Mystery & crime · 2014

Best Mystery & Crime Books of 2014

The Fever: A Novel by Megan Abbott tied for the most-recognized mystery & crime book of 2014, named by 5 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 24 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2014 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	The Fever: A Novel	Megan Abbott	5	Thriller Awards 2015 Winner Booklist Editors' Choice 2014 Selection The Globe and Mail Globe 100 2014 Selection Kirkus Best Books of the Year 2014 Selection NPR Books We Love 2014 Selection
2	The Peripheral: A Novel	William Gibson	5	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2015 Finalist The Kitschies 2014 Shortlist Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2014 Selection Library Journal Best Books 2014 Selection NPR Books We Love 2014 Selection
3	Tigerman: A Novel	Nick Harkaway	5	Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence 2015 Longlist Goodreads Choice Awards 2014 Nominee Kirkus Best Books of the Year 2014 Selection NPR Books We Love 2014 Selection Washington Post Best Books of the Year 2014 Selection
4	Life Drawing: A Novel	Robin Black	3	The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2014 Longlist Dublin Literary Award 2016 Longlist NPR Books We Love 2014 Selection
5	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	David Shafer	3	Kirkus Best Books of the Year 2014 Selection NPR Books We Love 2014 Selection TIME Best Books of the Year 2014 Selection
6	Horrorstör: A Novel	Grady Hendrix	2	Goodreads Choice Awards 2014 Nominee NPR Books We Love 2014 Selection
7	Broken Monsters	Lauren Beukes	0
8	Do Or Die: A Reluctant Heroes Novel	Suzanne Brockmann	0
9	Everything I Never Told You: A Novel	Celeste Ng	0
10	Famous Writers I Have Known: A Novel	James Magnuson	0
11	Nazis In The Metro	Didier Daeninckx	0
12	Night Heron	Adam Brookes	0
13	One Kick: A Novel	Chelsea Cain	0
14	Ordinary Grace	William Kent Krueger	0
15	Some Dead Genius	Lenny Kleinfeld	0
16	The American Mission	Matthew Palmer	0
17	The Book Of Strange New Things: A Novel	Michel Faber	0
18	The Distance: A Thriller	Helen Giltrow	0
19	The End Of The Sentence	Maria Dahvana Headley and Kat Howard	0
20	The Farm	Tom Rob Smith	0
21	The Hawley Book Of The Dead: A Novel	Chrysler Szarlan	0
22	The Ploughmen: A Novel	Kim Zupan	0
23	The Secret Place: A Novel	Tana French	0
24	The Silkworm	Robert Galbraith	0