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  1. Genres
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Best Thriller Books

Suspense and thriller novels

1,424 summaries

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  1. Keepers of the Kalachakra

    Ashwin Sanghi

    ★ 3.8 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    World leaders are mysteriously assassinated, leading a reclusive scientist at Milesian Labs in the Himalayas to uncover an ancient galactic secret that could save or doom humanity, connecting millennia of history from Rama to Nalanda.

  2. Summer of Fear

    Lois Duncan

    ★ 3.8 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a sinister cousin with an enchanting facade joins Rachel's family and steals her boyfriend, Rachel suspects only she sees the true evil beneath Julia's charm.

  3. The Ministry of Fear

    Graham Greene

    ★ 3.8 (5k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In wartime London, a man haunted by a mercy killing wins a cake at a fête, only to find himself plunged into a conspiracy of Nazi spies and betraying forces.

  4. Kiss Me First

    Lottie Moggach

    ★ 3.4 (5k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A reclusive coding genius is lured into an online world of ethical debate, only to find herself entangled in a charismatic guru's plot to steal the identity of a glamorous, desperate woman.

  5. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

    Liz Jensen

    ★ 3.6 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A boy with many near-fatal accidents falls into a coma, leading a doctor to uncover dark secrets in his extraordinary life.

  6. Tell Me Lies

    Teresa Driscoll

    ★ 4.0 (5k) average on Goodreads

    A wife's attempt to fix her marriage in a secluded Cornwall cottage becomes a chilling descent into paranoia as strange events and a haunting past blur the line between her sanity and a sinister, present danger.

  7. Brazzaville Beach

    William Boyd

    ★ 3.9 (5k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In a civil war, a primate researcher uncovers truths about humanity's capacity for savagery and the blurred lines between ape and man.

  8. On the Night of the Seventh Moon

    Victoria Holt

    ★ 4.0 (5k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Swept into a whirlwind romance under the mystical allure of the Black Forest's Seventh Moon, a young woman's dream quickly sours into a chilling nightmare when ancient legends bleed into her terrifying reality.

  9. Flood

    Stephen Baxter

    ★ 3.6 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A global flood consumes continents, forcing former hostages to navigate a drowning world, searching for answers beyond climate change as humanity struggles for survival on shrinking high ground.

  10. Patriots

    James Wesley

    ★ 3.6 (5k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In a future America, a group of friends fights societal collapse and lawless hordes, using survivalist tactics to reach an Idaho ranch and rebuild constitutional order.

  11. Remote Control

    Andy McNab

    ★ 3.9 (5k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A disgraced ex-SAS operative flees with a seven-year-old girl, the only witness to a brutal murder, uncovering a conspiracy that forces him to face his past and the darkest parts of British intelligence.

  12. The Death of Achilles

    Boris Akunin

    ★ 4.1 (5k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1882 Moscow, the detective Erast Fandorin uncovers deceit and passion around a war hero's suspicious death, leading him from a hotel armchair to a mysterious singer's boudoir.

  13. Vanishing Act

    Thomas Perry

    ★ 4.0 (5k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    With ancient Seneca wisdom and modern guile, Jane Whitefield masterfully erases lives, but her latest disappearing act for an ex-cop plunges her into a deadly trap that threatens to erase her own existence.

  14. Endless Night

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 3.9 (5k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A young man's dream of building a perfect life on a beautiful, cursed plot of land unravels into a chilling nightmare orchestrated by a soul inherently drawn to evil.

  15. The Company

    Robert Littell

    ★ 4.2 (5k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    From the Cold War's shadowy battlefields to the corridors of power, CIA operatives navigate a world of assassinations, covert wars, and betrayals, while hunting for a mole within their own ranks.

  16. Poison

    Chris Wooding

    ★ 3.8 (5k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A headstrong girl named Poison enters a dangerous fae world of deadly stories, murderous plots, and dark romance to rescue her sister from the unpredictable Phaerie Lord, only to find a plot far worse than she imagined.

  17. Untouchable

    Kate Brian

    ★ 3.9 (5k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    When her boyfriend is murdered at an elite boarding school, a girl's quest for truth unearths dark secrets, forbidden desires, and the chilling possibility that her new love might be the killer.

  18. SYLO

    D.J. MacHale

    ★ 3.9 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a mysterious military force quarantines his idyllic island and strange red crystals grant bizarre powers, an ordinary teenager must uncover a global conspiracy before 'tomorrow' ceases to exist.

  19. The Third Twin

    Ken Follett

    ★ 3.8 (5k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A genetic researcher discovers identical twins born to different mothers, uncovering a conspiracy of illegal human cloning and murder that threatens her career and life.

  20. Infinity

    Sherrilyn Kenyon

    ★ 3.8 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A sarcastic fourteen-year-old's world shatters when his friends try to kill him, thrusting him into a hidden war of immortal vampire slayers, werewolves, and zombie outbreaks, all while trying to survive high school without getting grounded.

  21. Shattering Glass

    Gail Giles

    ★ 3.8 (5k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A charismatic new student transforms a bullied outcast into a prom king, only to unleash a devious side that shatters their social experiment and leads to a chilling, brutal end.

  22. Hurricane Gold

    Charlie Higson

    ★ 4.2 (5k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Before he was 007, a young James Bond plunges into a treacherous Mexican jungle, battling ruthless thieves and uncovering a web of greed and betrayal to protect a family's secret.

  23. Method

    Kate Stewart

    ★ 4.3 (5k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A devoted wife navigates Hollywood and her actor husband's all-consuming roles, finding herself entangled with two men as she fights to reclaim the one she loves.

  24. One Foot in Eden

    Ron Rash

    ★ 4.1 (5k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In isolated, drought-stricken Appalachia in 1954, a sheriff deals with a missing body and a town's secrets, as multiple voices tell a story of murder, desire, and hidden truths.

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