Most Anticipated Mysteries & Thrillers

As a category, Mysteries & Thrillers covers a wide range of storytelling styles: police procedurals, private investigations, espionage, noir, cozies, historical, legal, paranormal…the list goes on.
 
Because this genre is so reliably popular with readers, you’ll find all of these and more on bookshelves this fall. We’ve compiled below the most anticipated titles of the upcoming season, as determined by early reviews, ratings, and Goodreads regulars’ Want to Read shelves. The books are sorted by month this time around, to help facilitate your reading calendar.
 
Some spotlight items, in no particular order: The inimitable Rachel Kushner is back this September with Creation Lake, a fascinating noir about a mysterious American woman infiltrating a French anarchist collective. On the cozier side of things, Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club series) profiles a father-in-law/daughter-in-law investigator team with We Solve Murders.
 
Comic book fans may want to check out Alex Segura’s Alter Ego, a kinda-sorta sequel to 2022’s Secret Identity, both of which feature deadly intrigue in the comics industry. The new novel from genre veteran Liane Moriarty, meanwhile, asks an uncomfortable question: What would you do if you knew exactly when and how you will die?
 
Finally, fans of Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me—winner of the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award mystery prize—may want to save some shelf space for The Night We Lost Him, featuring estranged siblings, family secrets, and a reportedly bananas final twist.
 
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title, and add anything that looks promising to your Want to Read shelf.