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Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively.
Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories,...more
Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories,...more
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by Dan Brown (shelved 404 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.57 — 300,503 ratings — published 2000
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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avg rating 3.69 — 137,079 ratings — published 2000
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Deception Point (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.41 — 26,781 ratings — published 2001
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Digital Fortress (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.26 — 24,774 ratings — published 1998
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Jurassic Park (Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 116 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.65 — 37,809 ratings — published 1990
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The Firm (Paperback)
by John Grisham (shelved 100 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.67 — 29,087 ratings — published 1991
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The Silence of the Lambs (Paperback)
by Thomas Harris (shelved 98 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.87 — 46,533 ratings — published 1988
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The Bourne Identity (Paperback)
by Robert Ludlum (shelved 94 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.76 — 43,455 ratings — published 1980
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The Pelican Brief (John Grishham)
by John Grisham (shelved 82 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.67 — 7 ratings — published 1992
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
by Dan Brown (shelved 81 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.37 — 18,099 ratings — published 2009
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The Hunt for Red October (Special 15th Anniversary Edition)
by Tom Clancy (shelved 79 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.73 — 36,531 ratings — published 1984
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A Time to Kill (Paperback)
by John Grisham (shelved 75 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.74 — 66,368 ratings — published 1989
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The Client (Paperback)
by John Grisham (shelved 75 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.59 — 24,283 ratings — published 1993
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Congo (Mass Market Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 74 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.07 — 14,858 ratings — published 1980
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Verdikt. Zaveschanie (Hardcover)
by John Grisham (shelved 71 times as thriller)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1994
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Timeline (Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 68 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.56 — 13,229 ratings — published 1999
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Prey (Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 68 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.40 — 9,431 ratings — published 2002
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Red Dragon (Hardcover)
by Thomas Harris (shelved 68 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.80 — 6,713 ratings — published 1981
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The Lost World (Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 66 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.27 — 12,315 ratings — published 1995
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Patriot Games (Paperback)
by Tom Clancy (shelved 65 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.79 — 5,987 ratings — published 1987
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Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross, Book 2)
by James Patterson (shelved 63 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.66 — 41,465 ratings — published 1995
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Hannibal (Paperback)
by Thomas Harris (shelved 59 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.35 — 6,588 ratings — published 1999
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The Andromeda Strain (Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 58 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.54 — 14,105 ratings — published 1969
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Clear and Present Danger (Paperback)
by Tom Clancy (shelved 57 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,954 ratings — published 1987
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Sphere (Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 56 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.45 — 12,569 ratings — published 1987
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The Shining (paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 55 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.87 — 68,612 ratings — published 1977
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Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)
by Dean Koontz (shelved 53 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.71 — 28,993 ratings — published 2003
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The Bourne Supremacy (Robert Ludlum's Bourne Series, Book 2)
by Robert Ludlum (shelved 53 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,791 ratings — published 1986
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Airframe (Paperback)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 53 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.31 — 5,803 ratings — published 1996
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Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, Book 1)
by James Patterson (shelved 53 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.87 — 13,795 ratings — published 1992
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The Sum of All Fears (Paperback)
by Tom Clancy (shelved 52 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.69 — 4,731 ratings — published 1991
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Misery (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 52 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.80 — 21,817 ratings — published 1978
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Relic (Pendergast #1)
by Douglas Preston (shelved 51 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,645 ratings — published 1995
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by Stieg Larsson (shelved 49 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.93 — 21,917 ratings — published 2005
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The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3)
by Douglas Preston (shelved 49 times as thriller)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,204 ratings — published 2002
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The Chamber (Paperback)
by John Grisham (shelved 49 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.42 — 14,330 ratings — published 1994
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The Stand (Expanded Edition)
by Stephen King (shelved 48 times as thriller)
avg rating 4.26 — 31,428 ratings — published 1978
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The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7) (Diogenes, #3)
by Douglas Preston (shelved 48 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,013 ratings — published 2006
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Zolotoj dozhd' (Hardcover)
by John Grisham (shelved 46 times as thriller)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1995
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Brimstone (Pendergast, #5/Diogenes, #1)
by Douglas Preston (shelved 46 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,808 ratings — published 2004
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The Historian (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Kostova (shelved 45 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.64 — 27,030 ratings — published 2005
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by Jeff Lindsay (shelved 45 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.73 — 7,357 ratings — published 2004
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Intensity (Mass Market Paperback)
by Dean Koontz (shelved 45 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.88 — 6,411 ratings — published 1995
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Rising Sun (Hardcover)
by Michael Crichton (shelved 44 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.28 — 6,165 ratings — published 1992
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The Bourne Ultimatum (Robert Ludlum's Bourne Series, Book 3)
by Robert Ludlum (shelved 44 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.78 — 5,341 ratings — published 1990
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Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
by Douglas Preston (shelved 43 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,384 ratings — published 1997
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Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 43 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.58 — 19,578 ratings — published 1974
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Dance of Death (Pendergast, #6/Diogenes, #2)
by Douglas Preston (shelved 42 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,439 ratings — published 1999
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It (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 40 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.85 — 25,716 ratings — published 1986
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1st to Die (Women's Murder Club #1)
by James Patterson (shelved 40 times as thriller)
avg rating 3.89 — 14,015 ratings — published 2001
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""The sky is deep, the sky is dark. The light of the stars is o damn stark/When I look up, I fill with fear, if all we have is what lies here, this lonely world, this troubled place, then cold dead stars and empty space...Well, I see no reason to persevere, no reason to laugh or shed a tear, no reason to sleep and none to wake/ No promises to keep and none to make. And so at night I still raise my eyes tos tudy the clear but mysterious skies that arch avove us, cold as stone. Are you there God? Are we alone?""
— Dean Koontz, "The Book of Counted Sorrows" (Sole Survivor)
— Dean Koontz, "The Book of Counted Sorrows" (Sole Survivor)
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"Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all the fun you can. Don't give much thought to yesterday, don't worry about tomorrow, live in the moment, and trust that your existence has meaning even when the world seems to be all blind chance and chaos. When life lands a hammer blow in your face, do your best to respond to the hammer as if it had been a cream pie."
— Dean Koontz
— Dean Koontz
