Wall Street Journal.
• A Charming Clutch of Cozies - If hard-boiled crime novels are not for you, Booklist has also compiled a list of best Cozies.

• Notable Crime Books of 2011 - by Marilyn Stasio, mystery reviewer for the New York Times.
• The Year's Best Crime Novels: 2011 - by Bill Ott for Booklist Online.
• Best Books 2011: Mystery - This list is from Library Journal
• Best Mysteries, 2011 - This list is from the Kirkus Reviews.
• Best Mysteries of 2011 - by Adam Woog for The Seattle Times.
• The Year's Best Crime Novels: 2010 - Selected by Booklist Magazine.

List of "Best" Mystery Novels

• The Top 100 Best Mysteries of All Time - This list has been compiled by members of the Mystery Writers of America.
• The Best 100 Crime Novels of all Time - This list is by the British Crime Writers Association.
• Fifty Crime Writers to Read Before You Die - This list is from The Telegraph, December 16, 2011
• 100 Best Mysteries - List prepared by H.F.R. Keating for his book Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books published by Carroll and Graf in 1987.
• The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century - By the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
• Barzum and Taylor's Classic of Crime
• Julian Symon's 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books
• The Best British Mystery/Crime Thrillers - This list is from GoodReads and compiled from the votes of the users of that site.
• 150 Favorite Golden Age Detective Novels - This list is by Curt J.Evans, October, 2010.
• 100 Killer Thrillers - The best books of suspense and adventure. This list was the result of votes by listeners of NPR in August, 2010.
• Mystery Lists - A number of lists of "best mysteries" either selected by experts or award winning books. From the Booklist Center.
• Haycraft's Detective Story Bookshelf - There are many classic mysteries on this list. If you have an ebook reader, many of the older ones may be found free on the web at sites such as Many Books

Mystery Awards

• The Agatha Award - Presented at the Malice Domestic Conference.
• Lists of previous Agatha Award winners
• Anthony Awards - Presented at Bouchercom
• The Arthur Ellis Award - Presented by the Crime Writers of Canada. Arthur Ellis is the pseudonym of Canada's official hangman.
• The Dilys Award - Presented by the Mystery Booksellers of America for the book they most enjoyed selling.
• The Macavity Award - Presented by Mystery Readers International.
• The Crime Writers Association Awards - Dagger awards for various categories of mystery fiction. Presented by the British Crime Writers Association.
• The Edgar Awards - Presented by the Mystery Writers of America.
• The Glass Key Award - Presented for the best Scandinavian mystery novel.
• The Mystery Writers of Japan Awrds
• Crime Fiction Awards - A very extensive list of mystery novel awards.

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