Best Mystery Thriller Books of 2021

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Woohoo, let's talk about the best mystery, thriller, and horror books I read in 2021! This was my strongest genre this year, so it was hard to narrow down
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FOR YOUR OWN GOOD by Samantha Downing - amzn.to/3H6BG8B
SACRED SINS by Nora Roberts - amzn.to/32nrgTf
THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward - amzn.to/3phbxhk
FAITHLESS IN DEATH by JD Robb - amzn.to/3sycgNj
FORGOTTEN IN DEATH by JD Robb - amzn.to/3ehkNMg
THE INHERITANCE GAMES by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - amzn.to/3pkvP9L
THE MAID by Nita Prose - amzn.to/3Efucyg
EVERY LAST FEAR by Alex Finlay - amzn.to/3qiL0iV
FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley - amzn.to/3pjixKu
THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP by Grady Hendrix - amzn.to/3EfWrwV
THE FIXER by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - amzn.to/3yTIfIB
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Комментарии : 53

@TheReadingandWritingLife 2 года назад

I'm so glad the In Death books got put on your list. I am now 8 books in and loving my Robb-a-Week challenge!! :) I love the characters so much.

@debralavoie9095 2 года назад

Excellent choices. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

@brooke5258 2 года назад

The Fixer is up next on my tbr. Can't wait to read it.

@suzannemoore404 2 года назад

I'm looking forward to trying The Inheritance Games book after your thoughts on it. It's been moved up to my Jan TBR. Thanks!

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@kathleensmith 2 года назад

Ok… watched the video = added 8 books to my want to read list….only reason it is not all 11 is because I have read all the Nora Roberts/JD Robb books….Looking forwarded to the New Year of reading!!!

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

LOL yay, hope you enjoy!!

@turboteresa1 2 года назад

You had me at In death books. I have been following him since the beginning, and I think like you they have just gotten better and better. So with you giving reviews about them, makes me wanna read your other booksRecommendations. I’m looking forward to trying a few that I would never have picked up otherwise. Like I don’t read a lot of young adult books mysteries anything. Except maybe twilight. So I’m looking forward to trying some thing I would not have tried otherwise.

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Hurrah for the In Death love! It is one of my favs

@RR-xl6yc 2 года назад

I also enjoyed both J D Robb entries this year, though I liked Forgotten in Death better. I am still waiting for one to match or exceed my favorite Treachery in Death, even though we're 20 books past it. I am not a horror fan so haven't read Grady Hendrix yet, but based on your comments maybe I'll try this one. Thank you for all the work you put into reviews, especially in articulating what does and doesn't work for you and why something might work for another type of reader. As I continue to watch your videos those details help me figure out which ones line up with my specific preferences. Best wishes for an even more successful (and healthy) reading year in 2022.

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Treachery in Death is my favorite, too - I hope someday it will be unseated!

@PokhrajRoy. 2 года назад

We love you loving Mystery, Thrillers and Isolated Close Circle Mysteries.

@rustiqjoy 2 года назад

I'm hoping to read For Your Own Good and the Maid. My favourite mystery this year is an English Murder but I also like the campy Finlay Donovon is Killing It. I read Final Girl Support Group and liked the angle the author chose to take.

@WildeBookGarden 2 года назад

I really, really appreciate that when you refer to bridge books you include readers of Adult books looking to pick up YA, rather than assuming everyone who would want a bridge book is trying to "graduate" or something ---and relatedly - yes! YA books written for actual teens are so important! many of them can (and should) be read by older readers too but they shouldn't be written with only that audience in mind

@saxybrit 2 года назад

I’ve just added a lot of books to my TBR 😆

@krzysamm7095 2 года назад

Your videos are always a joy to watch and yes they usually add to my TBR. I do have a question ....as always 😁... what is your favorite Ms Marple book, Poirot book and last but not least Tommy and Tuppence Beresford Book?

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

I recently put out my full ranking of all her books, so I'll point you there :)

@Sad.Purple.unicorn 2 года назад

I’m really looking forward to reading the Maid

@annier5914 2 года назад

lol i also liked the final girl support group a lot! it was fun and campy and thrilling imo. and i definitely want to read firekeepers daughter soon

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

LOL yay I'm glad I am not alone!!

@messy678 2 года назад

It’s kinda nuts how close our reading tastes are. I’ve been reading In Death since the early 00’s- I always say it’s my favorite series ever. I also loved the Hendrix book and am perplexed by the hate for it. I’ve seen it on a lot of Most Disappointing which confuses me- I thought it was a fun and bloody ride! On your recommendation I bought both Inheritance Games and Fixer today actually. Thanks for adding to my TBR! PS: I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on my favorite mysteries of the year, The Thursday Murder Club and The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Oseman. They remind me of the In Death books in that you’re really reading for the relationships between the characters. And these characters, sigh… I love them. LOVE THEM.

