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The Thriller Top 100 — Best Thriller Books

The most gripping psychological and suspense thrillers — page-turners that refuse to let you go.

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Gone Girl
1
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
2012
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
2005
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The Silence of the Lambs
3
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
1988
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The Girl on the Train
4
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
2015
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Rebecca
5
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
1938
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
6
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
1955
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Big Little Lies
7
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
2014
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The Secret History
8
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
1992
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Strangers on a Train
9
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith
1950
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In Cold Blood
10
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
1966
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And Then There Were None
11
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
1939
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The Firm
12
The Firm
John Grisham
1991
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The Da Vinci Code
13
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
2003
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Behind Closed Doors
14
Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris
2016
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The Woman in the Window
15
The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn
2018
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Sharp Objects
16
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
2006
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Dark Places
17
Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
2009
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The Silent Patient
18
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
2019
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The Couple Next Door
19
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
2016
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Little Fires Everywhere
20
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
2017
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The Woman in Cabin 10
21
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
2016
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In a Dark Dark Wood
22
In a Dark Dark Wood
Ruth Ware
2015
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The Turn of the Key
23
The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware
2019
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Tell No One
24
Tell No One
Harlan Coben
2001
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The Bone Collector
25
The Bone Collector
Jeffery Deaver
1997
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Red Dragon
26
Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
1981
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American Psycho
27
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
1991
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Fight Club
28
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
1996
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
29
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson
2006
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The Alienist
30
The Alienist
Caleb Carr
1994
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Psycho
31
Psycho
Robert Bloch
1960
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
32
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carre
1963
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
33
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carre
1974
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The Day of the Jackal
34
The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth
1971
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Eye of the Needle
35
Eye of the Needle
Ken Follett
1978
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The Bourne Identity
36
The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum
1980
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The Hunt for Red October
37
The Hunt for Red October
Tom Clancy
1984
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The Pelican Brief
38
The Pelican Brief
John Grisham
1992
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Presumed Innocent
39
Presumed Innocent
Scott Turow
1987
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Before I Go to Sleep
40
Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson
2011
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The Woman in White
41
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
1859
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Verity
42
Verity
Colleen Hoover
2018
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In the Woods
43
In the Woods
Tana French
2007
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The Likeness
44
The Likeness
Tana French
2008
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The Dry
45
The Dry
Jane Harper
2016
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Force of Nature
46
Force of Nature
Jane Harper
2017
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
47
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
2018
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I Am Pilgrim
48
I Am Pilgrim
Terry Hayes
2013
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Alex Cross
49
Alex Cross
James Patterson
1993
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The Devotion of Suspect X
50
The Devotion of Suspect X
Keigo Higashino
2005
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