The Greatest Books of All Time on Thriller
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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17120 | Universal Harvester | John Darnielle | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Red Army | Amanda Peters | 1989 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17120 | Where Eagles Dare | Alistair MacLean | 1967 | British | English | |
| 17120 | The Third Man And Other Stories | Graham Greene | 2011 | British | English | |
| 17120 | Los Alamos | Joseph Kanon | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Moghul | Thomas Hoover | 1983 | American | English | |
| 17120 | True Believer | Jack Carr | 2019 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Code Red | Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | My Murder | Katie Williams | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | Beware The Woman | Megan Abbott | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Stolen Coast | Dwyer Murphy | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | Strega | Johanne Lykke Holm, Saskia Vogel | 2020 | Unknown | Swedish | |
| 17120 | Vengeance Is Mine | Marie NDiaye | 2021 | French | English | |
| 17120 | Critical Mass | Daniel Suarez | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Kind Worth Saving | Peter Swanson | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | My Men | Victoria Kielland | 2023 | Unknown | Norwegian | |
| 17120 | Prom Mom | Laura Lippman | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Devil Makes Three | Ben Fountain | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | A Haunting On The Hill | Elizabeth Hand | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Lucky Dogs | Helen Schulman | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | Blood Sport | Dick Francis | 1967 | British | English | |
| 17120 | How Like An Angel | Margaret Millar | 1962 | Canadian | English | |
| 17120 | Quiet As A Nun | Antonia Fraser | 1977 | British | English | |
| 17120 | A Red Death | Walter Mosley | 1991 | American | English | |
| 17120 | November Road | Lou Berney | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Innocence | Heda Margolius Kovály | 1985 | Czech | Czech | |
| 17120 | All Things Cease To Appear | Elizabeth Brundage | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Last Equation Of Isaac Severy | Nova Jacobs | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Long Drop | Denise Mina | 2017 | Scottish | English | |
| 17120 | A Talent For Murder | Peter Swanson | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | One Way Or Another | Leonardo Sciascia | 1974 | Italian | Italian | |
| 17120 | Infinite Ground | Martin MacInnes | 2016 | British | English | |
| 17120 | Those We Thought We Knew | David Joy | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Like Hidden Fire: The Plot To Bring Down The British Empire | hopkirk | 1994 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | O Homem De Giz | C. J. Tudor | 2018 | British | Portuguese | |
| 17120 | A Bird In Winter | Louise Doughty | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17120 | Edge Of Honor | Brad Thor | 2025 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Porno | Irvine Welsh | 2002 | Scottish | English | |
| 17120 | Dead Men's Trousers | Irvine Welsh | 2018 | Scottish | English | |
| 17120 | The Whites | Richard Price | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Laughing Monsters | Denis Johnson | 2014 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Way Home | George P. Pelecanos | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Nobody | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Rytual | Chloe Wilson | 2025 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17120 | The Secret Of The Nagas | Amish Tripathi | 2011 | Indian | English | |
| 17120 | The Oath Of The Vayuputras | Amish Tripathi | 2013 | Indian | English | |
| 17120 | Station Eternity | Mur Lafferty | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Murders In Great Diddling | Katarina Bivald | 2024 | Swedish | Unknown | |
| 17120 | The Antique Hunter's Guide To Murder | C.L. Miller | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | The Treasure Hunters Club | Tom Ryan | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | The Last Word | Elly Griffiths | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17120 | Close To Death | Anthony Horowitz | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17120 | How To Solve Your Own Murder | Kristen Perrin | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | The Secret Hours | Mick Herron | 2023 | British | English | |
| 17120 | Never Sleep | Fred Van Lente | American | English | ||
| 17120 | Murder Your Employer | Rupert Holmes | 2023 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Bleeding Heart Yard | Elly Griffiths | 2022 | British | English | |
| 17120 | The Postscript Murders | Elly Griffiths | 2020 | British | English | |
| 17120 | A Empregada | Freida McFadden | 2022 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Loner | Teddy Wayne | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17120 | From A Buick 8 | Stephen King | 2002 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Silence Of The Lambs And Red Dragon | Thomas Harris | 1991 | American | Unknown | |
| 17120 | Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library | Frank Miller | 2005 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Origami Man | Matthew FitzSimmons | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Cold Harbor | Matthew FitzSimmons | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Дорогуша | C.J. Skuse | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17120 | Remote Control | Andy McNab | 1997 | British | English | |
| 16912 | Brainfire | Campbell Black | 1979 | Unknown | English | |
| 17120 | Fantasticland | Mike Bockoven | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Heads You Win | Jeffrey Archer | 2018 | British | English | |
| 17120 | Envy | Sandra Brown | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Just Take My Heart | Mary Higgins Clark | 2009 | English | ||
| 16815 | The Assassins | Elia Kazan | 1972 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Deeper Than The Dead | Tami Hoag | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Secrets To The Grave | Tami Hoag | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Down The Darkest Road | Tami Hoag | 2011 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Almost Dead | Lisa Jackson | 2007 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Absolute Fear | Lisa Jackson | 2007 | American | English | |
| 17120 | You Will Pay | Lisa Jackson | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17120 | If She Only Knew | Lisa Jackson | 2000 | American | English | |
| 17120 | After She's Gone | Lisa Jackson | 2015 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Inferno | Dan Brown | 2013 | American | English | |
| 17120 | Lightsource | Bari Wood | 1984 | American | English |