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Mystery & Thriller Books

Solve the mystery and discover whodunit with these gripping mystery and thriller books that will send chills down your spine.

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Top Mystery & Thriller Books

Gillian Flynn

John Grisham

Jane Harper

book cover The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

book cover The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

The Family Upstairs

Lisa Jewell

Tom Rob Smith

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

The Hunt for Red October

Tom Clancy

Best New Thriller Books of Fall

The Family Game

Catherine Steadman

The Butcher and the Wren

Alaine Urquhart

All Good People Here

Ashley Flowers

Ava Glass

David Baldacci

Girl, Forgotten

Karin Slaughter

Best Mystery & Thriller Books of 2022

All Good People Here

Ashley Flowers

Ava Glass

The Personal Assistant

Kimberly Belle

Nita Prose

Ruth Ware

The Younger Wife

Sally Hepworth

Best Mystery & Thriller Books of 2021

The Disappearing Act

Catherine Steadman

People Like Her

Ellery Lloyd

The Drowning Kind

Jennifer McMahon

Jane Harper

We Were Never Here

Andrea Bartz

Apples Never Fall

Liane Moriarty

Books You Can’t Put Down

Lucy Foley

E. Lockhart

Before the Fall

Noah Hawley

Tana French

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

Psychological Thrillers

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

The Woman in the Window

A. J. Finn

Romy Hausmann

Ruth Ware

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

The Girl from Widow Hills

Megan Miranda

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