The American Library Association's review magazine Booklist compiles "best of" lists each year, although their "year" is a "Booklist crime fiction year," from May 1, 2013, through April 15, 2014. The latest list of top ten crime fiction novels included six stand-alones, two series entries, and two books that seem to be the first volumes in new series. There are three historicals and one set in the future; four take place in the U.S., with one each in Budapest, Quebec, Ireland, France, England, and Mexico. Booklist also selected ten top picks for debut crime fiction title, all outlined below:
THE YEAR'S BEST CRIME NOVELS
The Cairo Affair, by Olen Steinhauer. 2014
How the Light Gets In, by Louise Penny. 2013
In the Morning I’ll Be Gone, by Adrian McKinty. 2014
Natchez Burning, by Greg Iles. 2014
Night Film, by Marisha Pessl. 2013
An Officer and a Spy, by Robert R. Harris. 2014
The Orphan Choir, by Sophie Hannah. 2014
The Rules of Wolfe, by James Carlos. 2013
Shovel Ready, by Adam Sternbergh. 2014
The Thicket, by Joe R. Lansdale. 2013
BEST CRIME FICTION DEBUTS
The Abomination, by Jonathan Holt. 2013
The Ascendant, by Drew Chapman. 2014
The Curiosity, by Stephen P. Kiernan. 2013
Decoded, by Mai Jia. Tr, by Olivia Milburn. 2014
The Deliverance of Evil, by Roberto Constantini. Tr, by N. S. Thompson. 2014
The Last of the Smoking Bartenders, by C. J. Howell. 2013
North of Boston, by Elisabeth Elo. 2014
Precious Thing, by Colette McBeth. 2014
Shovel Ready, by Adam Sternbergh. 2014
The Word Exchange, by Alena Graedon. 2014
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