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Crime & Mystery Books

Books selected for readers looking for crime & mystery books.

22 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·49% reader overlap with Thrillers Supernatural Books

1. Station Eternity
Mur Lafferty
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
2. Superposition
David Walton
Fits this list for its focus on crime and mystery.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
3. Esperance
Adam Oyebanji
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
4. Big Time
Ben H. Winters
Included for strong crime alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
5. The Found Object Society
Michelle Maryk
Included for strong thriller alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
6. Extremity
Nicholas Binge
Included for strong history alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
7. The Man Who Saw Seconds
Alexander Boldizar
Included for strong book club alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
8. The One
John Marrs, Clare Corbett
Included for strong book club alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi
9. The Investigation
Stanislaw Lem, Stanisław Lem
Fits this list for its focus on crime and mystery.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
10. The Chain of Chance
Stanislaw Lem, Stanisław Lem
Fits this list for its focus on crime and mystery.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
11. Simultaneous
Eric Heisserer, Marin Ireland
Included for strong time alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
12. The Loop
Jeremy Robert Johnson, Inés del Castillo
Included for strong horror alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Supernatural Thrillers
13. The Tesla Gate
John D. Mimms
Included for strong action alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
14. The Hound of Justice
Claire O'Dell, Claire O'Dell
Included for strong book club alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
15. Observer
Robert Lanza, Nancy Kress
Included for strong medical alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Medical Thrillers
16. Reanimatrix
Pete Rawlik
Included for strong fiction alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Supernatural Thrillers
17. The Postmortal
Drew Magary
Included for strong book club alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
18. Gun, With Occasional Music
Jonathan Lethem
Included for strong award alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Sci-Fi Crime
19. Gravity
Tess Gerritsen
Included for strong best alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Medical Thrillers
20. Cell
George Guidall, Robin Cook
Included for strong medical alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Medical Thrillers
21. Invasion
Robin Cook
Included for strong medical alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Medical Thrillers
22. The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Unknown author
Included for strong mystery alignment with this crime & mystery list.
Shelf signal: Contemporary Fantasy
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