Recs if you like Lush Life...

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

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.

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