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The Best Thriller Books On My Bookshelf
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items My favorite thriller books! Looking for a book that will have you on the edge of your seat? Here you go! These books are the ones that kept me wanting more and were real page turners!! An array of thrillers from amazing authors! Fast paced and unputd...
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The Top Thriller Books I Read In 2025
The Top Thriller Books I Read In 2024
The Top Thriller books I read in 2023
The Top Thriller Books I Read In 2025
Thriller books I read and loved in 2025. My favorite of the year (so far) has to be Bright Young Women. Go ahead and take a look at my description notes to get an idea of what the book is about! You can never go wrong with a great thriller! Enjoy!
This was an amazing thriller - Love Island meets Lord of The Flies!!! I loved the atmosphere and the tension.
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
Great academic thriller! Serial killer meets academia is always such a great mix. I finished this in one day!
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
Ever wanted to solve a murder? What about your own? If you have read any of Jackson's other books, you will this one!
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Examines our obsession with serial killers! My absolute favorite book of 2025 (so far). I loved the way this had multiple timelines and perspectives.
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
What if you could only speak 100 words a day? An interesting take on society's future with a Handmaid's Tale like premise.
Vox by Christina Dalcher
A woman is obsessed with making it in the business of acting and singing. Follow her disastrous and disturbing misadventures. Well that's showbiz! Unreliable narrator!
She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock
A missing son returns without the father he disappeared with. A therapist is forced to reckon with the consequences of the disappearance. Will she help him find his father? Such an interesting premise, and great atmosphere!
Leave No Trace by: Mindy Mejia
A woman goes missing. Is it connected to a child's disappearance from many years ago? A super twisty story that I didn't see coming!
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Your rich boyfriend's family aren't what they seem. Set on an atmospheric, snowy mountain. I loved the interesting family dynamics and learning all their secrets!
A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall
Your child has been kidnapped. To get them back you must kidnap another child. Welcome to The Chain. The coolest premise ever, it's executed really well too!
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
The popular girl is missing, do you know what happened to her? Really cool psychological thriller about friend dynamics and what you would do for someone you love.
Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
When a body is found under the home 3 adopted sisters grew up in, they must come together to uncover the truth. So interesting to get to know each of the characters as both kids and adults. Great villain as well.
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Your wife has disappeared, then a year later you see a woman that looks just like her. Great story with lots of girl-power!
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Women are being killed by a serial killer who dates them first. My favorite Freida book that I've read. I couldn't have predicted the twist if I tried!
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
A woman sets out to destroy a killer cult that she was involved in during college. Really interesting exploration on sex and power.
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
The Top Thriller Books I Read In 2024
Thriller books I read and loved in 2024. Some stand outs are The God of The Woods and None of This Is True. Feel free to read my description notes to get an idea of what the book has in store! Enjoy :)
The child's nanny died. Is the kid a secret killer or just misunderstood? Sarah Pekkanen never misses! Great creepy child trope!
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen
A 13 year old girl goes missing at Summer camp. Is her disappearance connected to her missing brother? Almost a thriller mixed with historical fiction. You get the perspectives of many different characters which is always fascinating.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Her best friend has been murdered and she doesn't remember if she killed her or not. Told in podcast form. A great example of an unreliable narrator!
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Your boyfriend just proposes, but he has a secret wife. Set with dual perspectives of the wife and fiance. I loved this one and have never read anything else like it.
Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering
People say she killed her whole family. You're her new caretaker. Good luck! My favorite Riley Sager book, such an interesting cast of characters and great twist!
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Three siblings return home after their mother dies. They find some disturbing home movies. Really creepy and cool premise with a great twist!
Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
Four families live in an idyllic suburb but then a boy falls from his window. Was he pushed? Or was it an accident? I love domestic thrillers and no one does them better than Ashley Audrain!
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
Your daughter goes missing. Years later the man your dating has a daughter that looks strikingly like your missing child. Really twisted and messed up, but oh so unput-downable.
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
She's a serial killer. But she only kills the ones that deserve it. Academia meets female serial killer. SO fun and twisty.
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Years ago a missing girl rocked a small town. Now another girl is missing. Really well written debut, I enjoyed every second of it!
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
You start working as a housemaid for a wealthy family, but things are not what they seem. Really twisty and sets up really well for the sequel!
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
The terror of her childhood catches up to her. This book exceeded my wildest expectations and was one of my favorites of 2024. You MUST read it!
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
A story of obsessive female friendship. Really interesting characters with dual perspectives. Very, very good!
Did I Say You Could Go by Melanie Gideon
Years after their sister goes missing, two sisters make a shocking discovery. Disturbing and disgusting, this book will keep you guessing and on your toes.
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
A teacher gives one last shocking lecture after a school-wide tragedy. Very twisted. Kept me wanting more!
Confessions by Kanae Minato
She's hiding some deep secrets that are uncovered through another woman's podcast. My favorite Lisa Jewell book by far!
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
She's been kidnapped and held against her will for years. Will she escape? So fast paced. I ate it up and finished it in one day.
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
She hasn't slept since her toddler son was kidnapped from his crib one year ago. Amazing exploration into trauma and creepy af!
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Cut off from the world on an secluded island, her family comes back together one last time. I never expected the twist!! Alice Feeney has done it again!
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
The Top Thriller books I read in 2023
The best thriller books I read in 2023. Some stand outs are No Exit and Rock Paper Scissors. Take a look at my description notes to get an idea of what the book has in store for you! Enjoy! ;)
Stuck in an isolated rest stop in the middle of a snowstorm, you discover a girl being kept in a truck. How do you and the girl escape? This one had me on the edge of my seat, heart pounding the entire time!
No Exit by Taylor Adams
A couple goes on a vacation to a snowy and isolated castle, chaos ensues. Hands down one of the best thrillers I've ever read. The twist at the end was CRAZY!
Rock Paper Scissors Toy Store
After giving a book a poor review, the author starts stalking her. Every readers' worst nightmare! Was so fast paced!
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
A twisty story that starts with a baby abandoned in an empty house. Lots of interesting family dynamics!
The Family Upstairs #1 - Lisa Jewell
One of Sager's best books - a woman house sits for an apartment in a luxurious complex, but people keep going missing. I couldn't help but keep reading, I needed to know what happened!
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
My favorite book of 2023. 5 stars all around! A woman's experience of motherhood isn't going as she hoped it would. She becomes convinced something is wrong with her daughter, but is it all in her head?
The Push by Ashley Audrain