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Thrillers to read

Based on tag: thrillers

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9,479 members

250 reviews

4

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2

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

by John le Carré

8,598 members

239 reviews

4

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3

by James Clavell

7,991 members

133 reviews

½ 4.3

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4

Big Little Lies

by Liane Moriarty

7,010 members

405 reviews

4.1

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5

6,335 members

254 reviews

½ 3.5

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6

Before I Go to Sleep

by S. J. Watson

6,191 members

475 reviews

½ 3.7

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7

The Husband's Secret

by Liane Moriarty

6,029 members

394 reviews

3.8

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8

The Thirty-Nine Steps

5,394 members

189 reviews

½ 3.5

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9

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,228 members

114 reviews

4.2

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10

Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

4,515 members

103 reviews

4.1

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11

by Kate Atkinson

4,359 members

218 reviews

3.8

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12

The Postman Always Rings Twice

by James M. Cain

3,464 members

131 reviews

½ 3.7

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13

2,569 members

186 reviews

½ 3.7

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14

by Josephine Tey

1,891 members

76 reviews

4

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15

The Devotion of Suspect X

by Keigo Higashino

1,843 members

240 reviews

3.8

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16

The Man in the Queue

by Josephine Tey

1,667 members

59 reviews

½ 3.6

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17

by Len Deighton

1,386 members

26 reviews

3.8

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18

The Bride Collector

1,073 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

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19

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

by Ruth Rendell

848 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

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20

The Wicked Girls

by Alex Marwood

712 members

49 reviews

½ 3.5

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21

A Demon in My View

by Ruth Rendell

472 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

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22

The Da Vinci Code

70,252 members

1,307 reviews

½ 3.5

23

Angels and Demons

45,528 members

781 reviews

½ 3.6

24

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,182 members

1,748 reviews

4

25

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,450 members

931 reviews

4.1

26

Deception Point

20,429 members

252 reviews

½ 3.3

27

Digital Fortress

20,109 members

260 reviews

3.2

28

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,300 members

726 reviews

4.1

29

The Lost Symbol

21,983 members

695 reviews

½ 3.4

30

by Gillian Flynn

22,078 members

1,542 reviews

3.9

31

by Michael Crichton

20,782 members

316 reviews

3.9

32

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

17,731 members

1,114 reviews

½ 3.6

33

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum

9,870 members

155 reviews

3.8

34

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

12,517 members

140 reviews

4.1

35

The Hunt for Red October

11,263 members

117 reviews

4

36

8,681 members

295 reviews

3.8

37

by Thomas Harris

10,011 members

103 reviews

3.8

38

11,703 members

509 reviews

½ 3.6

39

by Thomas Harris

9,868 members

85 reviews

½ 3.4

40

by John Grisham

11,489 members

111 reviews

3.8

41

by Michael Crichton

9,976 members

151 reviews

½ 3.4

42

7,315 members

68 reviews

3.8

43

The Bourne Supremacy

by Robert Ludlum

6,501 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

44

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth

5,296 members

90 reviews

4

45

by Michael Crichton

7,328 members

96 reviews

½ 3.4

46

by Michael Crichton

8,739 members

147 reviews

½ 3.4

47

Clear and Present Danger

7,169 members

42 reviews

3.8

48

The Sum of All Fears

7,122 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

49

by Michael Crichton

13,562 members

182 reviews

½ 3.6

50

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

11,044 members

83 reviews

½ 3.6

51

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Robert Ludlum

5,894 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

52

5,979 members

151 reviews

3.8

53

by Michael Crichton

8,019 members

94 reviews

½ 3.3

54

by John Grisham

12,435 members

152 reviews

3.8

55

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton

10,163 members

150 reviews

½ 3.7

56

by Dennis Lehane

7,512 members

299 reviews

3.9

57

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

6,301 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

58

by Michael Crichton

10,558 members

90 reviews

½ 3.5

59

by Gillian Flynn

9,708 members

537 reviews

½ 3.7

60

Without Remorse

6,512 members

51 reviews

3.9

61

by Gillian Flynn

8,559 members

416 reviews

3.8

62

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John le Carré

8,443 members

232 reviews

4

63

Executive Orders

6,329 members

36 reviews

3.8

64

6,297 members

34 reviews

3.8

65

by John Grisham

10,633 members

79 reviews

½ 3.6

66

Red Storm Rising

6,575 members

59 reviews

3.9

67

6,891 members

52 reviews

½ 3.7

68

The Runaway Jury

by John Grisham

10,403 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

69

5,583 members

119 reviews

3.8

70

The Rule of Four

by Ian Caldwell

8,089 members

173 reviews

3.1

71

5,035 members

100 reviews

3.9

72

by Douglas Preston

5,266 members

151 reviews

3.9

73

5,482 members

115 reviews

4

74

Bad Luck and Trouble

5,368 members

127 reviews

3.8

75

4,851 members

127 reviews

3.9

76

by Stephen King

23,159 members

453 reviews

4.1

77

by John Grisham

9,160 members

111 reviews

½ 3.4

78

5,297 members

97 reviews

3.8

79

by John Grisham

10,125 members

67 reviews

½ 3.7

80

by Michael Crichton

9,831 members

119 reviews

½ 3.6

81

by John Grisham

8,716 members

60 reviews

½ 3.4

82

by Michael Crichton

7,162 members

167 reviews

3.2

83

by Stephen King

15,300 members

204 reviews

4

84

The Cabinet of Curiosities

by Douglas Preston

4,047 members

113 reviews

4

85

The Bear and the Dragon

5,626 members

39 reviews

½ 3.5

86

Running Blind (Jack Reacher, No. 4)

5,163 members

107 reviews

3.8

87

4,934 members

146 reviews

3.8

88

8,854 members

229 reviews

4

89

4,986 members

85 reviews

3.9

90

by John Grisham

9,500 members

77 reviews

½ 3.6

91

4,790 members

100 reviews

3.8

92

The Street Lawyer

by John Grisham

9,410 members

91 reviews

½ 3.5

93

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides

8,076 members

449 reviews

3.8

94

by Harlan Coben

5,396 members

159 reviews

3.8

95

Eye of the Needle

5,366 members

92 reviews

4

96

by Michael Crichton

5,450 members

54 reviews

½ 3.4

97

4,698 members

91 reviews

3.9

98

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson

7,262 members

144 reviews

½ 3.7

99

by Michael Crichton

5,429 members

51 reviews

½ 3.4

100

Smilla's Sense of Snow

7,372 members

163 reviews

3.8

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November 2016
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