2023

• The 10 best Mystery Novels of 2023 - this list is by Karen MacPherson of the Washington Post
• The Best Thrillers of 2023 - This list is by Sarah Lyall of The New York Times
• The Best Crime Novels and Thrillers of 2023 - This list is by Alison Flood for The Guardian
• Best Mystery and Thriller Books of 2023 - Selected by the members of Good Reads.
• The Best Crime Novels of 2023 - This list is from Crime Reads.
• Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2023 - This iist is by Christopher Bollen for Kirkus Reviews
• Best Mystery Fiction Books of 2023 - This list is by Oline H. Cogdill for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
• Best Crime Fiction of 2023 - This list is from Library Journal

2022

• The Best Crime Novels of 2022 - by Sarah Weinman of The New York Times.
• The Best Crime and Thriller Books of 2022 - This list is by Laura Wilson of The Guardian
• The Best Mysteries of 2022 - From Publisher's Weekly
• The Best Thrillers and Mysteries of 2022 - This list is from the Washington Post
• The Best Crime Novels of 2022 - Selected by Crime Reads
• The Best Espionage Novels of 2022 - Selected by Crime Reads
• The Best Mystery and Thriller Books of 2022 - As selected by the readers at Goodreads.
• The Best International Crime Fiction of 2022 - Selected by Crime Reads
• The Best New Mystery Books of 2022 - Selected by Book Riot
• The Best Mystery Books of 2022 - Selected by the Southern Florida Sun Sentinel
• Best Mystery and and Suspense of 2022 - This list is from Book Page. It is dated December, 2022 but I found it on November 21, 2022

2021

• The Best Crime Novels of 2021 - This list is from Crime Reads, December 9, 2021
• The Best International Crime Novels 2021 - This list is by Molly Odintz for Crime Reads, December 16, 2021
• The Best Historical Mystery Fiction of 2021 - This list is by Molly Odintz for Crime Reads December 14, 2021
• The Best Mystery Novels of 2021 - This list is by Sarah Weinman in The New York Times December 7, 2021
• The Best Thrillers of 2021 - This list is by Sarah Lyall in The New York Times, December 7, 2021
• The Best Crime Novels of 2021 - 16 authors pick the best crime novels of the year. This is from Dead Good Reads December 3, 2021
• Five of the Best Crime and Thrillers of 2021 - From The Guardian, December 2, 2021
• The Best Books of 2021: Mysteries - By Tom Nolan of The Wall Street Journal
• Best Mystery Books of 2021 - From Publishers Weekly
• Best Mysteries of 2021 - From the Washington Post - You must be a subscriber to read this.
• The Best Mystery and Thriller Book of 2021 - Voted upon by the readers at Good Reads. Dec. 10, 2021
• Best Mystery and Suspense Books of 2021 - from the editors of Book Page. It is dated December, 2021, but I found this page on November 19, 2021.
• Best Mystery Books of 2021 - As recommended by bestselling mystery authors. This is from PBS Mystery. October 30, 2021.
• The Best Crime Fiction of the Year (So Far) - Crime fiction in 2021. Selected by editors at Crime Reads. June 17, 2021.
• The Top 10 Crime Fiction: 2021 - Selected by Bill Ott for Booklist Magazine, May, 2021

For lists of Best Mysteries prior to 2021, go to Older Best Book Lists

List of "Best" Mystery Novels

• The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Novels of all time This is list is from Time magazine. It was compiled by a celebrated panel of mystery novelists and is international in scope.
• 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.
• Barzum and Taylor's Classics of Crime
• Julian Symon's 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books
• The Top Ten Locked Room Mystery Novels - as selected by Adrian McKinty for the Guardian, January, 2014.
• 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.
• 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 or for sale at Amazon.

Mystery Awards

• The Agatha Award - Presented at the Malice Domestic Conference.
• 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 Awards
• Crime Fiction Awards - A very extensive list of mystery novel awards.

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