Most Popular Mystery Books of the 2020s

The Inheritance Games #3

The Final Gambit

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller

August 30, 2022

Underwater Investigation Unit #2

Black Coral

Andrew Mayne

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

February 16, 2021

Forging of Luke Stone #5

Primary Valor

Jack Mars

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

March 20, 2021

Jesse Stone #20

Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw

Mike Lupica

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 7, 2021

Never Far Away

Michael Koryta

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

February 9, 2021

Colter Shaw #2

Forgotten

Jeffery Deaver

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

March 4, 2021

When the Sparrow Falls

Neil Sharpson

Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Cyberpunk · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction

June 29, 2021

Occult Detective Magazine #7

Occult Detective Magazine #7

John Linwood Grant, Dave Brzeski

Horror · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery

May 30, 2020

Box 88 #1

Box 88

Charles Cumming

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

October 1, 2020

Forging of Luke Stone #4

Primary Glory

Jack Mars

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 29, 2020

Doc Ford #26

Salt River

Randy Wayne White

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

February 11, 2020

Underwater Investigation Unit #1

The Girl Beneath the Sea

Andrew Mayne

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

May 1, 2020

Lincoln Lawyer #6

The Law of Innocence

Michael Connelly

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 10, 2020

Dresden Files #18

Twelve Months

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

January 20, 2026

Walter Nash #1

Nash Falls

David Baldacci

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 11, 2025

Lo Blacklock #2

The Woman in Suite 11

Ruth Ware

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

July 8, 2025

One Perfect Couple

Ruth Ware

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

May 21, 2024

Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1

Holmes, Marple & Poe

James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 8, 2024

Zero Days

Ruth Ware

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

June 20, 2023

6:20 Man #2

The Edge

David Baldacci

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 14, 2023

Jack Reacher #27

No Plan B

Lee Child, Andrew Child

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

October 25, 2022

The Whistler #2

The Judge's List

John Grisham

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

October 19, 2021

Renée Ballard #4

The Dark Hours

Michael Connelly

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 9, 2021

Amos Decker #6

Walk the Wire

David Baldacci

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

October 6, 2020

Eternal Path Trilogy #1

The Raven Scholar

Antonia Hodgson

Fantasy · Adult · Mystery

April 15, 2025

Shadow of the Leviathan #1

The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

Fantasy · Adult · Mystery

February 6, 2024

Walter Nash #2

Hope Rises

David Baldacci

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

April 14, 2026

Gone Before Goodbye

Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

October 14, 2025

Aaron Falk #3

Exiles

Jane Harper

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 20, 2022

Rizzoli & Isles #13

Listen to Me

Tess Gerritsen

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

July 5, 2022

Frankie Elkin #2

One Step Too Far

Lisa Gardner

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 29, 2022

Frankie Elkin #1

Before She Disappeared

Lisa Gardner

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 19, 2021

Rivers of London #5

What Abigail Did That Summer

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

March 18, 2021

The Survivors

Jane Harper

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 22, 2020

Cal Hooper #1

The Searcher

Tana French

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

October 6, 2020

One by One

Ruth Ware

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 8, 2020