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Library Journal Best Books – Crime Fiction: Thriller Winners

Browse Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Library Journal Best Books history.

Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller Cross-year archive

2025

Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller results for the 2025 award year.

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All This Could Be Yours

Ryan, Hank Phillippi

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Belles

Dunham, Lacey N.

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Break-In

Faulkner, Katherine

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Cold Burn

Land, Jon

Standalone · Thriller

May-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Devil's Kitchen

Thielman, Mark

Standalone · Historical Mystery

Apr-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Atkins, Ace

Standalone · General Fiction

Dec-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Famous Last Words

McAllister, Gillian

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Final Orbit

Hadfield, Chris

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Havana Syndrome

Higgins, Jeffrey James

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Hitchhikers

Stevens, Chevy

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Home Before Dark

AEgisdottir, Eva Bjorg

Standalone · Mystery

Nov-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Huguette

Black, Cara

Standalone · Historical

Dec-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

King of Ashes

Cosby, S.A.

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Mean Moms

Rosenblum, Emma

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Medusa Protocol

Hart, Rob

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Nobody Knows You're Here

Greenwood, Bryn

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Oligarch's Daughter

Finder, Joseph

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

South of Nowhere

Deaver, Jeffery

Colter Shaw Series · Book 5 · Thriller

May-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Stillwater

Scott, Tanya

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

This Book Will Bury Me

Winstead, Ashley

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The Vanishing Place

Rankin, Zoe

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

The White Crow

Robotham, Michael

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

Wild Instinct

Parker, T. Jefferson

Standalone · Thriller

Nov-2025 Library Journal Best Books Crime Fiction: Thriller *

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