Library Journal Best Books - Crime Fiction (Awarded by Library Journal)

Awards List

2023

Age of Vice
(*)
Deepti Kapoor

City Under One Roof
(*)
Iris Yamashita

Small Mercies
(*)
Dennis Lehane

All the Sinners Bleed
(*)
S.A. Cosby

A Disappearance in Fiji
(*)
Nilima Rao

The Golden Gate
(*)
Amy Chua

Mother-Daughter Murder Night
(*)
Nina Simon

The Secret Hours
(*)
Mick Herron

Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store
(*)
Terry Shames

Fall
(*)
Tracy Clark

2022

Geiger
(*)
Gustaf Skoerdeman

Last Call at the Nightingale
(*)
Katharine Schellman

The Woman in the Library
(*)
Sulari Gentill

Alias Emma
(*)
Ava Glass

Shutter
(*)
Ramona Emerson

Killers of a Certain Age
(*)
Deanna Raybourn

Lavender House
(*)
Lev A.C. Rosen

Anywhere You Run
(*)
Wanda M. Morris

A World of Curiosities
(*)
Louise Penny

2021

Tricky
(*)
Josh Stallings

Dream Girl
(*)
Laura Lippman

The Killing Hills
(*)
Chris Offutt

Razorblade Tears
(*)
S.A. Cosby

Clark and Division
(*)
Naomi Hirahara

Lightning Strike
(*)
William Kent Krueger

The Turnout
(*)
Megan Abbott

Velvet Was the Night
(*)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Harlem Shuffle
(*)
Colson Whitehead

Mango, Mambo, and Murder
(*)
Raquel V. Reyes

2020

Unspeakable Things
(*)
Jess Lourey

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
(*)
Deepa Anappara

Hide Away
(*)
Jason Pinter

The Mountains Wild
(*)
Sarah Stewart Taylor

Blacktop Wasteland
(*)
S.A. Cosby

Winter Counts
(*)
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

All the Devils Are Here
(*)
Louise Penny

The Thursday Murder Club
(*)
Richard Osman

The Searcher
(*)
Tana French

2019

An Aegean April
(*)
Jeffrey Siger

Nothing More Dangerous
(*)
Allen Eskens

A Deadly Divide
(*)
Ausma Zehanat Khan

The Lost Man
(*)
Jane Harper

Girls Like Us
(*)
Cristina Alger

The Wolf Wants In
(*)
Laura McHugh

The Chestnut Man
(*)
Soren Sveistrup

Elevator Pitch
(*)
Linwood Barclay

The Long Call
(*)
Ann Cleeves

Sarah Jane
(*)
James Sallis

Your House Will Pay
(*)
Steph Cha

2018

Sunburn
(*)
Laura Lippman

Broken Places
(*)
Tracy Clark

A Death of No Importance
(*)
Mariah Fredericks

A Necessary Evil
(*)
Abir Mukherjee

Cult X
(*)
Fuminori Nakamura

Death of a Rainmaker
(*)
Laurie Loewenstein

The Night Visitor
(*)
Lucy Atkins

November Road
(*)
Lou Berney

The Witch Elm
(*)
Tana French

Award Categories

Crime Fiction

Graphic Novels

Horror

Literary Fiction

Pop Fiction

Romance

SF/Fantasy

Short Stories

World Literature

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018