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Mystery & Detective Collections & Anthologies Books

Books selected for readers looking for mystery & detective collections & anthologies books.

60 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·3 crossover shelves·185% reader overlap with Anthology and Short Form Fiction

1. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022
Jess Walter, Steph Cha
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
2. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
C. J. Box, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
3. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017
John Sandford, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
4. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024
Otto Penzler - editor foreword, Anthony Horowitz - editor introduction
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
5. The Best American Mystery Stories 2014
Otto Penzler, Laura Lippman
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
6. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025
Don Winslow, Steph Cha
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
7. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016
Otto Penzler, Elizabeth George
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
8. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023
Amor Towles - editor, Otto Penzler - editor
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
9. The Best American Mystery Stories 2019
Jonathan Lethem, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
10. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler
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Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
11. The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
Louise Penny, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
12. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024
S.A. Cosby, Steph Cha
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
13. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021
Lee Child - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
14. The Best American Mystery Stories 2015
James Patterson
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
15. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022
Sara Paretsky - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
16. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025
John Grisham - editor, Otto Penzler - series editor
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
17. The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
Tom Andes, Peter S. Beagle
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
18. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and detective.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
19. Detective Thrillers Short Stories
Lee Horsley, B. Morris Allen
Fits this list for its focus on detective.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
20. Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler, Jason Starr
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Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
21. The Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sidney Paget
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and detective.
Shelf signal: Mystery & Crime Crit
22. Short Stories in French
Richard Coward
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and collections.
Shelf signal: French Literary Collections
23. Detective Mysteries Short Stories
Rosemary Herbert, Daniel Brock
Fits this list for its focus on detective.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies
24. The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
Jeffery Deaver, Otto Penzler
Fits this list for its focus on anthologies and mystery.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies