This year, the Editors chose the following 20 picks as the Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Books of the Year,
- City on Fire by Don Winslow ***
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
- The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
- The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
- The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
- The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
- The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
- Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen
- Shutter by Ramona Emerson
- Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
- What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris
- All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
- The Butcher and The Wren by Alaina Urquhart
- Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman
- Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths
- Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens
- Winter Work by Dan Fesperman
*** Don Winslow's City of Fire was also chosen as one of the top 10 Best Books overall ***
Here are the 10 Best Books of 2022, as chosen by the Amazon Book Editors: Gabrielle Zevin’s novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was chosen as the Best Book of the Year.
The Amazon Books Editors Top 10 picks of 2022:
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
- Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
- Fairy Tale by Stephen King
- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
- Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid:
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
- City on Fire by Don Winslow
