Candle Island by Lauren WolkThe Blossoming Summer by Anna Rose  Johnson
Middle Grade Novels of 2025
354 books — 132 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
7,482 books — 16,323 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
2,780 books — 3,002 voters
The Survivors by Jane HarperA Crooked Tree by Una Mannion
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
449 books — 590 voters

Long Bright River by Liz    Moore
Mystery & Thriller 2020
358 books — 625 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
1,566 books — 1,949 voters

Echo Mountain by Lauren WolkWhen Stars Are Scattered by Victoria JamiesonFighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Mock Newbery 2021
117 books — 181 voters

The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu
Middle Grade Novels of 2019
503 books — 445 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
3,502 books — 6,786 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
266 books — 306 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!
166 books — 489 voters

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren WolkScar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
2018 Mock Newbery
101 books — 336 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
91 books — 366 voters

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
636 books — 1,031 voters

Defending Jacob by William Landay11/22/63 by Stephen  KingBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
588 books — 547 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
259 books — 386 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
349 books — 311 voters

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Best by Michael Connelly
33 books — 100 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