Most Popular Mystery Books of 2025

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The Therapist

Nicole Trope

Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

July 31, 2025

What Have You Done?

Nicole Trope

Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

October 17, 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

The Egyptian #10

House of Two Pharaohs

Wilbur Smith

Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery

August 28, 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

The Hunter Files #1

The Atlantis Covenant

Rob Jones

Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

August 31, 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

Josie Chapman #1

No Mercy

Neil Lancaster, Max Connor

Mystery

May 12, 2025

DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers #6

When Shadows Fall

Neil Lancaster

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

March 27, 2025

Apollo Murders #3

Final Orbit

Chris Hadfield

Science Fiction · Alternate History · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

October 7, 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

Gabriel Dax Trilogy #2

The Predicament

William Boyd

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

September 4, 2025

Marcus Ryker #6

The Beijing Betrayal

Joel C. Rosenberg

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

March 11, 2025

Photograph

Brian Freeman

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

October 7, 2025

Mrs Spy #1

Mrs Spy

M. J. Robotham

Spy Thriller · Adult · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 3, 2025

Alexander Blix #5

Victim

Thomas Enger, Jorn Lier Horst

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Mystery · Thriller

May 20, 2025

The Kari Voss Mysteries #1

Son

Thomas Enger, Johana Gustawsson

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Mystery · Thriller

March 13, 2025

DI Tanner Norfolk Broads Murder Mystery Series #14

Blackfleet Broad

David Blake

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

December 4, 2025

DI Tanner Norfolk Broads Murder Mystery Series #13

The Bastwick Testament

David Blake

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

February 6, 2025

George Cross Mysteries #7

The Basket Case

Tim (George Cross) Sullivan

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery

December 4, 2025

George Cross Mysteries #7

The Bookseller

Tim (George Cross) Sullivan

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 16, 2025

David Brunelle Legal Thriller Series #18

Under Duress

Stephen Penner

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 1, 2025

The Turner and Mosley Files #4

The Pharaoh's Tomb

Bruce Robert Coffin, LynDee Walker

Mystery

May 20, 2025

The Killer Question

Janice Hallett

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

September 4, 2025

The Last Truths We Told

Holly Watt

Mystery · Thriller

January 16, 2025