Barnes & Noble Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2021

SILVERVIEW, John le Carre’
THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, Louise Penny
THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, Richard Osman
FALSE WITNESS, Karin Slaughter
WHILE JUSTICE SLEEPS, Stacey Abrams
THE HERON’S CRY, Ann Cleeves
MRS. MARCH, Virginia Feito
THE GUILT TRIP, Sandie Jones
THE MAIDENS, Alex Michaelides
CLARK & DIVISION, Naomi Hirahara

No slight intended to the authors listed, but this is a very incomplete list of the best of 2021 because of the books that are not listed here — but should be. Five of these listed books are on our DP List of the best books of the year, but I wouldn’t put any of the 10 in the top tier of this year’s best. However, the Barnes & Noble list does have the distinction of being the first such list out. — George Easter