The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: Spring 2026

The best reviewed crime fiction, nonfiction, mystery, and thrillers of the month, via Bookmarks.

Tana French, The Keeper 
(Viking)

“Intoxicating … Shocking, surprising, slyly funny and also deadly serious … French has remained one of the most consistently exciting mystery writers around … The ending is immensely satisfying and deeply moving.”

–Sarah Lyall (New York Times Book Review)

Evelyn Clark, The Ending Writes Itself
(Harper)

A smart satire of the publishing industry which takes that competitive world to a literal level … Readers will be caught up by the twists through the final page.”

– Nicole Gaudier Alemany (Library /Journal)

Ariel Dorfman, Konfidenz
(Other Press)

A challenge even to a reader familiar with Ariel Dorfman’s highly charged work … Sophisticated and complex … The sense of menace increases with each inconclusive sentence … The bleak message of the novel will seem both inevitable and inescapable.”

–Elaine Kendall (Los Angeles Times)

Kirsten King, A Good Person
(G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

“Acerbic, darkly feminine and very funny … The whodunit mystery might drive the plot, but comedy is the irresistible force of this unwaveringly caustic novel … King tenderly touches the possibility of her character’s transformation without indulging it, or sacrificing the delightful demons that propel the story.

–Cat Marnell (New York Times Book Review)

Lai Sanders, The Plans I Have For You
(Simon and Schuster)

“Psychological thriller fans will race through this twisted tale of revenge and horror.”

–Amid Wheatley (Booklist)