Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaDark Places by Gillian FlynnHidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Recommended Thriller/Suspense
2,438 books — 2,183 voters
The Woman From Death Row by Peter HogenkampRunner by Patrick  LeeThe Breach by Patrick  LeeGhost Country by Patrick  LeeDeep Sky by Patrick  Lee
If You Like Lee Child
44 books — 29 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,556 books — 2,728 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDéjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Fearless Females
769 books — 922 voters

Sworn to Silence by Linda  CastilloGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasThe Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
CRIME WRITERS WHO DESERVE MORE ATTENTION
650 books — 396 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Series
3,376 books — 9,460 voters

Kolymsky Heights by Lionel DavidsonEnemy Of My Enemy by Travis CaseyThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumRed Station by Adrian MagsonThe Rover by Joseph Conrad
Man on the Run!
96 books — 18 voters

Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. ParkerThe Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. ParkerA Catskill Eagle by Robert B. ParkerZÄNKER by Peter  MaeckThe Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker
Best Robert B. Parker Mysteries
62 books — 57 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
706 books — 881 voters