Mystery & crime · 2015

Best Mystery & Crime Books of 2015

The Girl In The Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel by David Lagercrantz was the most-recognized mystery & crime book of 2015, named by 4 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. 2015 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	The Girl In The Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel	David Lagercrantz	4	Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 Nominee The Guardian Best Books of the Year 2015 Selection NPR Books We Love 2015 Selection The Telegraph Best Books of the Year 2015 Selection
2	The Water Knife: A Novel	Paolo Bacigalupi	1	Library Journal Best Books 2015 Selection
3	The Whites: A Novel	Richard Price, writing as Harry Brandt	1	New York Times 100 Notable Books 2015 Selection
4	All The Old Knives: A Novel	Olen Steinhauer	0
5	Black Chalk	Christopher J. Yates	0
6	Descent: A Novel	Tim Johnston	0
7	Freedom's Child: A Novel	Jax Miller	0
8	In A Dark, Dark Wood	Ruth Ware	0
9	Innocence; Or, Murder On Steep Street	Heda Margolius Kovály, translated by Alex Zucker	0
10	Leaving Berlin: A Novel	Joseph Kanon	0
11	Mr. Mercedes	Stephen King	0
12	My Sunshine Away	M.O. Walsh	0
13	Orient: A Novel	Christopher Bollen	0
14	Palace Of Treason: A Novel	Jason Matthews	0
15	Rogue Lawyer	John Grisham	0
16	Secrets Of State	Matthew Palmer	0
17	Spy Games	Adam Brookes	0
18	The Blondes: A Novel	Emily Schultz	0
19	The Crossing (Bosch)	Michael Connelly	0
20	The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite For The Detective Genre	Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky, translated by Josh Billings	0
21	The Ghost Network: A Novel	Catie Disabato	0
22	The Girl On The Train	Paula Hawkins	0
23	The Last Taxi Ride: A Ranjit Singh Novel	A.X. Ahmad	0
24	The World Before Us: A Novel	Aislinn Hunter	0