Among the 38 choices made by the editors of Real Simple Magazine, are the following crime and mystery fiction titles:

THE BREAK-IN, Katherine Faulkner
HEARTWOOD, Amity Gaige
THE PARIS EXPRESS, Emma Donoghue
BEAUTIFUL UGLY, Alice Feeney
ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME, Sarah Harman
THE SAVAGE, NOBLE DEATH OF BABS DIONNE, Ron Currie