@jessicamou 2 года назад

Totally off the topic but your bookshelf is sooooo beautiful!

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Thank you!! I enjoy it 🥰

@d.m.3133 2 года назад

I loved Every Last Fear and No Exit. I didn’t Final Girls Support Group. 😬. That was my first Grady Henrix book. Thanks for all the recommendations! I have The Maid on hold from my library app.

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Hope you enjoy!

@arp711 2 года назад

I only recently got back into reading thrillers, but one I just read and is a favorite of the year was In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead, which honestly, that title alone deserves five stars.

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

That title is truly amazing

@danichiong6727 2 года назад

I agree that "twist" for the Last House on Needless Street is not something I'd usually like, but I think this one worked because it wasn't villainized just to be shocking

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Agreed, it felt more earned than it often does!

@megwithbooks 2 года назад

I am sooooo excited for The Maid!! Fun fact- Nita Prose is Ruth Ware’s editor!!

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

ooo, didn't realize that!

@lynnbraden1044 2 года назад

I know I've mentioned this before in your comment sections, but I love Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I liked the sequel to The Fixer (The Long Game) even more than the original. I just wish the company had allowed her to publish more books in that series. There are enough questions left at the end of The Long Game that there could have been another book. The Tess character is one of my favorites. I haven't read The Inheritance Games yet because I'm waiting for the third book, The Final Gambit, to be published in August. Also, I've mentioned before that I'm a big Nora Roberts fan. I read Sacred Sins years ago and really liked it at the time. I'm sure you've heard by now that Brazen Virtues (Brazen) is coming out on Netflix in January staring Alyssa Milano. I enjoyed The Firekeeper's Daughter, but I really think the publisher should classify it as New Adult rather than YA. The way the story is written and presented as well as some of the themes just fit better into that category in my opinion. Some of the best mystery thrillers that I've read this year are in a series called DI Kim Stone written by Angela Marsons. Nobody talks about this series, but the books are extremely well written with twists that are hard to predict and a cast of characters that are fun and engaging. Also, I read Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine this year and I was on the edge of my seat for most of the book. I also discovered a romantic suspense author called Toni Anderson and enjoyed her Barkley Sound duology.

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

YES, I'm really looking forward to the Brazen Virtues adaptation!

@LifeasMonae 2 года назад

For your own good was such a fun time!

@glendaw5221 2 года назад

What is “twee”? Love your videos.

@Pajali 2 года назад

“Twee” is something like “overly cute/sentimental,” to the point that it’s kind of annoying.

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Twee" usually means self-affectedly cutesy. It can be a good or bad thing, depending on your preferences & what tone something is going for.

@JessTalkingBooks 2 года назад

I'm amused. You don't like twee in cozy mysteries since it's one reason I read the style. For my Christmas video, I read cozy mysteries. One is kinda twee, but muted. Reminded me a bit of Cleo Coyle, a duo I love.

@heatherlehl7328 2 года назад

I started the In Death series because of your channel!! I'm a die hard for the audiobooks. Im iin a kind of slump but I still burn through 1-2 in death books a week!

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

It is truly ADDICTIVE!

@EN-ty1zm 2 года назад

Did you read the sequel to Sacred Sins? If you did, what did you thought about it?

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

I did! It was good, but didn't think it was as good as Sacred Sins. Looking forward to the adaptation

@JessOwens 2 года назад

Firekeeper’s Daughter 👏🏾 I know that’s right!!!!

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Right???

@AlioH89 2 года назад

I read The Fixer on your recommendation and really enjoyed it, finished the sequel a couple of days ago. One thing though, I kept wanting to get Ivy's perspective - I'd love an adult spinoff focusing on her (in theory as I know that's not going to happen!). That's not a fault of the book as its obviously a YA with the focus on the teen protagonist but I was frustrated at times that Ivy would dramatically enter and exit scenes but we'd never know what she went and did

@erika8555 2 года назад

Dumb question: what is "twee" that you were talking about with the maid?

@rustiqjoy 2 года назад

Was wondering also.

@janelee4232 2 года назад

I was wondering the same thing…what is twe?

@MrStrakatus 2 года назад

Same

@danichiong6727 2 года назад

Twee is when something is trying too hard to be quaint/dainty/quirky/cutesy

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

Dani has a pretty good definition of what I mean -- "Twee" usually means self-affectedly cutesy. It can be a good or bad thing, depending on your preferences & what tone something is going for.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

I'm always looking for neurodiverse representation in fiction so I definitely want to check out Maid

@bookslikewhoa 2 года назад

I felt like it was really well handled (wasn't maudlin nor was it used as a kind of "superpower" which I feel like we unfortunately see a lot - it was just a part of her overall character), but I will be interested in some own voices perspectives in reviews!