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Best Thriller Books

Suspense and thriller novels

1,424 summaries

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  1. The Woods

    Harlan Coben

    ★ 4.0 (74k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A prosecutor, haunted by his sister's disappearance at summer camp two decades ago, finds his past violently colliding with his present when a new murder case reopens old wounds and shatters everything he thought he knew about that night in the woods.

  2. The Gods of Guilt

    Michael Connelly

    ★ 4.2 (74k) average on GoodreadsLifestyle

    Haunted by a former client's murder, defense attorney Mickey Haller faces guilt and duty to find the truth, fearing his past help may have led to her death.

  3. Nightmares and Dreamscapes

    Stephen King

    ★ 3.9 (73k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Stephen King's third collection takes readers into a vast cave of imagination, where fingers emerge from drains, novelty teeth become deadly, and Castle Rock's legend grows, promising sleepless nights as he crafts your nightmares and triumphs.

  4. Echo Burning

    Lee Child

    ★ 4.0 (73k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Stranded in West Texas, drifter Jack Reacher helps a woman escape her violent husband, only to uncover a deeper plot of murder and family secrets at a remote ranch where no one is trustworthy.

  5. Diary

    Chuck Palahniuk

    ★ 3.6 (73k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A jaded artist on a tourist-trap island finds her creative spark reignited by a mysterious compulsion to paint, only to discover she's a pawn in a sinister conspiracy tied to her comatose husband's dark secrets and threatening hundreds of lives.

  6. Less Than Zero

    Bret Easton Ellis

    ★ 3.6 (73k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A college student returns home for Christmas to 1980s Los Angeles and falls into a world of moral apathy, drug abuse, and the dark side of his wealthy social circle.

  7. The Regulators

    Richard Bachman

    ★ 3.7 (72k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On a quiet Poplar Street, an idling red van unleashes a surreal, cartoonish nightmare as evil forces transform the suburban neighborhood into a battleground.

  8. Flawless

    Sara Shepard

    ★ 3.9 (72k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In the exclusive town of Rosewood, four 'perfect' girls discover their darkest secrets are being used against them by a hidden tormentor, who knows everything, even about their supposedly dead friend, Alison.

  9. Bad Luck and Trouble

    Lee Child

    ★ 4.2 (71k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Jack Reacher reunites with his elite ex-army team to unravel a deadly conspiracy when their former comrades start turning up dead, leading them from the California desert to the neon glow of Las Vegas and the shadows of international terrorism.

  10. The Chemist

    Stephenie Meyer

    ★ 3.7 (71k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A rogue government chemist, on the run from her shadowy ex-employers, must risk everything on one last, deadly assignment, only to find her heart ensnared by the very man who could compromise her survival.

  11. Forever Odd

    Dean Koontz

    ★ 4.0 (71k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by a murdered child's plea, short-order cook Odd Thomas uses his ability to see the dead to unmask a monster and save his abducted friend from a terrible fate.

  12. Never Never

    Colleen Hoover

    ★ 4.1 (71k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Two amnesiac teenagers, best friends and lovers, must retrace their erased past to discover why they've forgotten everything, and if their love is worth rediscovering.

  13. My Dark Vanessa

    Kate Elizabeth Russell

    ★ 4.0 (71k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    A former student's accusation forces Vanessa to confront whether her intense teenage affair with her charismatic English teacher was a transformative first love or a predatory manipulation, shattering her carefully constructed past.

  14. The Whisper Man

    Alex North

    ★ 4.1 (71k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A grieving father and his son move to a town haunted by a serial killer known as “The Whisper Man,” only for history to chillingly repeat itself when a new disappearance mirrors the old crimes, and the boy begins to hear whispers at his window.

  15. Lock Every Door

    Riley Sager

    ★ 3.9 (70k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A heartbroken woman uncovers a sinister pattern of disappearances among apartment sitters in a luxurious, secretive Manhattan building, forcing her to confront its dark history before she becomes the next victim.

  16. Disclosure

    Michael Crichton

    ★ 3.8 (70k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A high-tech executive fights to save his career and fortune when his new female boss accuses him of sexual harassment after he rejects her advances.

  17. Sleeping Giants

    Sylvain Neuvel

    ★ 3.8 (70k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A mysterious, colossal metal hand discovered by a young girl sparks a global race against time to decipher its alien origins and purpose, threatening to either unite or obliterate humanity.

  18. The Last Mile

    David Baldacci

    ★ 4.2 (70k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A convicted murderer's last-minute reprieve for a crime strikingly similar to the FBI agent investigating it unravels a sinister conspiracy threatening to execute an innocent man and ensnare the agent's own team.

  19. Casino Royale

    Ian Fleming

    ★ 3.7 (70k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    James Bond's first mission: bankrupting a Soviet operative in a high-stakes baccarat game. But a beautiful agent and a brutal betrayal threaten to end his career before it even begins.

  20. Red Storm Rising

    Tom Clancy

    ★ 4.2 (70k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    After a terrorist attack cripples Soviet oil production, the Kremlin plans to seize the Persian Gulf, starting a global war that pushes humanity to the brink.

  21. Six Years

    Harlan Coben

    ★ 3.8 (68k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Six years after the love of his life married another, a college professor attends her husband's funeral only to discover the widow isn't her, shattering his past and plunging him into a dangerous quest for the truth behind his carefully constructed memories.

  22. Phantom Limb

    Lucinda Berry

    ★ 3.9 (68k) average on Goodreads

    Trapped in a hospital with fragmented memories, a survivor of childhood horrors must find the truth behind her twin's death before her shattered past consumes her.

  23. Magpie Murders

    Anthony Horowitz

    ★ 3.9 (68k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    An editor reads a beloved author's manuscript and finds a real murder mystery hidden in the fictional tale of a sleepy English village.

  24. The Summons

    John Grisham

    ★ 3.7 (68k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A judge's deathbed summons reveals a hidden secret, forcing his estranged law professor son to navigate small-town deceit and family betrayal before the truth, and the inheritance, disappear.

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