Crime Books
Crime fiction follows the commission, investigation, or consequences of criminal acts. From hard-boiled detective stories to forensic procedurals and heist novels, the genre is built on moral ambiguity, clue-laying, and the thin line between justice and revenge.
50 books

Crime
All American Boys

Crime
All the Sinners Bleed

Science Fiction
Altered Carbon

Non-Fiction
Between the World and Me

Literary Fiction
Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Crime
City in Ruins

Crime
Dancing Bear

Crime
Franny and Zooey

Non-Fiction
Girl, Woman, Other

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Headhunters

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Heat 2

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Her Every Fear

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Jar City

Historical Fiction
Jazz

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Killing Floor

Crime
King of Ashes

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Low Town

Crime
Magpie Murders

Literary Fiction
Native Son

Contemporary Fiction
On Beauty

Literary Fiction
Passing

Crime
Prayers for the Stolen

Literary Fiction
Red at the Bone

Crime
Ripley's Game

Non-Fiction
Say Nothing

Crime
Shantaram

Mystery
Still Life

Contemporary Fiction
Sula

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The Black Echo

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The Boy in the Suitcase

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The Chestnut Man

Literary Fiction
The Devil All the Time

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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The Heron

Mystery
The Jack Reacher Novels

Crime
The Killer Inside Me

Historical Fiction
The Known World

Literary Fiction
The Last House on Needless Street
The Montalbano Series
Mystery
The Montalbano Series

Non-Fiction
The New Jim Crow

Literary Fiction
The Other Black Girl

Thriller
The Paris Apartment

Crime
The Power of the Dog
The Queen of the South
Crime
The Queen of the South

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The Snowman

Memoir
The Souls of Black Folk
The Spenser Series
Crime
The Spenser Series

Non-Fiction
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

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World Without End

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