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Best Thriller Books

Suspense and thriller novels

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  1. The Man

    Irving Wallace

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In 1964, a sudden tragedy makes Douglass Dilman the first Black President, forcing him into a storm of racial bias, political plots, and personal scandal, leading to a historic impeachment trial that threatens American power.

  2. Ink and Ashes

    Valynne E. Maetani

    ★ 3.7 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Seventeen-year-old Claire Takata unearths a terrifying secret about her deceased father's yakuza past, thrusting her into a deadly race to protect her loved ones and her own life from a legacy she never knew existed.

  3. Dispatch

    Bentley Little

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A master of persuasive prose finds his life unraveling letter by letter when his unique talent for written influence becomes a terrifying, soul-consuming curse.

  4. Paranoid Park

    Blake Nelson

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Haunted by an accidental death and the silent weight of his secret, a teenage skateboarder grapples with confessing or escaping the chilling consequences of a night at Paranoid Park.

  5. Burning Up

    Caroline B. Cooney

    ★ 3.6 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    During an idyllic summer in small-town Connecticut, fifteen-year-old Macey Clare uncovers a decades-old arson and confronts her community's hidden prejudice, forcing her to choose between silence and the truth.

  6. Penny Dreadful

    Will Christopher Baer

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    In Denver's grim underworld, Phineas Poe falls into a hallucinatory world of changing identities and violent make-believe to find a missing cop, fighting a city where reality itself is the most dangerous game.

  7. The Cloud

    Ray Hammond

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    As an unstoppable cosmic storm heads for Earth, a lone cryptographer decodes alien transmissions, only to discover the true, terrifying nature of the impending doom is not from the stars, but from within.

  8. The Executor

    Jesse Kellerman

    ★ 3.2 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A poor philosophy student's search for conversation with a rich, mysterious woman turns into a deadly inheritance game where intellectual arguments become a fight for survival.

  9. Heat

    Mike Lupica

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Orphaned Cuban refugee Michael Arroyo, a twelve-year-old pitching star, must hide his age and work to keep his family together while leading his team towards the Little League World Series, all while avoiding authorities who threaten to separate him from his brother.

  10. Witness for the Prosecution

    Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a courtroom thick with anticipation, Romaine Heilger takes the stand, her testimony poised to either condemn her charming lover, Leonard Vole, to the gallows or unravel a deceitful game that will shock all who bear witness.

  11. Lullaby

    Chuck Palahniuk

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A reporter investigating SIDS uncovers a deadly lullaby that kills anyone who hears it, forcing him to team up with an accidental sorceress to destroy every copy before they succumb to its power or the urge to use it on every rude person they meet.

  12. Book of Days

    James L. Rubart

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A man races against time and a fanatical guru to find a mystical 'Book of Days' that holds the past and future of every soul, hoping to reclaim his vanishing memories and save his mind from a predicted fate.

  13. Stalker

    Clarissa Wild

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Fresh from prison, a man obsessed with revenge hunts down the actress who put him there, vowing to reclaim her life and body through a brutal, dark romance fueled by lust, hatred, and graphic violence.

  14. The Arsonist

    Stephanie Oakes

    ★ 4.0 (1k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In a city scarred by fire, two teenagers—one with a father on death row, the other an immigrant with a seizure dog—uncover secrets behind a Cold War resistance fighter's murder, finding that some truths burn brighter than any flame.

  15. The Wishing Game

    Patrick Redmond

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Decades after a sinister 'wishing game' among privileged boys at a rigid 1950s boarding school led to a horrific event, a journalist unearths the dark secrets buried by an institution determined to protect its own.

  16. The Beast Must Die

    Nicholas Blake

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A grieving father, a celebrated mystery author, trades his pen for a pistol in a relentless, real-life quest to avenge his son's hit-and-run death, blurring the lines between justice and his own dark obsession.

  17. The Chair

    James L. Rubart

    ★ 4.1 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An antiques dealer's cynical world shatters when a mysterious chair, supposedly made by Jesus, begins to heal people, forcing him to confront his past and protect its power from exploitation.

  18. The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

    Robert Cormier

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In an experimental clinic, a control subject's search for identity reveals a dark secret, pushing him and his peers toward a desperate flight for freedom.

  19. Behind Closed Doors

    B.A. Paris

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Beneath their perfect marriage, a chilling story of control unfolds as Grace's every move is dictated by her charming, yet menacing, husband, Jack.

  20. After Midnight

    Santino Hassell

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A pragmatic drug dealer's life unravels into a thrilling dance with death and desire after witnessing an assassin's brutal work, forcing both men to confront a dangerous attraction that could be their undoing.

  21. The Waiting Room

    F.G. Cottam

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A retired rock star's quiet life ends when the old waiting room on his estate, once a WWI troop transport hub, comes alive with a malevolent presence, forcing him to face the supernatural with a fake ghost-hunter.

  22. Terminal

    Kathy Reichs

    ★ 3.9 (1k) average on Goodreads

    Tory Brennan and her superpowered Virals face their biggest challenge yet, battling a rogue pack with a dangerous new virus strain and evading a shadowy government group, all while managing their unique abilities and a former enemy.

  23. The Night I Disappeared

    Julie Reece Deaver

    ★ 3.8 (1k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A teenage girl's vivid daydreams become terrifyingly real, forcing her to uncover forgotten horrors from her past before her mind traps her forever.

  24. City Spies

    James Ponti

    ★ 4.4 (1k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A brilliant hacker goes from juvenile detention to international espionage, finding her place among a team of MI6 kid spies who use their skills to save the world.

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