Thriller Books
Thrillers move at speed, structuring their narratives around mounting tension, ticking clocks, and characters under pressure. The best entries in this genre make you check the locks on your doors and question every stranger on the train.
264 books
Thriller
11/22/63
Stephen King
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson
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A Head Full of Ghosts
Paul Tremblay
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All Is Not Forgotten
Wendy Walker
Crime
All the Sinners Bleed
S.A. Cosby
Science Fiction
Altered Carbon
Richard K. Morgan
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American Assassin
Vince Flynn
Horror
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
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American Tabloid
James Ellroy
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Among Thieves
Douglas Hulick
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An Anonymous Girl
Greer Hendricks
Literary Fiction
An Untamed State
Roxane Gay
Philosophy
Anathem
Neal Stephenson
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Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
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Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty
Non-Fiction
Armada
Ernest Cline
Non-Fiction
Artemis
Andy Weir
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Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney
Romance
Beautiful Venom
Rina Kent
Romance
Beautifully Cruel
J.T. Geissinger
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Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson
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Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris
Young Adult
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace
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Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
Horror
Bird Box
Josh Malerman
Mystery
Bittersweet
Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Romance
Black Sheep
Brynne Weaver
Romance
Bound by Honor
Cora Reilly
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Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll
Romance
Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver
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By a Thread
Lucy Score
Crime
City in Ruins
Don Winslow
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City on Fire
Don Winslow
Non-Fiction
Code Name Verity
Literary Fiction
Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner
Young Adult
Dangerous Girls
Abigail Haas
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Dare Me
Megan Abbott
Science Fiction
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch
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Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
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Demons
Dan Brown
Horror
Devolution
Max Brooks
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Does It Hurt
H. D. Carlton
Horror
Dolores Claiborne
Stephen King
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Don't Let Go
Harlan Coben
Horror
Dracula
Bram Stoker
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Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
Mystery
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson
Literary Fiction
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng
Romance
Fallen
Lauren Kate
Horror
FantasticLand
Mike Bockoven
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Fever Dream
Horror
Final Girls
Riley Sager
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Final Girls
Riley Sager
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Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley
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First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston
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Five Decembers
James Kestrel
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Five Survive
Holly Jackson
Young Adult
Genuine Fraud
E. Lockhart
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Girl A
Abigail Dean
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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Young Adult
Haunting Adeline
H.D. Carlton
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Headhunters
Jo Nesbo
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Heat 2
Michael Mann
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Her Every Fear
Horror
Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak
Horror
Holly
Stephen King
Horror
Home Before Dark
Riley Sager
Horror
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
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House of Spies
Daniel Silva
Mystery
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin
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I Am Pilgrim
Terry Hayes
Young Adult
I Hunt Killers
Barry Lyga
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If We Were Villains
M.L. Rio
Literary Fiction
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Ashley Winstead
Literary Fiction
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware
Thriller
Jar City
Arnaldur Indridason
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Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle
Luke Jennings
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Killing Floor
Lee Child
Young Adult
Killing November
Adriana Mather
Crime
King of Ashes
S.A. Cosby
Romance
King of Wrath
Ana Huang
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Labyrinth
Kate Mosse
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Lacy Eye
Jessica Treadway
Romance
Leather & Lark
Brynne Weaver
Literary Fiction
Leave the World Behind
Thriller
Leaving Berlin
Romance
Lights Out
Navessa Allen
Romance
Lights Out
Navessa Allen
Romance
Lights Out
Navessa Allen
Young Adult
Little Monsters
Kara Thomas
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Lock Every Door
Riley Sager
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Long Bright River
Liz Moore
Young Adult
Looking for Smoke
K.A. Cobell
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Low Town
Daniel Polansky
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Miracle Creek
Angie Kim
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Missing You
Harlan Coben
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Monster
Walter Dean Myers
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Motherless Brooklyn
Jonathan Lethem
Horror
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Grady Hendrix
Romance
My Cousin Rachel
Daphne du Maurier
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Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
Horror
Needful Things
Stephen King
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Never Lie
Freida McFadden
Horror
Night Film
Marisha Pessl
Young Adult
None Shall Sleep
Ellie Marney
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None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell
Romance
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
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Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz
Once You're Mine
Romance
Once You're Mine
Morgan Bridges
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One Good Deed
David Baldacci
Romance
One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus
Young Adult
One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus
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Orphan X
Gregg Hurwitz
Young Adult
People Like Us
Dana Mele
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Pines
Blake Crouch
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Point of Impact
Stephen Hunter
Crime
Prayers for the Stolen
Jennifer Clement
Mystery
Pretty Little Liars
Sara Shepard
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Quicksilver
Callie Hart
Non-Fiction
Reamde
Neal Stephenson
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Recursion
Blake Crouch
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Reykjavik
Ragnar Jonasson
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Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
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Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
Horror
Roses
Leila Meacham
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Run Away
Harlan Coben
Romance
Run Posy Run
Cate C. Wells
Romance
Run Posy Run
Cate C. Wells
Romance
Scythe & Sparrow
Brynne Weaver
Fantasy
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
Thriller
Shiver
Maggie Stiefvater
Literary Fiction
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
Sinners Retreat
Romance
Sinners Retreat
Lauren Biel
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Hoeg
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Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney
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Splinters
Tom Clancy
