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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,489 books — 8,401 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
I Like Serial Killers
1,027 books — 1,627 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Scariest books of all time
625 books — 735 voters
Deceit v. Deceit by Vernon BaumrindNevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThe Hunter by Albert YorkReprisal Road by Lynn-Steven JohansonThe Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Fiction: Criminal/Forensic Profiler/Psychologist/Psychiatrist (Main Characters)
219 books — 248 voters

Out of the Silence by Marie TheodoreDracula by Bram StokerPursuit of Angels. by Anthony HulseAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodMurder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
Literary Murder.
116 books — 63 voters
Columbine by Dave CullenCruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite JonesThe Sleep of Reason by David James SmithThe Case of Mary Bell by Gitta SerenyUnder the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey
Kids/Teens who kill
83 books — 38 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieOne by One by Ruth WareThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieBreathless by Amy McCulloch
Group in Isolation But There is a Killer Among Them
120 books — 38 voters
The Night She Said Hatchet by B.P. KelsoEVO by Diane MayAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Silent Girl by Tess GerritsenThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Creative serial killers
26 books — 27 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeMacbeth by William ShakespeareForce of Chaos by Lin SenchaidThe Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
It's Good to Be Bad
197 books — 22 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettRebecca by Daphne du MaurierMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Body In The Library by Agatha Christie
The A to Z of Murder: Essential Guide to Mystery, Detective & Pulp Fiction of the 19th and 20th C
88 books — 19 voters

Th1rt3en by Steve CavanaghThe Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. JamesAll the Blood We Share by Camilla BruceSworn to Silence by Linda CastilloEight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #21 A Serial Killer
24 books — 12 voters
My Killer Vacation by Tessa BaileyKiller Reign by Eva ChanceKiller Crescent by Leigh KelseyKiller Crush by Ella GoodeKillers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
"Killer"
245 books — 10 voters

The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Storyteller by Jodi PicoultThe Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
Elderly Villains
29 books — 8 voters
Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy ScoreFinlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle CosimanoRiley Thorn and the Blast from the Past by Lucy ScoreRiley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet by Lucy ScoreShe Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke
Mystery Romance
22 books — 6 voters

Her Vigilante by Lillian LarkButcher & Blackbird by Brynne WeaverEternally Devoted by Daisy JaneCarter Braddock by M. L. SchreiberHer Saint by Harmony West
Serial Killer / Stalker Romance (No violence against women)
12 books — 5 voters
Listen Carefully by True Crime Detectives GuildEchoes in the Darkness by Joseph WambaughHidden by Monique GliozziThe Washashore by Christopher MirabileThe Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh
Crime and Detectives
23 books — 4 voters

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew InmanAttack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons by Bill WattersonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMacumba Killer by Ramsay ThorneThe Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard
"Kill" in book titles
128 books — 4 voters
Afterlife with Archie, Vol. 1 by Roberto Aguirre-SacasaZombieWorld by Pat MillsA Deadly Education by Naomi NovikRepentance Unleashed by Constance D. DixonThe Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part V
102 books — 4 voters

House of Slaughter, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IVThe Witcher, Vol. 1 by Paul Tobin30 Days of Night by Steve NilesSomething is Killing the Children, Book One by James Tynion IVEssential Tomb of Dracula, Vol. 1 by Marv Wolfman
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part I
116 books — 3 voters
Beasts of Burden by Evan DorkinBeasts of Burden by Evan DorkinBeasts of Burden by Evan DorkinBeasts of Burden by Evan DorkinTerminator 2 Judgment Day by Greg Wright
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part IV
102 books — 3 voters

Jerry Lee Lewis by Rick BraggThe Missing Girl by Stacia MoffettJerry Lee Lewis Rocks by Robert PalmerGreat Balls of Fire by Myra LewisUnconquered by J.D. Davis
Jerry Lee Lewis!
18 books — 2 voters
They Never Learn by Layne FargoRagdoll by Daniel ColeNever Saw Me Coming by Vera KurianGood Me, Bad Me by Ali LandThe Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre
Is it luck or are these the most talented killers in the game?
9 books — 2 voters

Secret of the Sangraal by Arthur MachenThe Red Hand by Arthur MachenOrnaments in Jade by Arthur MachenThe Ritual and Other Stories by Arthur MachenThe Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The First 100 (1990-2007)
100 books — 2 voters
The Sand-Man and other Night Pieces by E.T.A. HoffmannDouble Eye by W.F. HarveyThe Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires by Eric Stener CarlsonThe Collected Connoisseur by Mark ValentineN by Arthur Machen
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The Second 100 (2007-2020).
100 books — 2 voters

Sphinxes & Obelisks by Mark ValentineThe Fig Garden and Other Stories by Mark ValentineLiterary Hauntings by R.B. RussellThe Peacock Escritoire with At Dusk by Mark ValentineTime of Passing by John Charles Addison Gaskin
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The Third 100 (2020- ).
42 books — 2 voters
Lilies and Lies by Ember DavisDevil in Disguise by Kylie MarcusInfamy & Entropy by Kelsie CallowayDevil’s Choice by Autumn WildsPlain Jane's Shadow by Tamrin Banks
Endless Obsession Series
16 books — 1 voter

Killadelphia, Vol. 1 by Rodney BarnesNita Hawes' Nightmare Blog, vol. 2 by Rodney BarnesKolchak Night Stalker by Stuart M. KaminskyThe Dylan Dog Case Files by Tiziano SclaviDampyr #1 by Mauro Boselli
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part II
100 books — 1 voter
Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 A.D., Vol. 1 by Russ ManningShadowman, Vol. 1 by Andy DiggleThe Legend of Zelda by Akira HimekawaAttack on Titan Omnibus 1 by Hajime IsayamaTerminator by Ron Fortier
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part III
100 books — 1 voter

1st Issue Special #8 Warlord by Mike GrellSolomon Kane, Vol. 1 by Scott AllieRumble, Vol. 3 by John ArcudiRed Sonja, Vol. 1 by Gail SimoneConan the Barbarian by Jason Aaron
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part VI
100 books — 1 voter
Mary Shelley Monster Hunter #1 by Adam GlassMonster Hunters No. 2, 1975 Year, G/VG, $5.00 by Nicola CutiCharlton Arrow #1 Volume 2 by Nicola CutiBlade II by Steve Gerber
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part VII
4 books — 1 voter

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