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Fiction has always been where truth hides. Across horror, thriller, literary fiction, fantasy & mystery every book on this list has something to say about power, who holds it, who destroys it, and how it reproduces itself.

includes contemporary fiction, scifi, horror, speculative fiction and nonfiction

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

The New York Times published a list on August 5th, 2026, of the 50 best thrillers published since 2000 as voted on by hundreds of writers of every kind of crime fiction, from legal thrillers to spy novels to cozy mysteries, as well as librarians, editors, critics and Bookstagrammers.

50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century | NYT List

August 2026 List of the best thrillers of the 21st century as nominated by mystery/thriller authors

For the Fae and Flame Society book club, often our seasonal book bingo includes a square for 'a book set in a small town.' Here is a list of books set in small towns across a variety of genres to push us outside of our normal romantasy.

August 2026 Reader’s choice of the best 100 thrillers All I gotta say is the definitely didn’t ask me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Crime, mystery, and thrillers written by Australian female authors

Top 100 books of the 21st Century according to ABC Radio National (Australia)

Explore the down under place of Australia with books set in Australia or written by Australian authors . Through these books learn and explore Australia's people, cultures, foods, activities, animals, and more.

Books by Australians and/or set in Australia 🇦🇺

Stories written by Aussie authors that I loved.