Last month I posted the 20 nominees for the goodreads Choice Award (which I considered the goodreads list of the best mysteries of the year). Readers were encouraged to vote for what they consider the best mystery of 2021. The winner was announced today and it was a bit of a surprise to me. Also impressive was the large numbers of votes each book got. Below is the list of nominees and the votes obtained for each title. Congratulations to Laura Dave.

THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, Laura Dave – Winner — 58,406 votes
THE MAIDENS, Alex Michaelides — 49,829 votes
BILLY SUMMERS, Stephen King — 47,847 votes
THE PUSH, Ashley Audrain — 39,069 votes
ARSENIC AND ADOBO, Mia P. Manansala — 28,263 votes
HARLEM SHUFFLE, Colson Whitehead — 26,200 votes
APPLES NEVER FALL, Liane Moriarty — 24,584 votes
THE WIFE UPSTAIRS, Rachel Hawkins — 22,922 votes
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, Alice Feeney — 21,201 votes
RAZORBLADE TEARS, S. A. Cosby — 17,636 votes
LOCAL WOMAN MISSING, Mary Kubica — 7,273 votes
THE SURVIVORS, Jane Harper — 6,955 votes
THE GOOD SISTER, Sally Hepworth — 6,844 votes
THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED, Lisa Jewell — 6,828 votes
WE BEGIN AT THE END, Chris Whitaker — 6,706 votes
THE PLOT, Jean Hanff Korelitz — 5,340 votes
NOT A HAPPY FAMILY, Shari Lapena — 4,807 votes
A SLOW FIRE BURNING, Paula Hawkins — 4,702 votes
EVERY LAST SECRET, A. R. Torre — 3,004 votes
ALL HER LITTLE SECRETS, Wanda M. Morris — 1,883 votes