Most Popular Thriller Books of the 2020s
Discover popular Thriller books from the 2020s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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Colter Shaw #3
The Final Twist
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
May 11, 2021
Jack Reacher #26
Better Off Dead
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
October 26, 2021
Orphan X #6
Prodigal Son
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Thriller
January 26, 2021
Atlee Pine #4
Mercy
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
November 16, 2021
Mitch Rapp #20
Enemy at the Gates
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
September 14, 2021
Gray Man #10
Relentless
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller
February 16, 2021
Lincoln Rhyme #15
The Midnight Lock
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
November 30, 2021
Thursday Murder Club #2
The Man Who Died Twice
Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 1, 2021
Colter Shaw #2
The Goodbye Man
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
May 12, 2020
Jack Reacher #25
The Sentinel
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
October 27, 2020
Atlee Pine #3
Daylight
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
November 17, 2020
Mitch Rapp #19
Total Power
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
September 15, 2020
Gray Man #9
One Minute Out
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller
February 18, 2020
Wilde #1
The Boy from the Woods
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
March 17, 2020
Orphan X #5
Into the Fire
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Thriller
January 2020
Cormoran Strike #8
The Hallmarked Man
Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 2, 2025
Thursday Murder Club #1
The Thursday Murder Club
Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 3, 2020
The Drift
Horror · Thriller
January 31, 2023
The Inheritance Games #2
The Hawthorne Legacy
Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller
September 7, 2021
Cold Zero
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
February 10, 2026
Colter Shaw #5
South of Nowhere
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
May 6, 2025
Lucas Davenport #35
Lethal Prey
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
March 25, 2025
Lucas Davenport #34
Toxic Prey
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
April 9, 2024
Lucas Davenport #33
Judgment Prey
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
October 3, 2023
The It Girl
Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
July 12, 2022
Joshua Duffy #1
Armored
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
July 5, 2022
Thursday Murder Club #3
The Bullet That Missed
Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller
September 15, 2022
Lucas Davenport #31
Ocean Prey
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
April 13, 2021
Aloysius Archer #2
A Gambling Man
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
April 20, 2021
Lucas Davenport #30
Masked Prey
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
April 14, 2020
Alex Cross #35
Cross and Sampson
Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
February 9, 2026
Dead in the Water
Mystery · Thriller
January 20, 2026
Kindle County Legal #13
Presumed Guilty
Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
January 14, 2025
Billion-Dollar Ransom
Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
September 1, 2025
Tier One #9
The Adversary
Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller
November 4, 2025
Julia Pritzker #1
The Unraveling of Julia
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
July 15, 2025