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Survivor
Dean Koontz
Fantasy
Swan Song
Robert R. McCammon
Romance
The 5th Wave
Richard Yancey
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The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier
Mystery
The Appeal
Janice Hallett
Mystery
The Bandit Queens
Parini Shroff
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The Black Echo
Michael Connelly
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The Blue Zones
Andrew Gross
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The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum
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The Boy from the Woods
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The Boy in the Suitcase
Lene Kaaberbol
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The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay
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The Cartel
Don Winslow
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The Chalet
Catherine Cooper
Young Adult
The Cheerleaders
Kara Thomas
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The Chestnut Man
Soren Sveistrup
The Club Dumas
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The Club Dumas
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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The Codex
Douglas Preston
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The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
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The Dante Club
Matthew Pearl
Mystery
The Decagon House Murders
Yukito Ayatsuji
Horror
The Devil and the Dark Water
Stuart Turton
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The Eight
Katherine Neville
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The Firm
John Grisham
Literary Fiction
The Girl Before
J. P. Delaney
Horror
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Stephen King
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The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
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The Girl with All the Gifts
M. R. Carey
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
Mystery
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
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The Good Girl
Mary Kubica
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The Gray Man
Mark Greaney
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The Gray Man
Mark Greaney
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The Guest List
Lucy Foley
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The Heron
Don Winslow
Fantasy
The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher
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The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager
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The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
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The Hunting Party
Lucy Foley
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The Huntress
Kate Quinn
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The Identicals
Elin Hilderbrand
Mystery
The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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The Institute
Stephen King
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The It Girl
Ruth Ware
Crime
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
Horror
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
Literary Fiction
The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward
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The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell
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The Last Mrs Parrish
Liv Constantine
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The Last Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine
Mystery
The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton
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The Last Templar
Raymond Khoury
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The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave
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The Last Time I Lied
Todd Ritter
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The Likeness
Tana French
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The Lions of Lucerne
Brad Thor
Horror
The Long Run
Mishka Shubaly
Thriller
The Lover
Marguerite Duras
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The Lying Game
Ruth Ware
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The Maidens
Alex Michaelides
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The Match
Harlan Coben
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The Memory of Animals
Claire Fuller
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The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
Young Adult
The Naturals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Fantasy
The Need
Helen Phillips
The New Couple in 5B
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The New Couple in 5B
Lisa Unger
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The New Girl
Daniel Silva
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The Omega Factor
Steve Berry
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The Only One Left
Riley Sager
Literary Fiction
The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Thriller
The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley
Thriller
The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Crime
The Power of the Dog
Don Winslow
Thriller
The Push
Ashley Audrain
The Queen of the South
Crime
The Queen of the South
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Thriller
The Return of Ellie Black
Emiko Jean
Romance
The Risk
S.T. Abby
Horror
The Ruin
Scott Smith
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The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
Literary Fiction
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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The Secret Place
Tana French
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The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott
Horror
The Silence
Thomas Harris
Horror
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
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The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
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The Snowman
Jo Nesbo
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The Stranger in the Mirror
Liv Constantine
Romance
The Sweetest Oblivion
Danielle Lori
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The Terminal List
Jack Carr
Horror
The Troop
Nick Cutter
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The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware
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The Twyford Code
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The Vatican Secret
David Leadbeater
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Natasha Pulley
Science Fiction
The Water Knife
Paolo Bacigalupi
Horror
The Whisper Man
Steve Mosby
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The Wife Between Us
Greer Hendricks
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The Wife Upstairs
Rachel Hawkins
Young Adult
The Wilde Trials
Mackenzie Reed
Thriller
The Wolf of Sarajevo
Matthew Palmer
Literary Fiction
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
Literary Fiction
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
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The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn
Thriller
There There
Tommy Orange
Young Adult
They Wish They Were Us
Jessica Goodman
Mystery
Tiny Pretty Things
Sona Charaipotra
Romance
Tormentor Mine
Anna Zaires
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Transfer of Power
Vince Flynn
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Turn of Mind
Alice LaPlante
Young Adult
Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus
Thriller
Under the Skin
Michel Faber
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Unsolved
James Patterson
Mystery
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Verity
Colleen Hoover
Science Fiction
Version Control
Dexter Palmer
Romance
Vicious
L.J. Shen
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Watch Over Me
Judith McNaught
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Watchers
Dean Koontz
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Watching You
Lisa Jewell
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
Thriller
Where You End
Abbott Kahler
Mystery
Winter Counts
Thriller
Winter in Madrid
C. J. Sansom
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World Without End
Ken Follett
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister
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Zero Day
David Baldacci
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Zero Day
David Baldacci
