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Booklist Editors’ Choice Mystery & Thriller Fiction 2023

BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN, Jessica Knoll
THE ENCHANTERS, James Ellroy
THE GOLDEN GATE, Amy Chua
THE REFORMATORY, Tananarive Due

In General Fiction: These novels that some consider crime fiction

HAPPINESS FALLS, Angie Kim
THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, James McBride
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, Rebecca Makkai
THE LEFTOVER WOMAN, Jean Kwok
THE VASTER WILDS, Lauren Groff