Riot Recommends

You can now add Book Riot to the roster of online literary sources declaring they have identified the “best” mystery and thriller releases of 2025. Only four titles are given, two of which are young-adult publications and one of which is both horror and crime:

• King of Ashes, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron/Pine & Cedar)
• Salt Bones, by Jennifer Givhan (Little, Brown)
• The Scammer, by Tiffany D. Jackson (Quill Tree)
• This Place Kills Me, by Mariko Tamaki (Harry N. Abrams)

Book Riot also names its favorite works in 11 more categories, from Comics and Fantasy to Non-fiction and Science Fiction. All of those lists should be accessible right here.