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Penguin Random House's List of the Best Thrillers of All Time

PRH's take on the best thrillers of all time, spanning the best psychological thrillers, crime novels, and mysteries.
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Monkey Beach
Monkey Beach
1
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
2
Patricia Highsmith
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
3
Gillian Flynn
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
4
Natsuo Kirino
Those Bones Are Not My Child (Toni Cade Bambara)
Those Bones Are Not My Child
5
Toni Cade Bambara
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
6
Stephen King
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7
Ken Kesey
The Violin Conspiracy (Brendan Slocumb)
The Violin Conspiracy
8
Brendan Slocumb
Strangers (Dean R. Koontz)
Strangers
9
Dean R. Koontz
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
10
Paula Hawkins
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
A Rage in Harlem
11
Chester Himes
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
12
Daphne Du Maurier
Velvet Was the Night (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Velvet Was the Night
13
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
14
Raymond Chandler
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods
15
Tana French
My Sweet Girl (Amanda Jayatissa)
My Sweet Girl
16
Amanda Jayatissa
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
17
Stieg Larsson
Y Is for Yesterday (Sue Grafton)
Y Is for Yesterday
18
Sue Grafton
The Secret History of Las Vegas (Chris Abani)
The Secret History of Las Vegas
19
Chris Abani
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October
20
Tom Clancy
The Perfect Nanny (Leila Slimani)
The Perfect Nanny
21
Leila Slimani
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
22
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carre)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
23
John Le Carre
The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
The Hunger
24
Alma Katsu
The Couple Next Door (Shari Lapena)
The Couple Next Door
25
Shari Lapena
Girl Missing (Tess Gerritsen)
Girl Missing
26
Tess Gerritsen
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
27
James Ellroy
The Good Son (You-Jeong Jeong)
The Good Son
28
You-Jeong Jeong
The Little Stranger (Sarah Waters)
The Little Stranger
29
Sarah Waters
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
30
Colson Whitehead
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
31
John Grisham
Prior Bad Acts (Tami Hoag)
Prior Bad Acts
32
Tami Hoag
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
33
Liane Moriarty
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
34
Celeste Ng
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
35
Cormac McCarthy
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