Mystery & crime · 2023

Best Mystery & Crime Books of 2023

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor was the most-recognized mystery & crime book of 2023, named by 7 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 37 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. 2023 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	Age of Vice	Deepti Kapoor	7	Barry Awards 2024 Nominee Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2023 Selection The Guardian Best Books of the Year 2023 Selection Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection NPR Books We Love 2023 Selection New York Public Library Best Books 2023 Selection The Telegraph Best Books of the Year 2023 Selection
2	All the Sinners Bleed	S.A. Cosby	2	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection New York Times 100 Notable Books 2023 Selection
3	The Reformatory	Tananarive Due	2	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection New York Times 100 Notable Books 2023 Selection
4	Bright Young Women	Jessica Knoll	1	New York Times 100 Notable Books 2023 Selection
5	Crook Manifesto	Colson Whitehead	1	New York Times 100 Notable Books 2023 Selection
6	Holly	Stephen King	1	New York Times 100 Notable Books 2023 Selection
7	How to Sell a Haunted House	Grady Hendrix	1	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection
8	I Have Some Questions for You	Rebecca Makkai	1	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection
9	Small Mercies: A Detective Mystery	Dennis Lehane	1	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection
10	The Secret Hours	Mick Herron	1	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection
11	A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens	Raul Palma	0
12	Better the Blood	Michael Bennett	0
13	Beware the Woman	Megan Abbott	0
14	Birnam Wood	Eleanor Catton	0
15	Brooklyn Crime Novel	Jonathan Lethem	0
16	Brutes	Dizz Tate	0
17	Edith Holler	Edward Carey	0
18	House of Cotton	Monica Brashears	0
19	Kala	Colin Walsh	0
20	My Murder	Katie Williams	0
21	None of This Is True	Lisa Jewell	0
22	Notes on an Execution	Danya Kukafka	0
23	Old God's Time	Sebastian Barry	0
24	Our Share of Night	Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell	0
25	Prom Mom: A Thriller	Laura Lippman	0
26	Sing Her Down	Ivy Pochoda	0
27	Stolen	Ann-Helén Laestadius, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles	0
28	Symphony of Secrets	Brendan Slocumb	0
29	The Centre	Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi	0
30	The Cuban Heiress	Chanel Cleeton	0
31	The Enchanters	James Ellroy	0
32	The End of Drum-Time	Hanna Pylväinen	0
33	The Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery	Richard Osman	0
34	The Peacock and the Sparrow	I.S. Berry	0
35	The Stolen Coast	Dwyer Murphy	0
36	Vampires of El Norte	Isabel Cañas	0
37	Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers	Jesse Q. Sutanto	0