Mystery & crime · 2022

Best Mystery & Crime Books of 2022

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn tied for the most-recognized mystery & crime book of 2022, named by 2 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 38 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. 2022 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	Killers of a Certain Age	Deanna Raybourn	2	Macavity Awards 2023 Nominee Library Journal Best Books 2022 Selection
2	The Old Woman with the Knife: A Novel	Gu Byeong-mo, translated by Chi-Young Kim	2	NPR Books We Love 2022 Selection New York Times 100 Notable Books 2022 Selection
3	The Pallbearers Club	Paul Tremblay	2	Library Journal Best Books 2022 Selection NPR Books We Love 2022 Selection
4	Dr. No: A Novel	Percival Everett	1	New York Times 100 Notable Books 2022 Selection
5	Shutter: A Novel	Ramona Emerson	1	Library Journal Best Books 2022 Selection
6	The Daughter of Doctor Moreau	Silvia Moreno-Garcia	1	New York Times 100 Notable Books 2022 Selection
7	The Devil Takes You Home	Gabino Iglesias	1	Library Journal Best Books 2022 Selection
8	The Fervor: A Novel	Alma Katsu	1	Library Journal Best Books 2022 Selection
9	The Hacienda	Isabel Cañas	1	Library Journal Best Books 2022 Selection
10	The Return of Faraz Ali: A Novel	Aamina Ahmad	1	New York Times 100 Notable Books 2022 Selection
11	Anywhere You Run: A Novel	Wanda M. Morris	0
12	Are You Sara? A Novel	S.C. Lalli	0
13	Black Cake: A Novel	Charmaine Wilkerson	0
14	Cruz: A Novel	Nicolás Ferraro, translated by Mallory N. Craig-Kuhn	0
15	Even Though I Knew the End	C.L. Polk	0
16	Five Decembers	James Kestrel	0
17	House of Hunger: A Novel	Alexis Henderson	0
18	Just Like Home	Sarah Gailey	0
19	Lute	Jennifer Thorne	0
20	Monarch: A Novel	Candice Wuehle	0
21	Mouth to Mouth: A Novel	Antoine Wilson	0
22	My Annihilation: A Novel	Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Sam Bett	0
23	Reputation: A Novel	Sarah Vaughan	0
24	Secret Identity: A Novel	Alex Segura	0
25	Stella Maris	Cormac McCarthy	0
26	The Confessions of Matthew Strong: A Novel	Ousmane K. Power-Greene	0
27	The Latinist: A Novel	Mark Prins	0
28	The Other Side of Night: A Novel	Adam Hamdy	0
29	The Paradox Hotel: A Novel	Rob Hart	0
30	The Paris Apartment: A Novel	Lucy Foley	0
31	The Passenger	Cormac McCarthy	0
32	The Verifiers: A Novel	Jane Pek	0
33	The Violin Conspiracy: A Novel	Brendan Slocumb	0
34	Tread of Angels	Rebecca Roanhorse	0
35	Vladimir: A Novel	Julia May Jonas	0
36	We Spread: A Novel	Iain Reid	0
37	Winter Work: A Novel	Dan Fesperman	0
38	You're Invited	Amanda Jayatissa	0