9 books
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13 voters
Gripping Books
Showing 1-50 of 5,374
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,297,586 ratings — published 2019
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,844,376 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,952,332 ratings — published 2008
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,463,039 ratings — published 2022
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,459,358 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,174,638 ratings — published 2009
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,300,890 ratings — published 2015
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,291,183 ratings — published 2020
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,736,754 ratings — published 2010
None of This Is True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,109,538 ratings — published 2023
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,045,292 ratings — published 2023
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.78 — 484,701 ratings — published 2018
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,165,285 ratings — published 2021
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,131,588 ratings — published 2017
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,137,765 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,458,205 ratings — published 1997
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,392,169 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,889,984 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,864,288 ratings — published 1999
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,456,721 ratings — published 2005
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,576,856 ratings — published 2023
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,625,366 ratings — published 1939
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,530,363 ratings — published 2003
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 793,244 ratings — published 2014
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,037,915 ratings — published 1992
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,742,605 ratings — published 1996
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,404,600 ratings — published 2000
Never Lie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,495,916 ratings — published 2022
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,483,768 ratings — published 2022
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,643,326 ratings — published 2016
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.95 — 569,364 ratings — published 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,647,177 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,294,712 ratings — published 2011
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 730,480 ratings — published 2016
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 841,985 ratings — published 2009
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,626,222 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,808,415 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,513,108 ratings — published 1998
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 690,573 ratings — published 2020
Then She Was Gone (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,007,708 ratings — published 2017
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,743,667 ratings — published 2007
The Wife Between Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.83 — 446,907 ratings — published 2018
Behind Closed Doors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.97 — 758,972 ratings — published 2016
Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.90 — 596,118 ratings — published 2013
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,438,036 ratings — published 1985
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,742,018 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,505,581 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,209,588 ratings — published 2000
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.10 — 489,378 ratings — published 1995
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,593,996 ratings — published 2024
“DON’T THINK, FEEL flickers from an electric billboard cutting out the darkness. ”
― Motive Black
― Motive Black
“The morgue was the name the human workers gave to this room in the facility. They were careful not to utter it in front of the androids, for fear of offending them.”
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips












