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Best Thriller Books

Suspense and thriller novels

1,424 summaries

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  1. Spirited

    Mary Behre

    ★ 3.6 (656) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by a spectral gift she desperately wants to ignore, a woman finds herself entangled in a detective's murder investigation, forcing her to reveal her supernatural secrets to the very man determined to expose her.

  2. Prince Ombra

    Roderick MacLeish

    ★ 4.1 (651) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A pre-teen with new powers learns he's the latest in a line of heroes, thrust into an immediate, epic battle against the ancient evil known as Prince Ombra, years before he's ready.

  3. Superstition

    David Ambrose

    ★ 3.7 (617) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A parapsychologist's experiment to debunk the supernatural by inventing a ghost backfires when his fictional creation manifests with deadly intent, preying on minds and threatening to turn a new love into a nightmare.

  4. Getting Air

    Dan Gutman

    ★ 4.0 (616) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Three skate-obsessed best friends expecting a summer of California half-pipes instead find themselves battling terrorists mid-flight, only to crash-land into a harrowing fight for survival in the wilderness.

  5. Hell Phone

    William Sleator

    ★ 3.5 (613) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When Nick buys a cheap used cell phone to impress his girlfriend, he unwittingly dials into a supernatural conspiracy, forcing him to commit increasingly dark crimes for an unseen entity that won't let him hang up.

  6. Nightmare

    Robin Parrish

    ★ 3.9 (612) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A ghost hunter's skeptical visit to an amusement park turns terrifying when a ride reveals a missing classmate, pulling her into a real paranormal mystery.

  7. The Wicker Man

    Robin Hardy

    ★ 3.9 (610) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A Christian detective searches for a missing girl on a remote Scottish island, only to uncover a pagan cult and realize he is the intended human sacrifice.

  8. Singularity

    Bill DeSmedt

    ★ 4.0 (600) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    A rookie agent and a brilliant consultant race to stop a group from weaponizing a century-old, trapped black hole that threatens to destroy Earth.

  9. The November Criminals

    Sam Munson

    ★ 2.6 (591) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Armed with a sharp wit, a drug-dealing side hustle, and an unrequited crush, a cynical high school senior turns his college application essay into an unfiltered, obsessive investigation into his classmate's murder.

  10. What Waits in the Water

    Kieran Scott

    ★ 4.1 (588) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A summer of first crushes and small-town secrets turns sinister when Hannah uncovers a dark history of drownings in the very lake her stepsister is so eager to explore.

  11. Silver

    Steven Savile

    ★ 3.6 (585) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A detective, haunted by amnesia, uncovers a conspiracy where ancient werewolf legends meet modern genetic experiments. To save humanity, he must accept the monster within.

  12. Host

    Peter James

    ★ 4.0 (578) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A brilliant but obsessed scientist's quest for immortality unleashes a terrifying digital consciousness that threatens humanity.

  13. A House Without Windows

    Stevie Turner

    ★ 3.6 (578) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Trapped for years in a windowless room, a doctor clings to the flickering hope that her lost fiancé is still searching for her, even as the lines of reality begin to blur.

  14. Mixed Blood

    Roger Smith

    ★ 3.9 (576) average on GoodreadsMystery

    An American fugitive in Cape Town finds his past catching up to him, ensnaring him and a local night watchman in a deadly game with a corrupt cop and a vengeful detective.

  15. Gospel

    Wilton Barnhardt

    ★ 4.3 (572) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A shy theologian and a cynical ex-Jesuit race across continents, from the Vatican to the ancient Silk Road, in a thrilling, erudite, and often humorous pursuit of a lost first-century gospel that could redefine the essence of Christian faith.

  16. Hidden Prey

    Cheyenne McCray

    ★ 3.9 (563) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A musician on the run from a cartel finds unexpected protection and romance with a Homeland Security agent.

  17. Eureka

    William Diehl

    ★ 3.7 (558) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In 1941 California, a detective investigates a woman's suspicious electrocution, uncovering a decades-old secret that links a bootlegging town, a bloody shootout, and a sheriff's gubernatorial ambitions, exposing the dark side of the state's elite.

  18. Nevermore

    Kelly Creagh

    ★ 3.8 (543) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A cheerleader's world unravels when she is drawn into the dark, Edgar Allan Poe-inspired dreamscape of a mysterious classmate's journal, where nightmares become terrifying realities and his life hangs in the balance.

  19. Hard Times

    Charles Dickens

    ★ 4.0 (514) average on GoodreadsRomance

    In the industrial city of Coketown, a strict utilitarian father's focus on facts starves his children's souls, leading them to bad marriages, crime, and the realization that life needs imagination and compassion.

  20. Flutter

    Amanda Hocking

    ★ 4.2 (497) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Undead teen Alice Bonham must control her bloodlust and navigate a dangerous rescue mission to save her friends from rabid vampires, all while her own love life hangs precariously in the balance.

  21. The Unspoken

    Thomas Fahy

    ★ 3.4 (468) average on GoodreadsSpirituality

    Five years after escaping a cult, six teens are hunted by a prophecy, each facing their deepest fear as a premonition of death comes true.

  22. The Present

    Kenneth Thomas

    ★ 4.9 (463) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    To dismantle a galactic council and its Space Army, VanWest must unearth Mars's buried secrets and rally Earth's forces, only to discover a shocking twist rooted in his own shadowed past.

  23. Icefire

    Chris d'Lacey

    ★ 4.0 (447) average on GoodreadsMystery

    David must connect the last dragon's heart to an ancient, icy secret, or risk losing everything to the mythical power of icefire in a chilling Arctic mystery.

  24. Trapped in Ice

    Eric Walters

    ★ 3.8 (444) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    Helen's diary becomes a chilling record of survival as her family and the crew of the Karluk abandon their ice-bound ship, battling blizzards, polar bears, and shifting floes in a desperate trek across the Arctic.

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