World Mysteries and Thrillers discussion

What's on our bookshelves?
We're glad you asked that question.

First, this group showcases mysteries from around the globe.

They're shelved by region:
(1) Regional setting of story
(2) Where published (*assumes* novel is set somewhere in the country which publishes it)
(3) Author's origin

Links below jump directly to your section of interest.
(Numbers reflect current size of shelf)

africa (50)
...East Africa, North Africa, South Africa

asia (54)
...China, SE Asia, Japan

british isles (30)
...includes UK, Scotland & Ireland

india (31)
...includes India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc

mediterranean (30)
...includes Italy, Greece, Spain

mid east (28)
...includes Asia Minor, Israel, etc

north america (54)
...the USA, Canada, the arctic

oceania (4)
...includes New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii

scandinavian (263)
...*any* country found in Northern Europe

south america (21)
...includes Caribbean, Latin America, Mexico

western europe (32)
...includes Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, etc

'unknown' (37)
...I'm so far unable to classify these books. They need further review.

Note: **please report to a moderator when you see any book classified in the wrong region.**

Other types of shelf:


'authors in-house' (109)
...this is where authors who are group members will have their titles collected for display.

'featured book' (4)
...this is where we highlight some popular classics to attract new readers from around the Goodreads website. It stems from the group's 'currently reading' shelf.

'new books out' (4)
...When an in-house author publishes a new book, it temporarily replaces the display of the 'featured books' on the homepage. This folder is where the new release can be discussed (two weeks only).

non-fiction (6)
...classic works of nonfiction, biography, journalism, & research (such as Raymond Chandler's 'Simple Art of Murder')

nonfiction new (9)
...*recent* works of nonfiction (such as 'The Invention of Murder')

historic (24)
...any kind of historical fiction

thrillers (145)
...thrillers (these may eventually go away).

Quick ALPHABETICAL list of all 342 authors in our shelves!

