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NPRs your picks: top 100 Killer Thrillers

Description: Books from this list. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/128718927/audience-picks-top-100-killer-thrillers Which have you read, and what order do you think they should be in? (If I missed any books in a series, please feel free to leave a message for me letting me know which book and which list, and I will gladly add them)
Members: 17 participating members
sturlington, leslie.98, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Crazymamie, Bluewolf0411, thecoroner, KimarieBee, dara85, Mimi23, hipdeep, bestem, Stepn, GreenVelvet, kara.shamy, JFPSr

Rank Title Author Added

1

by John Grisham

12,019 members

149 reviews

3.8

9 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, bestem, sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Mimi23

2

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

61,635 members

3,443 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: KimarieBee, bestem, sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda,GreenVelvet

3

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton

9,842 members

147 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, JFPSr, ahef1963, leslie.98

4

The Da Vinci Code

68,885 members

1,291 reviews

½ 3.5

8 Members: dara85, GreenVelvet, bestem, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Stepn, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411

5

Presumed Innocent

4,245 members

73 reviews

3.9

7 Members: dara85, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Mimi23,

6

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

20,143 members

515 reviews

4.1

7 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Daphne Du Maurier

19,835 members

588 reviews

4.2

7 Members: GreenVelvet, sturlington, thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Rosemary's Baby

4,458 members

134 reviews

3.8

7 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Mimi23, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Michael Crichton

19,984 members

318 reviews

3.9

6 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Truman Capote

22,945 members

455 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dara85, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Stephen King

20,984 members

398 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, Stepn, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

12,096 members

134 reviews

4.1

5 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, Mimi23, Stepn

13

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

41,949 members

1,714 reviews

4

7 Members: KimarieBee, Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,leslie.98

14

8,912 members

136 reviews

4

5 Members: bestem, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963

15

9,930 members

567 reviews

3.8

6 Members: dara85, GreenVelvet, KimarieBee, sturlington, Crazymamie, leslie.98

16

by Stephen King

22,307 members

438 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, Crazymamie, ManWithAnAgenda

17

33,502 members

588 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Katherine Neville

4,788 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: hipdeep, GreenVelvet, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, Mimi23

19

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

29,470 members

914 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

20

Eye of the Needle

5,208 members

91 reviews

4

5 Members: thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, leslie.98, Stepn

21

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

14,714 members

287 reviews

3.9

6 Members: sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

8,945 members

274 reviews

3.9

5 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, Crazymamie, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

23

by Thomas Harris

9,769 members

102 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, sturlington, Bluewolf0411

24

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,421 members

331 reviews

4.1

5 Members: thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

25

by Neal Stephenson

16,673 members

287 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, GreenVelvet, bestem, sturlington

26

by Dennis Lehane

7,439 members

294 reviews

3.9

5 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, Mimi23

27

The Thirty-Nine Steps

5,217 members

183 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98

28

by Harlan Coben

5,352 members

155 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dara85, Bluewolf0411, leslie.98, Stepn

29

The Secret History

19,173 members

529 reviews

4.1

4 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

1,844 members

57 reviews

3.9

4 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, Mimi23, Stepn

31

by Stephen King

13,545 members

221 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Stepn, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay

6,450 members

268 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: dara85, sturlington, Mimi23, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The Hunt for Red October

11,033 members

113 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, KimarieBee, leslie.98

34

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

5,960 members

194 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, leslie.98

35

6,161 members

252 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: hipdeep, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98

36

The Children of Men

5,629 members

198 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

37

by Michael Crichton

13,140 members

181 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Michael Connelly

5,125 members

110 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie

39

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

by John le Carré

8,299 members

230 reviews

4

5 Members: thecoroner, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98,Bluewolf0411

40

by Stephen King

9,758 members

120 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Stephen King

4,350 members

94 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

42

by Stephen King

15,530 members

290 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

by James Patterson

6,012 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, Mimi23

44

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

24,577 members

713 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

45

Angels and Demons

44,611 members

774 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: bestem, JFPSr, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411

