Library Journal Best Books - Crime Fiction: Mystery (Awarded by Library Journal)

Awards List

2025

The Dentist
(*)
Tim Sullivan

A Death in Diamonds
(*)
S.J. Bennett

Lessons in Crime
(*)
Martin Edwards

Death of an Ex
(*)
Delia Pitts

Loose Lips
(*)
Kemper Donovan

Murder in the Dressing Room
(*)
Holly Stars

Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
(*)
Walter Mosley

Dead in the Frame
(*)
Stephen Spotswood

The Mailman
(*)
Andrew Welsh-Huggins

The Queens of Crime
(*)
Marie Benedict

The Wolf Tree
(*)
Laura McCluskey

Broken Fields
(*)
Marcie R. Rendon

The Four Queens of Crime
(*)
Rosanne Limoncelli

Galway's Edge
(*)
Ken Bruen

The Girl from Greenwich Street
(*)
Lauren Willig

Hang on St. Christopher
(*)
Adrian McKinty

Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder
(*)
Bellamy Rose

The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
(*)
Ron Currie Jr.

Murder and a Missing Manuscript
(*)
Richard Tyler Jordan

The Museum Detective
(*)
Maha Khan Phillips

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)
(*)
Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Dark Maestro
(*)
Brendan Slocumb

A Fashionably French Murder
(*)
Colleen Cambridge

Marble Hall Murders
(*)
Anthony Horowitz

Murder Takes a Vacation
(*)
Laura Lippman

The Safari
(*)
Jaclyn Goldis

Badlands
(*)
Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child

A Case of Mice and Murder
(*)
Sally Smith

Death at the White Hart
(*)
Chris Chibnall

A Shipwreck in Fiji
(*)
Nilima Rao

Thus with a Kiss I Die
(*)
Christina Dodd

Welcome to Murder Week
(*)
Karen Dukess

A Case of Life and Limb
(*)
Sally Smith

Fast Boys and Pretty Girls
(*)
Lo Patrick

Florida Palms
(*)
Joe Pan

History Lessons
(*)
Zoe B. Wallbrook

Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue
(*)
Spencer Quinn

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
(*)
Sandra Jackson-Opoku

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective
(*)
Jo Nichols

Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
(*)
Amanda Chapman

The Girl in the Green Dress
(*)
Mariah Fredericks

The Impossible Fortune
(*)
Richard Osman

We Had a Hunch
(*)
Tom Ryan

The Botanist's Assistant
(*)
Peggy Townsend

The Devil in Oxford
(*)
Jess Armstrong

The Ivory City
(*)
Emily Bain Murphy

Murder in Mint Condition
(*)
Richard Tyler Jordan

Murder in Manhattan
(*)
Julie Mulhern

The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum
(*)
Valerie Wilson Wesley

Award Categories

Christian Fiction

Contemporary Romance

Crime Fiction

Crime Fiction: Mystery

Crime Fiction: Suspense

Crime Fiction: Thriller

Fantasy

Graphic Novels

Historical Fiction

Historical Romance

Horror

LGBTQIA+ Romance

Literary Fiction

Paranormal Romance

Pop Fiction

Romance

Romantasy

Science Fiction

SF/Fantasy

Short Stories

World Literature

Award Years

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018