Adams, Taylor
Addiego, John
Adler, M.A.
Adler-Olsen, Jussi
Alber, Lisa
Alvtegen, Karin
Amato, Carmen
Ameringer, Charles
Anderson, Steve
Ardalan, Ahmad
Atkinson, Kate
Baantjer, A.C.
Ball, John Dudley
Barclay, Linwood
Barr, Nevada
Bastiani, David
Baylee, Eden
Berry, Steve
Bilal, Parker
Birkegaard, Mikkel
Birney, Perri
Black, Cara
Blue, Morana
Bodelsen, Anders
Bogat, Leni
Bondeson, Jann
Bornemark, Kjell-Olof
Borton, E.E.
Boswell, Simon
Bradley, Alan
Brekke, Jørgen
Brennan, Thomas
Brett, Charles
Brooke, Jane
Brooks, Russell
Brown, Duffy
Bull, Bartle
Burdett, John
Burman, Carina
Burstein, Dan
Burton, Darren G.
Burton, Trevor
Callinan, David
Camilleri, Andrea
Campion, Alexander
Capote, Truman
Carling, Finn
Carroll, Jerry Jay
Carter, Vince
Casas, Eduardo R.
Cassian, John
Cavanaugh, Douglas
Ceder, Camilla
Cencich, John R.
Chandler, Raymond
Chang, Henry
Charnes, Lance
Christensen, Lars Saabye
Church, James
Cleverly, Barbara
Coelho, Paulo
Coetzee, J.M.
Coffey, Brian
Coffman, D.M.
Cole, Sam
Collins, Wilkie
Connelly, Michael
Coon, Carla
Cornell, Charles A.
Cotterill, Colin
Courtenay, Bryce
Craney, Glen
Crombie, Deborah
Crumley, James
Curl, James Stevens
Dahl, Arne
Dahl, Kjell Ola
Davidsen, Leif
Davis, John J.
Deng, Zichao
Dickens, Charles
Dressler, Craig W.
Eastland, Sam
Ebersohn, Wessel
Eco, Umberto
Edwards, Alexander
Edwardson, Åke
Efverman, A.C.
Efverman, A.C.
Ekman, Kerstin
Enger, Thomas
Eriksson, Kjell
Feeney, David
Ferraris, Zoë
Fesperman, Dan
Finch, Charles
Fiore, Antonello
Fioretos, Aris
Flanders, Judith
Fleet, Susan
Flynn, Vince
Follett, Ken
Forster, C.S.
Fossum, Karin
Fouche, James
Fowler, Christopher
French, Tana
Frieden, A.C.
Frimansson, Inger
Fugazzotto, Peter
Furst, Alan
Gage, Leighton
Galdi, Ted
Garbin, Mark S.
Gardner, John
Gazan, S.J.
George, Elizabeth
Gilmour, Paul
Giovanni, Maurizio de
Goddard, Robert
Godden, Rumer
Goodwin, Jason
Gordon, Lisa
Griffith, Nicola
Griffiths, Elly
Gruber, Michael
Grytten, Frode
Grøndahl, Jens Christian
Guillou, Jann
Gunnarsson, Ólafur
Hall, Tarquin
Hamilton, Lyn
Hammett, Dashiell
Hamsun, Knut
Hasan, Shariful
Havens, Clare
Hawksford, Diane Zemke
Heady, Kathleen
Hellmann, Libby Fischer
Hennessy, Gamal
Higashino, Keigo
Higgins, George V.
Hillerman, Tony
Holt, Anne
Hoyt, Richard
Høeg, Peter
III, Guy Stanton
Ibe, Adimchinma
Iles, Greg
Indriðason, Arnaldur
Indriðason, Arnaldur
Iyer, Ranjini
James, P.D.
Jansson, Tove
Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä
Johnson, Kathryn
Johnson, Steven
Jr., Thomas N. Pointer
Jungersen, Christian
Jungstedt, Mari
Kaaberbøl, Lene
Kamat, Sameer
Kamish, Vaulte
Kanell, Beth
Katkov, Norman
Kellerman, Faye
Kephart, M.J.
Kepler, Lars
Kerr, P.B.
Kerr, Philip
Ketkar, Sameer
King, Laurie R.
Kirino, Natsuo
Kjærstad, Jann
Kopman-Owens, Peggy
Krasno, Nik
Kudaka, Geraldine
Lambert, Daniel
Lang, Andy
Lang, Maria
Lapidus, Jens
Lappin, Linda
Larsen, Michael
Larsson, Björn
Larsson, Åsa
Last, Jerold
Lehtolainen, Leena
Lemaitre, Pierre
Leon, Donna
Levinson, Paul
Liffner, Eva-Marie
Lindqvist, John Ajvide
Lippman, Laura
Loren, Albert
Luciano, Richard
Ludlum, Robert
Läckberg, Camilla
Macdonald, Ross
Mackenzie, Jassy
Mackey, Scott
Mailer, Norman
Mankell, Henning
Manson, Howard ||||||||, Walt
Marklund, Liza
Masterson, J.D.
Mayle, Peter
McClure, James
McPherson, Scott
Meyer, Deon
Meyer, Mike
Michaelis, Bo Tao
Miller, Maurice G.
Miyabe, Miyuki
Morcan, James
Morcan, Lance
Moreau, Iza
Muhammad, Khalid
Nadel, Barbara
Neiderman, Andrew
Nelson, D.S.
Nesbø, Jo
Nesbø, Jo
Nesser, Håkan
Nestingen, Andrew
Ngugi, Mukoma wa
Nielsen, Torben
Nighthawk, Baibin
Nikolai, Sandra
Nykänen, Harri
O'Neill, Frank
O'byrne, Michael
Oh, Emm
Oksanen, Sofi
Olafsson, Olaf
Paretsky, Sara
Parham, Landon
Parr, Edward
Patten, J.T.
Paulson, Mary
Penny, David
Penny, Louise
Perry, Sue
Persson, Leif G.W.
Persy, J.K.
Pesaro, Luca
Peters, Elizabeth
Peterzen, Elisabet
Petterson, Per
Poe, Edgar Allan
Pollack, Tom
Poole, Brian C.
Pérez-Reverte, Arturo
Quartey, Kwei
Quincey, Thomas de
Rae, Nicci
Rankin, Ian
Rees, Matt
Reich, James
Rendell, Ruth
Ridinger, Gayle
Ridpath, Michael
Rogers, J.R.
Rose, Willow
Rosenberg, Kenneth
Rosett, Sara
Roslund, Anders
Roth, Martin
Rowland, Laura Joh
Royal, Priscilla
Rubin, Michael H.
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
Rygg, Pernille
Sandford, John
Santlofer, Jonathan
Scheen, Kjersti
Schwartz, Jasmine
Seeley, Larry
Seymour, Gerald
Shabka, Omar
Sigurðardóttir, Yrsa
Silva, Daniel
Simenon, Georges
Sipilä, Jarkko
Sipper, Moshe
Sjöwall, Maj
Smith, Anthony Neil
Smith, Kendall
Smith, Martin Cruz
Smith, Roger
Smith, Tom Rob
Somer, Mehmet Murat
Staalesen, Gunnar
Stanley, Michael
Steiner, Peter
Stevens, Taylor
Stoia, Vincent
Sue, Eugène
Summerscale, Kate
Söderberg, Alexander
Söderberg, Hjalmar
Söderberg, Hjalmar
Talib, Khaled
Tallis, Frank
Tandori, Marta
Theorin, Johan
Thompson, James
Thor, Brad
Thorn, Raymond
Todd, Charles
Traver, Robert
Trost, Cameron
Tursten, Helene
Upfield, Arthur W.
Vance, Carter
Vane, Kate
Vargas, Fred
Vater, Tom
Vella, Charles
Vesaas, Tarjei
Vignesh, Ram
Vreeland, Susan
Vrooman, Charles
Wagner, Jann Costin
Wahl, Mats
Wahlöö, Per
Waines, A.J.
Walker, Martin
Walker, Walter
Walters, Michael
Warner, Sara
Weiss, Kirsten
Weston, Roger
Westö, Kjell
Williamson, W.S.
Wilson, Robert
Woodbury, Roger M.
Woods, Stuart
Xiaolong, Qiu
Yarrow, Joyce
Yumemakura, Baku
Östergren, Klas