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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 CoboShadows in the Creek by Michael Hugh Balfour
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,403 books — 8,608 voters
A New Earth by Eckhart TolleThe Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherWay of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan MillmanWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Thought Provoking
3,061 books — 1,873 voters

Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoVicious by V.E. SchwabThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackPrince of Thorns by Mark LawrenceThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Villain Protagonist
392 books — 664 voters
Cut & Run by Madeleine UrbanFatal Shadows by Josh LanyonSticks & Stones by Abigail RouxFish & Chips by Abigail RouxThe Dark Tide by Josh Lanyon
Best Novels with a Gay Romance and Crime Solving Plot/Subplot
806 books — 600 voters

Vicious by L.J. ShenUntouchable by Sam MarianoBully by Penelope DouglasCorrupt by Penelope DouglasKing by T.M. Frazier
Villains Need Love Too!
675 books — 599 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Twists And Turns
567 books — 380 voters

Twist Me by Anna ZairesFear Me by B.B. ReidCaptive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsMonster in His Eyes by J.M. DarhowerNotice by K. Webster
Dark Obsession and Stalker Books
278 books — 248 voters
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleUnsolved Serial Killings by R.J. ParkerSerial Killers by Peter VronskyGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleThe Night Stalker by Philip Carlo
True Crime--Serial killers
213 books — 210 voters

Dare Me by Megan AbbottSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesDangerous Girls by Abigail HaasThe Fever by Megan Abbott
there's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls
334 books — 188 voters
Man Alone by Jack RemickLost Boy by Jacob BlosserTainted Shadows by Kendrick SimsEVO by Diane MayDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa James
Authors Who Leave You Hungry For More
163 books — 153 voters

Island by Richard LaymonThe Traveling Vampire Show by Richard LaymonNight in the Lonesome October by Richard LaymonEndless Night by Richard LaymonAfter Midnight by Richard Laymon
Best Richard Laymon Books!
38 books — 137 voters
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireHopeless by Colleen HooverThoughtless by S.C. StephensEffortless by S.C. StephensThe Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
Throw your Kindle and scream at the Heavens worthy books of 2012!!!!!!
61 books — 97 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
Mindf*ck Series by S.T. AbbyCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoAll the Lies by S.T. AbbyPaint It All Red by S.T. AbbyScarlet Angel by S.T. Abby
Favourite Female Killers
81 books — 27 voters

Spook House by Michael WestEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Craziest Book Ever Written by Mr. WPoseidon’s Children by Michael WestFearscape by Nenia Campbell
Creepiest Characters
69 books — 26 voters
Reservations by Theresa M. JansonDeath, Taxes, and Turduckens by Jens Kurt HeyckeWall of Silence by Jennifer Lee CobbanBeyond Belief by Emlyn WilliamsMurder at Dusk by Ian W. Shaw
My Favourite True Crime Books
49 books — 26 voters

The Magnus Archives by Jonathan SimsThe No-End House by Brian RussellSearch and Rescue Woods by Kerry HammondThe Midwich Cuckoos by John WyndhamHidden Door by Charlotte Bywater
If You Like Channel Zero
31 books — 13 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
23 books — 11 voters

Emergency Landing by Seanan McGuireThe Changeling by Sarah LanganSome Breakable Things by Cassandra KhawThese Deathless Bones by Cassandra KhawMy Body, Herself by Carmen Maria Machado
Come Join Us by the Fire
36 books — 8 voters
Slimer by Harry Adam KnightNicor! by Peter TremayneAgrushell by Martin MorrisDas Avalon-Projekt by Wolfgang HohlbeinDoctor Who by Victor Pemberton
Sea Horror on Off Shore Rigs
20 books — 6 voters

The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre by Geoff PlunkettTop 10 Most Wanted Fugitives by Sybil JensenDevil's Knot by Mara LeverittTo the Survivors by Robert UttaroRelentless Pursuit by Charles E. Guess
Most Relevant True Crime Biography
14 books — 5 voters
Secret of the Sangraal by Arthur MachenOrnaments in Jade by Arthur MachenThe Hill of Dreams by Arthur MachenThe Collected Strange Papers of Christopher Blayre by Edward Heron-AllenThe Green Round 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

For The Love of A Killer by Ayneka ScottEboni With The White Skin by Ashantay Keys
Urban Reads With Female Killers
2 books — 1 voter

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