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28 Best Thriller Books of All Time


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

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best thriller books" into our search engine and study the top 6+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. 1
    Gone Girl

    Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn

  2. 2
    The Silent Patient

    The Silent Patient

    Alex Michaelides

  3. 3
    Behind Closed Doors
  4. 4
    The Guest List
  5. 5
    The Shining

    The Shining

    Stephen King

  6. 6
    You

    You

    A Novel

    Caroline Kepnes

  7. 7
    My Lovely Wife

    My Lovely Wife

    Samantha Downing

  8. MOST RECOMMENDED!
    8
    The Girl on the Train
  9. 9
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  10. 10
    The Da Vinci Code
  11. 11
    Rebecca

    Rebecca

    Daphne du Maurier

  12. 12
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
  13. 13
    Verity

    Verity

    Colleen Hoover

  14. 14
    Then She Was Gone
  15. 15
    The Couple Next Door
  16. 16
    One of Us Is Lying

    One of Us Is Lying

    Karen M. McManus

  17. 17
    And Then There Were None
  18. 18
    Sharp Objects
  19. 19
    The Wife Between Us
  20. 20
    My Sister, the Serial Killer
  21. 21
    No Exit

    No Exit

    A Novel

    Taylor Adams

  22. 22
    In the Woods

    In the Woods

    Tana French

  23. 23
    The Turn of the Key
  24. 24
    In a Dark, Dark Wood
  25. 25
    The Silence of the Lambs
  26. 26
    The Perfect Nanny
  27. 27
    An Untamed State
  28. 28
    Those Bones Are Not My Child
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