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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!
4,727 books — 6,635 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
1,016 books — 1,544 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
639 books — 732 voters
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn BarnesUnjust by Brooke HolmesA Perfect Evil by Alex KavaThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Fiction: Criminal/Forensic Profiler/Psychologist/Psychiatrist (Main Characters)
186 books — 118 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.
111 books — 56 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
81 books — 36 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 ChristieFive Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
Group in Isolation But There is a Killer Among Them
32 books — 28 voters
The Night She Said Hatchet by B.P. KelsoEVO by Diane MayAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Creative serial killers
28 books — 23 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
196 books — 21 voters
The Woman From Death Row by Peter HogenkampThe Green Mile by Stephen KingThe Outsider by Albert CamusCell 8 by Anders RoslundThree Last Things by Corinna Turner
Death Row, Capital Punishment - FICTION
42 books — 19 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
87 books — 18 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

My Killer Vacation by Tessa BaileyThe Mind Killers by Martin ThomasMarihuana by William IrishThe Hitchhike Killer by Paul RossThe Killer Reaction by John Newton Chance
"Killer"
224 books — 8 voters
I Hunt Killers by Barry LygaDaughter by Kate McLaughlinHave You Seen This Girl by Nita TyndallThe Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle ChouinardBone Music by Christopher Rice
Sons and Daughters of Sam
24 books — 5 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
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
19 books — 3 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
127 books — 3 voters
Listen Carefully by True Crime Detectives GuildEchoes in the Darkness by Joseph WambaughThe Choirboys by Joseph WambaughThe Onion Field by Joseph WambaughThe Glitter Dome by Joseph Wambaugh
Crime and Detectives
12 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
House of Slaughter, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IVSomething is Killing the Children, Book One by James Tynion IVMidnight, Mass by John RozumHellblazer by Jamie DelanoHellboy by Mike Mignola
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part I
100 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
Jerry Lee Lewis by Rick BraggJerry Lee Lewis Rocks by Robert PalmerGreat Balls of Fire by Myra LewisUnconquered by J.D. DavisJerry Lee Lewis by Joe Bonomo
Jerry Lee Lewis!
17 books — 1 voter

Iris by Eden FinleyTemporary Partner by Nicky JamesCarved in Bone by Michael NavaPack of Lies by Charlie AdharaElusive Relations by Nicky James
criminal investigaters who DON'T get kidnapped by a killer
17 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
Terminator 2 Judgment Day by Greg WrightMoon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 4 by Brandon MontclareNight Force by Marv WolfmanBuffy the Vampire Slayer by Joss WhedonFray by Joss Whedon
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part IV
99 books — 1 voter

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