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The Best Mysteries, Thrillers, and True Crime of 2025 | Multnomah County Library

Recommendations from Multnomah County Library staff. For more of our 2025 Best Books use the link at the end.

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  • Goofy, campy homages to classic horror; complicated religious and family trauma; gruesome murders, demon possession, and body horror; and a messy lesbian will-they won't-they romance: this book does it all, and does it well. I had fun the whole…
    Book, 2025Philadelphia : Quirk Books, 2025. — FICTION KINGMILLE 2025
  • Complicated and messy, with plenty of twists, turns, and (justified?) betrayals. A heartfelt and nuanced meditation on family, community, and what it means to heal from trauma. - Isaac H.
    eBook, 2025New York: CROOKED LANE BOOKS, 2025. — Libby ebook
  • The Carpool Detectives

    a True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case

    Hogan, Chuck
    Calling all true crime fans! This true story of four mothers who used their early Covid quarantine time to solve a cold case has stranger-than-fiction twists and turns that keep you turning the pages. - Kady F.
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — 363.25097 H7142c 2025
  • A gripping sci-fi thriller—and Native American First Contact story—by Indigenous author Daniel Wilson, who is a Cherokee Nation citizen and works as a threat forecaster for NASA. - Sharon P.
    Book, 2025New York : Doubleday, 2025. — SF WILSON 2025
  • This book made me obsessed with the concept of doppelgangers. Not a thriller in the traditional sense, but certainly "psychological fiction"! - Delaney N
    Book, 2025New York : Penguin Press, 2025. — FICTION SATHIAN 2025
  • Vanishing professors, occult research, isolated campuses... a very fun book! - Larry L.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2025. — FICTION TEMPLEMAN 2025
  • A thriller set in Denver in the world of newly legalized marijuana. - Larry L.
    Book, 2025Boulder, CO : Trident Press, [2025] — FICTION SCHANEMAN 2025
  • A wild premise and a heroine you want the best for even though you know how it will end. A thrilling, funny, and emotional ride that should not be missed! I loved it! - Rochelle F.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Random House Large Print, [2025] — FICTION JACKSON 2025
  • The category is: Murder! Readers who like a twisty mystery with a wink, nod, and amateur drag queen sleuths will love this. - Matt S.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2025. — MYSTERY STARS 2025
  • Historical thriller that plays with the notions of time, memory, families and gender. So many BIG thoughts wrapped in a spy story. - Ann K.
    Book, 2025New York : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2025. — FICTION GELFUSO 2025
  • If you crave a little police procedural mystery, a little Afro-futuristic thriller, and a whole lot of un-put-downable, this is your next confounding but captivating read.. - Emily-Jane D.
    Book, 2025New York : DAW Books, 2025. — FICTION OYEBANJI 2025
  • For those who like their mysteries cozy but not sappy, and culinary but not corny. Soul food restaurateur and caterer Savvy Summers is just trying to mind her own business, but folks keep dying in the vicinity of her famous sweet potato pie. -…
    Book, 2025New York : Minotaur Books, 2025. — MYSTERY JACKSONOP 2025
  • How about a dark academia tale of social conspiracy and murder set in a 1980's all girl's school? Tamaki and artist Goux pull the veil away from 1980's nostalgia with a dramatic look at the subtle effects of ostracization from homophobia caused…
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Abrams Fanfare, 2025. — ygn TAMAKI 2025
  • You ever try to live alone in the woods in northeast Washington? But then family troubles force you out? Great characters, engrossing story, loss and redemption. - Mark F.
    Large Print, 2025New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — LGE-TYPE FICTION WALTER 2025
  • If you are a gardener, hiker, or lover of nature – the metaphors in this book will sing to you. A story of loving things despite knowing they'll die. A book with impossible choices and a setting you won't forget. Evocative. Mysterious. - Maryanne B
    Large Print, 2025Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025. — LGE-TYPE FICTION MCCONAGHY 2025
  • The Fort Bragg Cartel

    Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces

    Harp, Seth,
    A nonfiction thriller! I could not put down or stop talking about this. true crime story that then grows and mutates into the consequences of the War on Terror and the ugly secretive beast our military has become today. - David F
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025] — 364.13365 H2931f 2025
  • Sybil unravels her upbringing and traditions all the while being accompanied by Rodrick, a rude and handsome knight. The closer she gets to answers of her past the more darkness she uncovers. - Ash W.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Orbit, Hachette Book Group, 2025. — SF GILLIG 2025
  • The perfect book for Halloween time or any spooky season. Set in 1970s Portland, this vampire novel is filled with action, dread, and nostalgia, sometimes all at once. - Kyle T. and Jack M.
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — FICTION ROSSON 2025
  • I hope you die in your sleep. - Heather E.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2025. — FICTION FEENEY 2025
  • A page turner that felt like a fever dream and made me squirm. Definitely not for the faint of heart. I still can't stop thinking about it... - Emily L.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2025New York : Macmillan Audio, 2025. — Libby Audiobook