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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!
5,501 books — 8,633 voters
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuHell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph WhiteThe Luminous Dead by Caitlin StarlingWilder Girls by Rory Power
Queer Horror
700 books — 465 voters

THE ECHOING GUN by Yasmin ChinoyMigrant Crisis by John SteelUnjust by Brooke HolmesAltered Perceptions by Dr. Wayne C DeesIn the Beginning by P.F. Ford
Best Psychological Thrillers
221 books — 360 voters
The Risk by S.T. AbbyScarlet Angel by S.T. AbbySidetracked by S.T. AbbyPaint It All Red by S.T. AbbyAll the Lies by S.T. Abby
Serial Killer Love Stories
151 books — 318 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)
221 books — 260 voters
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisA Disturbing Nature by Brian LebeauKiss the Girls by James PattersonHeartsick by Chelsea Cain
Serial Killer Thrillers
236 books — 229 voters

Captive Prince by C.S. PacatBloodraven by P.L. NunnEloise - Loving a Sociopath by Catherine LockwoodWaiting in the Throes by Maddox GreyIn These Words, Volume 1 by Kichiku Neko
Quality Dark M/M and Gen Fiction: Kidnapping, Serial Killers, Torture and More
95 books — 123 voters
Out of the Silence by Marie TheodoreThe Washashore by Christopher MirabileDracula by Bram StokerPursuit of Angels. by Anthony HulseAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Literary Murder.
116 books — 64 voters

Pigeon-Blood Red by Ed DuncanReservations by Theresa M. JansonMy Sister's Grave by Robert DugoniScarlet in Blue by Jennifer MurphyBlood Royals by Geri Hemer
Mystery Thriller Series with Romantic Subplot set in the US
79 books — 46 voters
Lights Out by Navessa AllenButcher & Blackbird by Brynne WeaverSatan's Affair by H.D. CarltonSinners Retreat by Lauren BielThe Death Club by Caroline Peckham
Dark Romantic Comedies
24 books — 41 voters

Silent Scream by Angela MarsonsThe Vatican Conspiracy by Peter HogenkampThe Girl in the Ice by Robert BryndzaThe Night Stalker by Robert BryndzaBroken Bones by Angela Marsons
Books Published by Bookouture
133 books — 37 voters
My Brother Jon by Glenn HelgelandSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel SaneebKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grannجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneeb
Best FBI Nonfiction
66 books — 34 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
Jaws by Peter BenchleyInto the Water by Paula HawkinsStillhouse Lake by Rachel CaineBitter Falls by Rachel CaineKillman Creek by Rachel Caine
Lake House Thrillers
78 books — 25 voters

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri ManiscalcoThe Name of the Star by Maureen JohnsonRipper by Amy Carol ReevesRipper by Stefan PetruchaA Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby
Jack the Ripper in YA Fiction
18 books — 24 voters
Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Body Reader by Anne FrasierMad Love by Lynessa LaynePushback by John E. Stith
Psychological Thrillers For Dark Nights 2020
36 books — 22 voters

THE HOPE TRIGGER by Deborah Riley-MagnusThe Ghost Women by Jennifer MurphySHE'S GONE- A Town in Terror by Linda J. ClarkThe Traveling Man by Michael P. KingRedeemers by Edward McBride
thrillers dark-academia
26 books — 17 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingGhost Story by Peter Straub1984 by George OrwellPrivate. Keep out. by Beverly K.D.
Best Scary Book
17 books — 13 voters

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueenRedemption by Regina M. JosephHillbilly Gospel-Volume 2 by Jeffery CrouchCherish Farrah by Bethany C. MorrowThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
If You Loved The Film Get Out, You'll Love These: Black Southern Gothics by African-Americans
12 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
24 books — 12 voters

2005 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieA Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnisA FATHER’S LOVE by Jean DeFreese MooreTo Know Good and Evil by Daniel V. Meier Jr.The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd
Hannibal Readalikes
14 books — 8 voters
I Hunt Killers by Barry LygaDaughter by Kate McLaughlinHave You Seen This Girl by Nita TyndallKilling Time by Carlyn GreenwaldYou're No Better by Andrew Joseph White
Sons and Daughters of Sam
26 books — 7 voters

It by Stephen KingA Nightmare on Clown Street by R.L. StineDemon's Carnival by T. Thornton GrayThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told by Mike GoldNether Land by Kem Hinton
Evil Clowns in Literature
11 books — 6 voters
The Five by Hallie RubenholdI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Cold-Case Hunters & Serial Killer Chronicles: True-Crime Reads That Don’t Let You Turn the Lights Off
12 books — 6 voters

From Hell by Alan MooreJack lo Squartatore by Paul BeggRitratto di un Assassino by Patricia CornwellLe cinque donne by Hallie RubenholdSherlock Holmes e il mostro dell'East End by Lyndsay Faye
Jack lo Squartatore
11 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

Deadly Escape To Freedom by Shirley J. MillerDeath of the Cosset by Kimberly Jane OswaldBlood Gold by Shirley J. MillerTo Russia & Back by Shirley J. MillerWrong Place, Wrong Time by Shirley J. Miller
Goodread's Selection
6 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

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham JonesMy Throat an Open Grave by Tori BovalinoA Sorceress Comes to Call by T. KingfisherThe Thorns Remain by J.J.A. HarwoodNow, Conjurers by Freddie Kölsch
Autumnal Reading List 2024
9 books — 2 voters
Nothing Else Matters by Sandra WellsJUST LIKE THAT by Sandra WellsEscape Clause by John SandfordDeep Freeze by John SandfordCertain Prey by John Sandford
My best selling Crime novels
8 books — 1 voter

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