46

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

10,793 members

287 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

47

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth

5,170 members

90 reviews

4

3 Members: KimarieBee, thecoroner, leslie.98

48

by Peter Benchley

3,869 members

139 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, leslie.98

49

by James Clavell

7,755 members

132 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

50

by Martin Cruz Smith

3,699 members

76 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963

51

3,256 members

66 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98

52

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John le Carré

8,136 members

224 reviews

4

3 Members: Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98

53

by Dennis Lehane

5,693 members

138 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, leslie.98

54

by William Diehl

911 members

13 reviews

4

2 Members: KimarieBee, Mimi23

55

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

24,417 members

411 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: thecoroner, gypsysmom, leslie.98,sturlington

56

Clear and Present Danger

7,003 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: hipdeep, leslie.98

57

The Last of the Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper

12,633 members

120 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: thecoroner, leslie.98

58

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

27,186 members

1,022 reviews

4.1

3 Members: gypsysmom, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

59

by Chelsea Cain

2,376 members

160 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, sturlington

60

The First Deadly Sin

by Lawrence Sanders

725 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

61

by John Sandford

3,061 members

68 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, sturlington

62

Strangers on a Train

by Patricia Highsmith

2,459 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, Crazymamie

63

Gone, Baby, Gone

by Dennis Lehane

2,967 members

95 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411

64

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum

9,636 members

154 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, leslie.98

65

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

6,118 members

155 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: gypsysmom, leslie.98

66

The Deep Blue Good-by

by John D. MacDonald

1,817 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, leslie.98

67

The Monkey's Raincoat

by Robert Crais

1,922 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bluewolf0411

68

by William Goldman

1,125 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: Mimi23

69

by Tom Rob Smith

4,680 members

290 reviews

4

Member: Stepn

70

What the Dead Know

by Laura Lippman

2,510 members

121 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Mimi23

71

The Charm School

by Nelson DeMille

2,118 members

49 reviews

4.1

Member: KimarieBee

72

The Kill Artist

by Daniel Silva

2,418 members

70 reviews

3.8

Member: Crazymamie

73

8,338 members

288 reviews

3.8

Member: Crazymamie

74

by Leonard Deighton

1,350 members

26 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

75

9,390 members

245 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

76

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver

4,266 members

101 reviews

4

Member: gypsysmom

77

The Templar Legacy

3,887 members

108 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: gypsysmom

78

by Kathy Reichs

2,962 members

88 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: gypsysmom

79

4,489 members

65 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

80

The Boys from Brazil

2,003 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

81

3,251 members

270 reviews

3.9

Member: bestem,sturlington

82

by Douglas Preston

5,121 members

148 reviews

3.9

83

4,862 members

97 reviews

3.9

84

4,766 members

143 reviews

3.8

85

4,679 members

123 reviews

3.9

86

The Cabinet of Curiosities

by Douglas Preston

3,948 members

109 reviews

4

87

Consent to Kill

2,349 members

33 reviews

4.1

88

by John Burdett

1,836 members

69 reviews

3.8

89

by James Rollins

1,625 members

25 reviews

3.8

90

The Manchurian Candidate

by Richard Condon

1,250 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

91

The Bride Collector

1,023 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

92

968 members

19 reviews

3.9

93

by Eugene Burdick

881 members

17 reviews

3.8

94

by Sara Paretsky

829 members

34 reviews

3.9

95

The Brotherhood of the Rose

by David Morrell

763 members

12 reviews

3.8

96

by John D. MacDonald

631 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

97

Six Days of the Condor

625 members

15 reviews

3.8

98

by Thomas Perry

428 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

99

The Lost Symbol

21,129 members

693 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: bestem, kara.shamy,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411 ,ManWithAnAgenda

100

by Robert Bloch

1,670 members

56 reviews

3.9

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