TheShadesofOrange 41.8K subscribers · Sep 12, 2023

My Top 15 Thriller Books of All Time (or 2023)

  • All-Time Favorite Thrillers · 14 books

Reviews15

Dark PlacesGillian Flynn
Loved it

this is a book that i just adore i read it years ago and absolutely loved it and recently re-read it and gotta say that it completely held up this book is so well plotted and it is dark with some fantastic character work

False WitnessKarin Slaughter
Loved it

this is a book i love so much i think a lot of you are karen slaughter fans and in my opinion this is her best the narrative to just be compulsively readable highly recommend this is one of her best

Final GirlsRiley Sager
Loved it

this book is very close to my heart it was my first riley sager book and i really enjoyed it i did not see the ending coming and just thought it was a lot of fun

Gone GirlGillian Flynn
Loved it

this is a book i love so much because it is such a sharp commentary on marriage and relationships this book just rang true for me i read it when it first came out i didn't know what i was getting myself into i did not see the twist coming and i absolutely loved it

this is one of the most well ridden well plotted little thrillers i have ever read it is short and concise and it will make you so uneasy so uncomfortable it is so creepy and you will not know what is going on

JeremyMegan Abbott
Loved it

this book just is a book that i would recommend for all ages despite the marketing i think what it does best is really highlight the imperfections of adult life and also the terrible mean girl status of young adults i love it a lot but in terms of execution i'm not sure if it's perhaps higher than it should be but i certainly was for me

Lock Every DoorRiley Sager
Loved it

i was so certain i knew what was happening and then he completely switched it up so i would consider this to be his best book from a objective perspective i just thought it was so smart so well done and i really do think it's worth your time

Memory WoodSam Lloyd
Loved it

this is one of the ones i read more recently and i just thought that it really holds up i thought that the narrative was really well done i did not see some of the twists and turns coming and that was so satisfying

Midnight rainJames Newman
Loved it

this is such a powerful story it is very dark it was so harrowing and easily one of my favorite coming-of-age narratives and the ending completely held up this one was incredible it had a punchy ending that left me oh so satisfied

Perfect DaysRaphael Montes
Loved it

i just love this book because the main character is this obsessive awkward young man i just feel like books like this just don't come out in english i adore this book i adore this author and i just want more

Sharp ObjectsGillian Flynn
Loved it

i love this book so much it's a book that i've appreciated more and more each time i have read it it is unlike any other thriller mystery that you're going to read in a lot of ways and it's a book that definitely had an ending that surprised me

The CollectorJohn Fowles
Mixed

this is a book that i loved a lot especially for the time that it was written in i did find that certain parts of the narrative didn't work for me and i found it to just be such an unsettling read one that while it wasn't perfect i kept thinking about after reading it

The Whisper ManSteve Mosby
Loved it

this is a thriller i loved for a few reasons first and foremost was the relationship between the father and son i thought the development between the relationship just really felt authentic definitely a creepy book a well plotted book and one that i just think a lot of people will love

YouCaroline Kepnes
Loved it

that narrative choice is very unconventional but i think it works incredibly well here it's one i have reread many times the sequels don't hold up but the original book is just an absolute blast to read definitely one of my all-time favorites