Best Mysteries Of 2015 From Amazon And Others
Listing the best mysteries of 2015 is part of a long tradition of ‘best books in year x’ started by bloggers, commercial entities like Amazon and various book magazines online.
The year 2015 is nearing its end and Amazon has already published its own best books list with so far 21 great mystery/thriller and suspense novels. Others, like Publisher’s Weekly, The Washington Post and The Strand Magazine have shortly followed suit with their own top 5, 10 and 12 lists.
Amazon‘s 21 Best Mysteries For 2015
1. All The Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer
2. Finders Keepers by Stephen King
3. The Cartel by Don Winslow
4. The English Spy by Daniel Silva
5. Radiant Angel by Nelson DeMille
6. Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman
7. Day Shift by Charlaine Harris
8. Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon
9. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
10. Descent by Tim Johnston
11. The Harder They Come by T.C. Boyle
12. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
13. All Involved by Ryan Gattis
14. Day Four by Sarah Lotz
15. Orient by Christopher Bollen
16. Shark Skin Suite by Tim Dorsey
17. Shark Skin Suite by Brendan Duffy
18. Innocence; or, Murder on Steep Street by Heda Margolius Kovaly and Alex Zucker
19. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
20. The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
21. Nobody Walks by Mick Herron
You can find Amazon’s best lists broken down by category here.
The Strand Magazine’s Top 12 List
1. The Killing Kind by Chris Holm
2. Solitude Creek by Jeffery Deaver
3. The Fixer by Joseph Finder
4. Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay
5. Dark Places by Reavis Z. Wortham
6. A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd
7. Constant Fear by Daniel Palmer
8. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
9. All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer
10. The Stranger by Harlan Coben
11. The Hot Countries by Tim Hallinan
12. The Dead Student by John Katzenbach
You can find the list here
Publisher’s Weekly Best Mystery List
1. Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik
2. The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
3. House of the Rising Sun by James Lee Burke
4. Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? by Stephen Dobyns
5. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
6. The Mulberry Bush by Charles McCarry
7. Freedom’s Child by Jax Miller
8. The Verdict by Nick Stone
9. The Cartel by Don Winslow
10. The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young
You can find their list here
The Washington Post Best Mystery List
1. A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George
2. Brush Back by Sara Paretsky
3. Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell
4. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
5. The Whites by Richard Price as Harry Brandt
