Mystery & crime · 2020

Best Mystery & Crime Books of 2020

Sisters: A Novel by Daisy Johnson was the most-recognized mystery & crime book of 2020, named by 5 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 22 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. 2020 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	Sisters: A Novel	Daisy Johnson	5	Shirley Jackson Awards 2020 Nominee BookPage Best Books of the Year 2020 Selection Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2020 Selection NPR Books We Love 2020 Selection New York Times 100 Notable Books 2020 Selection
2	Leave The World Behind: A Novel	Rumaan Alam	3	The Orwell Prize (book prizes) 2021 Shortlist Library Journal Best Books 2020 Selection Read with Jenna 2020 Selection
3	Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel	S.A. Cosby	2	Library Journal Best Books 2020 Selection New York Times 100 Notable Books 2020 Selection
4	Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line	Deepa Anappara	2	Library Journal Best Books 2020 Selection New York Times 100 Notable Books 2020 Selection
5	Mexican Gothic	Silvia Moreno-Garcia	1	Library Journal Best Books 2020 Selection
6	The Only Good Indians	Stephen Graham Jones	1	Library Journal Best Books 2020 Selection
7	The Searcher: A Novel	Tana French	1	Library Journal Best Books 2020 Selection
8	The Space Between Worlds	Micaiah Johnson	1	Library Journal Best Books 2020 Selection
9	A Shadow Intelligence	Oliver Harris	0
10	Agency	William Gibson	0
11	Amnesty: A Novel	Aravind Adiga	0
12	Blackwood	Michael Farris Smith	0
13	Catherine House: A Novel	Elisabeth Thomas	0
14	Long Bright River: A Novel	Liz Moore	0
15	Moonflower Murders: A Novel	Anthony Horowitz	0
16	Piranesi	Susanna Clarke	0
17	Slippery Creatures	KJ Charles	0
18	Survivor Song: A Novel	Paul Tremblay	0
19	The Missing American	Kwei Quartey	0
20	The Stranger Diaries	Elly Griffiths	0
21	When No One Is Watching: A Thriller	Alyssa Cole	0
22	Winter Counts: A Novel	David Heska Wanbli Weiden	0