Best of 2014

I hope your holiday was warm and filled with joy, and a few new books!  Another year is drawing to a close and there are roundups popping up everywhere, giving the best books of 2014.  I would like to share a few, and ask you to share your favorites of the year as well.

Goodreads gave a reader's choice roundup of the Mystery and Thriller books of the year.  The top contenders in order of highest votes decending are: 

1)  Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) by Stephen King

2)  The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith

3)  The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars, #1) by Rob Thomas... on my TBR pile

4)  Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum #21) by Janet Evanovich

5)  The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10) by Louise Penny

6)  The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5) by Tana French
 
7)  The Son by Jo Nesbø

8)  I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1) by Terry Hayes

9)  The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6) by Alan Bradley

10)  Missing You by Harlan Coben (read review here)

11)  The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5) by Michael Connelly

12)  Natchez Burning (Penn Cage #4) by Greg Iles

13)  The Good Girl by Mary KubicaIn 

14)  The Blood by Lisa Unger

15)  Personal (Jack Reacher, #19) by Lee Child

16)  The Target (Will Robie, #3) by David Baldacci  (read review here)

17)  Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

18)  The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
 
19)  Runner (Sam Dryden, #1) by Patrick Lee

See the complete list here



For me personally, the ones I have read this year that stand out in my mind are:

The Target (Will Robie, #3) by David Baldacci
(read review here)

 Missing You by Harlan Coben (read review here)
 
The English Girl by Daniel Silva (read review here)

Murder at Westminster Abbey by Amanda Carmack
(read review here)

A Grave Matter by Anna Lee Huber
(read review here)

Why Kings Confess by CS Harris (read review here)



And how about you?  What were the mystery or suspense/thriller books you read in 2014 that you would recommend above the others?  Please share in the comments.



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