The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025 self-published let alone humanity

let alone humanity

who for all their knowledge and power have never lost their obsession with our living flesh

who in the strip’s run would be transformed by Jackson into the first-ever Black superhero

Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders

Long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025 self-published let alone humanity#1 bestseller John Grisham selects the best short mystery fiction of the past year. From over 3,000 considered stories published in the past year, this anthology contains the twenty best, selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham under the auspices of New York Citys legendary crime fiction specialty store The Mysterious Bookshop. Included are tales of suspense, detection, and puzzlement that illuminate the diversity of styles