Goodreads Choice Award – Best Mystery and Thriller

This is a list of the nominees for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery and Thriller of 2021, and as such, constitutes the Goodreads best of the year list. You can go to the goodreads site and vote for your choice. The winner will be announced on December 9, 2021.

EVERY LAST SECRET, A. R. Torre
RAZORBLADE TEARS, S. A. Cosby
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, Alice Feeney
LOCAL WOMAN MISSING, Mary Kubica
ALL HER LITTLE SECRETS, Wanda M. Morris
BILLY SUMMERS, Stephen King
HARLEM SHUFFLE, Colson Whitehead
THE WIFE UPSTAIRS, Rachel Hawkins
WE BEGIN AT THE END, Chris Whitaker
THE PLOT, Jean Hanff Korelitz
THE MAIDENS, Alex Michaelides
THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED, Lisa Jewell
APPLES NEVER FALL, Liane Moriarty
ARSENIC AND ADOBO, Mia P. Manansala
THE PUSH, Ashley Audrain
THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, Laura Dave
THE GOOD SISTER, Sally Hepworth
THE SURVIVORS, Jane Harper
NOT A HAPPY FAMILY, Shari Lapena
A SLOW FIRE BURNING, Paula Hawkins

Editor’s Note: Another good list even if it is top heavy with psychological/domestic suspense novels. Three of my top five of the year (in bold) are on the list so I can’t complain.