Serial Killer Thrillers

1
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
20,303 members
496 reviews
3.9
3 Members
blackdove07, sturlington, ahef1963
2
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
7,826 members
219 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
blackdove07, sturlington, ahef1963
3
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
11,380 members
125 reviews
3.8
2 Members
blackdove07, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Hannibal Lecter
4
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
7,193 members
281 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, sturlington
5
Green River, Running Red
by Ann Rule
1,447 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
6
Lust Killer
by Ann Rule
449 members
7 reviews
3.8
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
7
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
14,157 members
162 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill
8
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,235 members
223 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
9
Cat & Mouse
by James Patterson
5,590 members
73 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
10
Echo Park
by Michael Connelly
5,279 members
108 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
11
The Narrows
by Michael Connelly
5,094 members
85 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
12
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
4,618 members
293 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
13
Honeymoon
by James Patterson
4,375 members
74 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
14
I, Alex Cross
by James Patterson
3,869 members
68 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
15
The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix
3,700 members
126 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
16
Body Double
by Tess Gerritsen
3,491 members
71 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
17
Heartsick
by Chelsea Cain
2,604 members
173 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
18
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones
2,245 members
76 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
19
Ashes to Ashes
by Tami Hoag
2,225 members
35 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
20
Eyes of Prey
by John Sandford
2,170 members
39 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
21
The Perfect Husband
by Lisa Gardner
2,049 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
22
Deeper Than the Dead
by Tami Hoag
1,840 members
94 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
23
All the Sinners Bleed
by S. A. Cosby
1,503 members
64 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
24
Sweetheart
by Chelsea Cain
1,448 members
88 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
25
Zombie
by Joyce Carol Oates
1,378 members
66 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
26
The Church of Dead Girls
by Stephen Dobyns
1,022 members
27 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
27
The Highway
by C. J. Box
998 members
43 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
28
Chiefs
by Stuart Woods
851 members
32 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
29
Hot Blooded
by Lisa Jackson
806 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
30
Ill Will
by Dan Chaon
795 members
140 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
31
Cold Blooded
by Lisa Jackson
766 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
32
Never Saw Me Coming
by Vera Kurian
699 members
47 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
33
The Rosary Girls
by Richard Montanari
648 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
34
Missing Pieces
by Joy Fielding
644 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
35
The Night Stalker
by Philip Carlo
604 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
36
Hush
by Anne Frasier
480 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
37
The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer
by Jason Moss
420 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
38
Breakneck
by Erica Spindler
368 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
39
Killer Clown
by Terry Sullivan
346 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
40
Victim Six
by Gregg Olsen
332 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
dara85
41
The Search for the Green River Killer
by Carlton Smith
318 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
42
Sleep Tight
by Anne Frasier
294 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
43
By Reason of Insanity
by Shane Stevens
286 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
bluepiano
44
Death Instinct
by Bentley Little
263 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
45
The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer
by Robert D. Keppel
261 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
46
Inside the Mind of BTK
by John Douglas
252 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
47
Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers
by Darcy O'Brien
243 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
48
The Michigan Murders
by Edward Keyes
212 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
49
The Shoemaker: The Anatomy of a Psychotic
by Flora Rheta Schreiber
204 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
50
Shattered Silence: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer's Daughter
by Melissa G. Moore
188 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
51
Nightmare in Wichita: The Hunt for the BTK Strangler
by Robert Beattie
107 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
52
Killer Instinct
by Robert W. Walker
78 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
53
Edward Gein: America's Most Bizarre Murderer
by Judge Robert H. Gollmar
78 members
1 review
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
54
Innocent Blood: A True Story of Terror and Justice
by Terry Ganey
63 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
55
Victim
by Gayle Wilson
53 members
1 review
3.8
Member
dara85