Bookreporter Reviewers’ Favorites of 2025

Among the various lists of favorites by Bookreporter’s reviewers (several lists contained no crime fiction or thrillers) are these titles:

Kate Ayers
THE TIN MEN, Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille
HEAD CASES, John McMahon
TELL ME WHAT YOU DID, Carter Wilson
THE DOORMAN, Chris Pavone
THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE, Richard Osman

Curtis Edmonds
LETHAL PREY, John Sandford

Megan Elliott
EL DORADO DRIVE, Megan Abbott

Pamela Kramer
WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE, Karin Slaughter
THE BLACK WOLF, Louise Penny
FEVER BEACH, Carl Hiaasen

Bronwyn Miller
WILD DARK SHORE, Charlotte McConaghy
EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU, Jo Piazza

Rebecca Munro
COUNT MY LIES, Sophie Stava
WILD DARK SHORE, Charlotte McConaghy
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS, Grady Hendrix

L. Dean Murphy
MIDNIGHT BURNING, Paul Levine
THE GIRL IN THE GREEN DRESS, Mariah Fredericks
THE BLACK HIGHWAY, Simon Toyne
RIVER OF LIES, James L’Etoile
GUMSHOE AFTER MIDNIGHT, Rob Leininger
A MURDER IN ZION, Nicole Maggi

Ray Palen
FAIR PLAY, Louise Hegarty
DON’T LET HIM IN, Lisa Jewell
KING OF ASHES, S. A. Cosby
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS, Grady Hendrix
THE SECRET OF SECRETS, Dan Brown
THE PROVING GROUND, Michael Connelly
THE LAST DEATH OF THE YEAR, Sophie Hannah
THE HOUSE AT DEVIL’S NECK, Tom Mead
NEVER FLINCH, Stephen King
DON’T TELL ME HOW TO DIE, Marshall Karp
KILL YOUR DARLINGS, Peter Swanson
WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE, Karin Slaughter
WHAT THE NIGHT BRINGS, Mark Billingham
Robert Ludlum’s THE BOURNE VENDETTA, Brian Freeman
HANG ON ST. CHRISTOPHER, Adrian McKinty

Norah Piehl
HISTORY LESSONS, Zoe B. Wallbrook

Stuart Shiffman
THE SILVER STATE, Gabriel Urza
PRESUMED GUILTY, Scott Turow

Philip Zozzaro
DEATH AT THE WHITE HART, Chris Chibnall
MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42, Eli Cranor
EL DORADO DRIVE, Megan Abbott
CROOKS, Lou Berney