The Big Books of Fall

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Travis Mcgee (30 Lists)



Candle Island by Lauren WolkThe Blossoming Summer by Anna Rose Johnson
Middle Grade Novels of 2025
356 books — 134 voters
The Black Echo by Michael ConnellyThe Poet by Michael ConnellyThe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael ConnellyMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,498 books — 16,526 voters

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieStill Life by Louise Penny
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,795 books — 3,066 voters
The Survivors by Jane HarperA Crooked Tree by Una Mannion
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
453 books — 594 voters

Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Mystery & Thriller 2020
362 books — 628 voters
Long Bright River by Liz MooreBlacktop Wasteland by S.A. CosbyThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelWhen These Mountains Burn by David JoyOne Last Lie by Paul Doiron
Best Books of 2020
1,596 books — 1,958 voters

Echo Mountain by Lauren WolkWhen Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonFighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Mock Newbery 2021
117 books — 182 voters
Echo Mountain by Lauren WolkLong Bright River by Liz MooreThe Good Killer by Harry DolanThe Split by Sharon J. BoltonThree Hours by Rosamund Lupton
Most Anticipated Books of 2020 Not From a Series
163 books — 144 voters

The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu
Middle Grade Novels of 2019
503 books — 444 voters
My Jasper June by Laurel SnyderThe Lost Girl by Anne UrsuBeverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
Mock Newbery 2020
98 books — 217 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelBlankets by Craig ThompsonThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiGhost World by Daniel ClowesSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Graphic Novels
3,516 books — 6,818 voters
Unfollow by Megan Phelps-RoperThe Sound of Gravel by Ruth WarinerEducated by Tara WestoverGoing Clear by Lawrence WrightUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Small, Offbeat Religion Memoirs
282 books — 315 voters

Rubbernecker by Belinda BauerTalking to the Dead by Harry BinghamLove Story, With Murders by Harry Bingham
Crime Cymraeg: Best of Welsh Crime Fiction
40 books — 24 voters
Homicide by David SimonMystic River by Dennis LehaneGone, Baby, Gone by Dennis LehaneA Drink Before the War by Dennis LehaneDarkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane
Great books by writers of hbo's the wire
31 books — 73 voters

Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamilloThe Night Diary by Veera HiranandaniThe Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnultyThe Faithful Spy by John HendrixBob by Wendy Mass
Mock Newbery 2019
97 books — 201 voters
Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy MejiaThe Late Show by Michael ConnellyHer Every Fear by Peter Swanson
2017 Crime Books You're Excited For!
170 books — 484 voters

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Middle Grade Historical Fiction of 2017
37 books — 54 voters
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren WolkScar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
2018 Mock Newbery
100 books — 335 voters

Dark Matter by Blake CrouchRedemption Road by John HartThe Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve HamiltonGoodbye to the Dead by Brian Freeman
Booklist Best Mystery Fiction 2016 (Part 1 of 2)
145 books — 106 voters
Wolf Hollow by Lauren WolkThe Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly BarnhillSome Kind of Courage by Dan GemeinhartPax by Sara PennypackerRaymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
2017 Mock Newbery
90 books — 366 voters

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
639 books — 1,044 voters
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Middle Grade Historical Fiction of 2016
37 books — 27 voters

Wolf Hollow by Lauren WolkWhere It Hurts by Reed Farrel ColemanThe Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve HamiltonThe Beautiful Dead by Belinda BauerThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
335 books — 707 voters
World Gone By by Dennis LehaneThe Bone Tree by Greg IlesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Stranger by Harlan CobenNear Enemy by Adam Sternbergh
2015 Amazon Books of the Month in Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
212 books — 184 voters

Defending Jacob by William Landay11/22/63 by Stephen KingBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
589 books — 556 voters
The Cypress House by Michael KorytaBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonThe Fifth Witness by Michael ConnellyNever Knowing by Chevy StevensA Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
Best Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Novels Of 2011
275 books — 1,052 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockCaught Stealing by Charlie HustonA Darkness More Than Night by Michael ConnellyBeautiful, Naked & Dead by Josh StallingsMoonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
Best Noir of the 21st Century
263 books — 389 voters
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinThe Bottoms by Joe R. LansdaleWhere All Light Tends to Go by David JoyThe Tilted World by Tom Franklin
Country Noir
348 books — 313 voters

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Best by Michael Connelly
35 books — 101 voters
Caught Stealing by Charlie HustonThe Black Echo by Michael ConnellyEvery Dead Thing by John ConnollyKnots and Crosses by Ian RankinSavage Season by Joe R. Lansdale
Books for Fans of Breaking Bad
37 books — 23 voters