Most Popular Thriller Books

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Will Piper #3

The Keepers of the Library

Glenn Cooper

Fantasy · Thriller

2012

Triage X #1

Triage X: Volume 1

Shouji Sato

Thriller · Comics

October 30, 2012

Where Furnaces Burn

Joel Lane

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award · Thriller

October 2012

Ghost / Paladin of Shadows #6

Tiger by the Tail

John Helfers, John Ringo

Thriller

December 27, 2012

Chocolate Lenin

Graham Diamond

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Thriller

April 9, 2012

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Casefiles of Mr. J.G. Reeder

Edgar Wallace, David Stuart Davies

19th century · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Weird Fiction · Collection

June 15, 2010

Daemon #2

Freedom™

Daniel Suarez

Science Fiction · Thriller

January 2010

Will Piper #2

Book of Souls

Glenn Cooper

Fantasy · Thriller

2010

Will Piper #1

Library of the Dead

Glenn Cooper

Fantasy · Thriller

2009

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine #7

Vanilla Ride

Joe R. Lansdale

Thriller

2009

Last Days

Brian Evenson

Horror · Thriller

2009

Murder on the Pier

Jere Myles

Horror · Thriller

2008

Hunting Zoe and Other Stories

Steve Gerlach

Horror · Short Stories · Thriller

2008

Daemon #1

Daemon

Daniel Suarez

Science Fiction · Thriller

December 30, 2008

Capital Code #3

Sixty Days and Counting

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Thriller

2007

Three Days to Never

Tim Powers

Fantasy · Thriller

2006

Capital Code #2

Fifty Degrees Below

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Thriller

2005

Capital Code #1

Forty Signs of Rain

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Thriller

2004

Matthew Corbett Series #1

Speaks the Nightbird

Robert R. McCammon

Thriller

2002

The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes

Jamyang Norbu

Fantasy · 19th century · Crime Fiction · Occult Detective · Sherlock Holmes

1999

Inspector Lynley #9

Deception on His Mind

Elizabeth George

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1997

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine #4

Bad Chili

Joe R. Lansdale

Thriller

1997

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine #3

The Two-Bear Mambo

Joe R. Lansdale

Thriller

1995

Blackburn

Bradley Denton

Thriller

1993

Boy's Life

Robert R. McCammon

Fantasy · Bram Stoker Award · World Fantasy Award · Thriller

1991

Inspector Lynley #1

A Great Deliverance

Elizabeth George

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

Tool of the Trade

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Thriller

1987

Maryjane Tonight at Angels Twelve

Martin Caidin

Thriller

1972

Ice Station Zebra

Alistair MacLean

Suspense Thriller · Movie · Thriller

1963

Our Man in Havana

Graham Greene

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Thriller

1958

The Bird's Nest

Shirley Jackson

Thriller

1954

The Shade of Time

David Duncan

Science Fiction · Thriller

1946

Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts

Daniel Defoe

Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream · Thriller

1945

Father Brown Collection #3

The Incredulity of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery

1926

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

Horror · Crime Fiction · Gothic Horror · Mainstream · Mystery

1910

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #1

A Study in Scarlet

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

19th century · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction

1887