Most Popular Crime Fiction Books of 2025

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #20

The Big Empty

Robert Crais

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 14, 2025

Orphan X #10

The Code

Gregg Hurwitz

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Thriller

September 2, 2025

North Falls Thriller #1

We Are All Guilty Here

Karin Slaughter

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

August 12, 2025

Music and Murder Mystery #4

Bat Out of Hell

Heather Graham, Andrew Child, John Gilstrap, David Bruns, Don Bruns, Rick Bleiweiss, Charles Todd, C. J. Kidlacz

Crime Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories · Historical Fiction · Mystery

July 15, 2025

Doc Ford #28

Tomlinson's Wake

Randy Wayne White

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

August 26, 2025

Mackenzie Clyde #1

Dead Money

Jakob Kerr

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 28, 2025

Thursday Murder Club #5

The Impossible Fortune

Richard Osman

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

September 30, 2025

Mike Bowditch #12

Skin and Bones

Paul Doiron

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Anthology · Short Stories · Mystery

May 13, 2025

Hildur #3

The Shadow of the Northern Lights

Satu Rämö

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

October 9, 2025

Hildur #2

The Grave in the Ice

Satu Rämö

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

February 13, 2025

Holland Family #5

Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie

James Lee Burke

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 3, 2025

Walt Longmire Mysteries #21

Return to Sender

Craig Johnson

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

May 27, 2025

Millennium #8

The Girl with Ice in Her Veins

Karin Smirnoff

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Thriller

September 2, 2025

The Psychopath Next Door

Mark Edwards

Horror · Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 28, 2025

DCI ANDY GILCHRIST #14

The Last Grave

T.F. MUIR

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

November 20, 2025

Jessie Black Legal Thrillers #13

The Christmas Confession

Larry A. Winters

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Novella · Mystery · Thriller

December 18, 2025

Jessie Black Legal Thrillers #13

Street Justice

Larry A. Winters

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 15, 2025

Wyndham & Banerjee Mysteries #6

The Burning Grounds

Abir Mukherjee

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

November 4, 2025

Not Quite Dead Yet

Holly Jackson

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

July 17, 2025

No Place Left to Hide

Megan Lally

Crime Fiction · Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 7, 2025

Arkady Renko #11

Hotel Ukraine

Martin Cruz Smith

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

July 8, 2025

DS Tomek Bowen Crime Thriller #10

Death's Past

Jack Probyn

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

November 23, 2025

DS Tomek Bowen Crime Thriller #9

Death's Scratch

Jack Probyn

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 22, 2025

DS Tomek Bowen Crime Thriller #8

Death's Breath

Jack Probyn

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

February 5, 2025

DI Stephanie Broadbent Surrey Hills Crime Thrillers #4

Noughts & Crosses

Jack Probyn

Crime Fiction · Thriller

December 30, 2025

DI Stephanie Broadbent Surrey Hills Crime Thrillers #3

The Burning Man

Jack Probyn

Crime Fiction · Thriller

September 30, 2025

DI Stephanie Broadbent Surrey Hills Crime Thrillers #2

The Bogeyman

Jack Probyn

Crime Fiction · Thriller

August 30, 2025

DI Stephanie Broadbent Surrey Hills Crime Thrillers #1

The Voodoo Killer

Jack Probyn

Crime Fiction · Thriller

July 29, 2025

False Witness

Phillip Margolin

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 11, 2025

The Cracked Mirror

Christopher Brookmyre, Chris Brookmyre

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

July 18, 2025

Not Our Daughter

Chad Zunker

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

February 11, 2025

DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers #6

When Shadows Fall

Neil Lancaster

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

March 27, 2025

Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez Legal Thriller #17

Never Plead Guilty

Sheldon Siegel

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

March 27, 2025

Manon Tyler Thrillers #2

The Hidden Hand

Stella Rimington

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 2025

Photograph

Brian Freeman

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

October 7, 2025

Alexander Blix #5

Victim

Thomas Enger, Jorn Lier Horst

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Mystery · Thriller

May 20, 2025