In April, Goodreads published a list of the 40 most popular mysteries of the past five years. I was surprised to find that I had read almost half the books listed. Many of the others were books that I want to read but haven't had a chance to yet. Given how my NY Times Bestseller reading challenge is going, I decided to add a new reading goal this year: read as many of the 40 most popular mysteries as I can. I won't add any restrictions regarding the authors of the books, and I won't necessarily read them in order but rather based on their availability. Given that this is my second-favorite genre to read (after YA speculative fiction), I'm optimistic that I'll find more books I enjoy on this list than the NY Times Bestseller list.
