52 week Mystery/Thriller Challenge 2025

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3 participants (92 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This is a challenge to read one mystery/thriller per week (52 for the year). This is open ended in the fact that you can pick the trope, whether it's a classic or new, etc. I mainly created to get through my TBR for this genre.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Couple at the Lake House by James Caine

The Couple at the Lake House

James Caine

216 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Crash by Freida McFadden

The Crash

Freida McFadden

309 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction thriller emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

The Burning Girls

C.J. Tudor

333 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

The Book of Cold Cases

Simone St. James

341 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The One by John Marrs

The One

John Marrs

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Family Experiment by John Marrs

The Family Experiment

John Marrs

454 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Balthazar's Bane by Kat Ross

Balthazar's Bane

Gaslamp Gothic #6

Kat Ross

376 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror mystery emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
The Daemoniac by Kat Ross

The Daemoniac

Gaslamp Gothic #1

Kat Ross

328 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Thirteenth Gate by Kat Ross

The Thirteenth Gate

Gaslamp Gothic #2

Kat Ross

348 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
A Bad Breed by Kat Ross

A Bad Breed

Gaslamp Gothic #3

Kat Ross

292 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery dark mysterious fast-paced