Library Journal Best Books Winners Crime Fiction: Suspense

Awards List

2025

The Hospital (*)
Leslie Wolfe

May-2024
/ Thriller

The Last Room on the Left (*)
Leah Konen

Jan-2025
/ Thriller

Johnny Careless (*)
Kevin Wade

Feb-2025
/ General Fiction

The Quiet Librarian (*)
Allen Eskens

Feb-2025
/ Thriller

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne (*)
Emily Critchley

Mar-2025
/ Contemporary Romance

You Deserve to Know (*)
Aggie Blum Thompson

Mar-2025
/ Thriller

The Confessions (*)
Paul Bradley Carr

Jul-2025
/ Thriller

El Dorado Drive (*)
Megan Abbott

Jul-2025
/ Thriller

Salt Bones (*)
Jennifer Givhan

Jul-2025
/ Thriller

Writers and Liars (*)
Carol Goodman

Jul-2025
/ Thriller

Kiss Her Goodbye (*)
Lisa Gardner

Aug-2025
/ Thriller

Lime Juice Money (*)
Jo Morey

Aug-2025
/ Thriller

The Tutor (*)
Courtney Psak

Aug-2025
/ Thriller

The Wasp Trap (*)
Mark Edwards

Aug-2025
/ General Fiction

We Are All Guilty Here (*)
Karin Slaughter

Aug-2025
/ Thriller

Her One Regret (*)
Donna Freitas

Nov-2025
/ Thriller

The Living and the Dead (*)
Christoffer Carlsson

Dec-2025
/ Thriller

Award Categories

Christian Fiction

Contemporary Romance

Crime Fiction

Crime Fiction: Mystery

Crime Fiction: Suspense

Crime Fiction: Thriller

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

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

Awards List

2025

Award Categories

Award Years