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NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers - Page 2

The NPR audience nominated some 600 novels to our "Killer Thrillers" poll and cast more than 17,000 ballots. The final roster of winners is a diverse one to say the least, ranging in style and period from Dracula to The Da Vinci Code, Presumed Innocent to Pet Sematary. What these top 100 titles share, however, is that all of them are fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure.
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The Boys From Brazil (Ira Levin)
The Boys From Brazil
41
Ira Levin
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
42
The Bride Collector
The Bride Collector
43
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
44
Stephen King
Dead Zone
Dead Zone
45
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
46
Richard Condon
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
47
John Le Carré
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
48
Patricia Highsmith
Tell No One (Harlan Coben)
Tell No One
49
Harlan Coben
Consent to Kill
Consent to Kill
50
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
51
John Buchan
Blowback
Blowback
52
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
53
P.D. James
61 Hours
61 Hours
54
Marathon Man
Marathon Man
55
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
56
Wilkie Collins
206 Bones
206 Bones
57
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
58
Robert Bloch
Killing Floor (Lee Child)
Killing Floor
59
Lee Child
Rules of Prey
Rules of Prey
60
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
61
Suzanne Collins
In the Woods
In the Woods
62
Shogun (James Clavell)
Shogun
63
James Clavell
The Relic
The Relic
64
Intensity (Dean Koontz)
Intensity
65
Dean Koontz
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
66
Ian Fleming
Metzger's Dog
Metzger's Dog
67
Timeline (Michael Crichton)
Timeline
68
Michael Crichton
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
69
Carl Sagan
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
70
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
71
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Cabinet of Curiosities
Cabinet of Curiosities
72
The Charm School
The Charm School
73
Feed (Mira Grant)
Feed
74
Mira Grant
Gone Tomorrow
Gone Tomorrow
75
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
76
Jeff Lindsay
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
77
Donna Tartt
The First Deadly Sin
The First Deadly Sin
78
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
79
Neal Stephenson
The Brotherhood of the Rose
The Brotherhood of the Rose
80
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