Her Every Fear by Peter  Swanson
2017 Crime Books You're Excited For!
135 books — 414 voters
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithJar City by Arnaldur IndriðasonShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
CRIME WRITERS WHO DESERVE MORE ATTENTION
647 books — 390 voters

The Neon Rain by James Lee BurkeIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteDie Trying by Lee ChildBlack Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,224 books — 1,008 voters
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Fifth Woman by Henning MankellFaceless Killers by Henning MankellThe Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
Nordic Noir
161 books — 72 voters

A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. ElloryMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
HBO's True Detective
123 books — 114 voters
Winter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Noir of the 21st Century
241 books — 373 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
True Crime
725 books — 607 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonShutter Island by Dennis LehaneThe Black Echo by Michael    Connelly
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,950 books — 1,363 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Recommended Nonfiction Books
3,930 books — 1,836 voters
Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenFlags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,105 books — 2,336 voters

The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
Best Mysteries from the 2010s
606 books — 553 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Room by Hubert Selby Jr.The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.
Best Transgressive Fiction
867 books — 970 voters

Sun and Shadow by Åke EdwardsonSilence of the Grave by Arnaldur IndriðasonMiss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg
Murder Most Cold
232 books — 403 voters
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
315 books — 677 voters

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,294 books — 15,452 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Little Friend by Donna TarttBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyA Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews
Best Southern Books
826 books — 738 voters

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Depressing Books
429 books — 430 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,901 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Literature
1,340 books — 2,573 voters