BookFronter
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022

A Collection

Jess Walter, Steph Cha, Brendan Williams-Childs

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 1, 2022

SuspenseShort Story AnthologiesMystery Anthologiesshort story
More
collectionthrillermurdercrime
Buy on AmazonLists with this book

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Who it’s for
A compact set of tense, genre-blending stories to read a few at a time.
Genres
Mystery Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies, Suspense
Published
HarperCollins, November 1, 2022

Nearest books

Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genres: Mystery Anthologies and Short Story Anthologies.

  1. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022Sara Paretsky - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor72% match
  2. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025Don Winslow, Steph Cha71% matchAlso shares Suspense
  3. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024S.A. Cosby, Steph Cha77% matchAlso shares Suspense
  4. Golden Age Detective StoriesOtto Penzler58% match
  5. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020C. J. Box, Otto Penzler81% match
  6. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler68% match
  7. The Best American Mystery Stories 2019Jonathan Lethem, Otto Penzler72% match

For younger readers: Unexpected Magic, Who Do You Think You Are?

Start with three books, and this one can be the first.

Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.

Start with this book

About this book

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha. New York Times bestselling author and “superb storyteller” (Boston Globe), Jess Walter flexes his genre chops and selects twenty short stories that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.

Tight, Strange Turns

A compact set of tense, genre-blending stories to read a few at a time.

Come here for

  • short-story variety
  • genre-crossing suspense

Expect

  • mystery, fantasy, sci-fi
  • collection browsing, not one long arc

Where it sits

Mystery Anthologies99%
Short Story Anthologies71%
Suspense32%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Short Story Anthologies
  • Literary Fiction
  • Mystery Anthologies
  • International Crime Fiction
Show all 8 publisher categories
  • Romantic Suspense
  • Short Stories (Single Author)
  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
Jess Walter, Steph Cha, Brendan Williams-Childs
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
November 1, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Short Story Anthologies