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Crime

The crime genre includes the broad selection of books on criminals and the court system, but the most common focus is investigations and sleuthing. Mystery novels are usually placed into this category, although there is a separate division for "crime". Hard Case Crime is one example. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Crime"

The Book of Cold Cases
The Night Shift
Nine Lives
What Happened to the Bennetts
The Match (Wilde, #2)
The Secrets We Share
Like a Sister
The Patient's Secret
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation
Secret Identity
The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
The Lightning Rod (Escape Artist, #2)
Daughter
Reputation
Killing Time
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Most Read This Week

The Maid
The Locked Door
The Investigator (Letty Davenport #1)
Bamburgh (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #19)
What Happened to the Bennetts
The Night She Disappeared
The Match (Wilde, #2)
Family Money
The Club
The Guest List
Or Else
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
The Book of Cold Cases
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
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Lists

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
90 books — 1,289 voters
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
479 books — 526 voters

Token Huntress by Kia Carrington-RussellThe Law of Attraction by N.M. SilberLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonHail Strike by Brett ArquetteBeatless by Amber L. Johnson
Our Favorite Indie Reads
3,381 books — 3,197 voters
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonShutter Island by Dennis LehaneThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Modern Mystery, Crime fiction
1,331 books — 1,095 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italy
880 books — 477 voters
I See You by Clare MackintoshInto the Water by Paula HawkinsThe Girl Before by J.P. DelaneyHer Every Fear by Peter SwansonFinal Girls by Riley Sager
2017 Crime Books You're Excited For!
133 books — 379 voters

Crime Books

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
And Then There Were None
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
Gone Girl
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
The Girl on the Train
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
In Cold Blood
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
Sharp Objects
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
Dark Places
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
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Related Genres

Fiction
Mystery
True Crime

Quotes Tagged “Crime”

Mario Puzo
“ Behind every successful fortune there is a crime. ”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather
208 likes

Noam Chomsky
“ For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. ”
― Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
624 likes

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Videos Tagged “Crime”

Misha Glenny's McMafia - Dubai
Misha Glenny's McMafia - Dubai
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Groups Tagged "Crime"

Unsafe Fiction A place where readers and writers who understand fiction is already a safe space because it's...…more
10 members, last active 6 hours ago
Book Talk with Kealan Patrick Burke Chat all things literary with Bram Stoker Award-winning horror author Kealan Patrick Burke.
403 members, last active a day ago
Crime Detective Mystery Thriller Group This is a book club/group for ALL books about crime, mysteries, and thrillers. From romantic sus…more
2,245 members, last active a day ago
Reading the Detectives Our group reads vintage British mysteries from the Golden Age and beyond. In 2022 we have a Dete…more
1,680 members, last active 28 minutes ago

Writing Tagged “Crime”

Asking For Trouble (Excerpt)
1 chapters — updated May 13, 2015 06:30PM — 2 people liked it
Sometimes fiction mimics reality...or vice versa
1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:33PM — 1 person liked it

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