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28 Best Thriller Books

Goal: Find the best Thriller books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best thriller books" and study the top 6+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

28 Best Thriller Books

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1

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

Also recommended by:

Anderson Cooper, Patrick Rothfuss

2

Behind Closed Doors

A Novel

by B. A. Paris

3

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides

4

The Guest List

A Novel

by Lucy Foley

Also recommended by:

Reese Witherspoon

5

My Lovely Wife

by Samantha Downing

6

The Shining

by Stephen King

7

You

A Novel

by Caroline Kepnes

8

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

9

The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

Also recommended by:

Shah Rukh Khan, Ev Williams

10

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

Also recommended by:

Charles Koch, James Clear

11

Rebecca

by Daphne du Maurier

Also recommended by:

Taylor Swift

12

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Ripley, Book 1

by Patricia Highsmith

Also recommended by:

Tavi Gevinson

13

An Untamed State

A Novel

by Roxane Gay

14

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

15

In a Dark, Dark Wood

by Ruth Ware

16

In the Woods

by Tana French

17

My Sister, the Serial Killer

A Novel

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

18

No Exit

A Novel

by Taylor Adams

19

One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus

20

Sharp Objects

A Novel

by Gillian Flynn

21

The Couple Next Door

by Shari Lapena

22

The Perfect Nanny

A Novel

by Leila Slimani

23

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

24

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware

25

The Wife Between Us

A Novel

by Greer Hendricks

26

Then She Was Gone

A Novel

by Lisa Jewell

27

Those Bones Are Not My Child

A Novel

by Toni Cade Bambara

28

Verity

by Colleen Hoover

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