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Stacker's 100 of the Best Thriller Novels of All Time

In 2018, crime thrillers outsold every other fiction genre combined. If you keep an eye on bestseller lists or popular fiction tables at your local bookstore, this likely doesn't come as a surprise, as you've been aware of the increasing popularity of thrillers over recent years. To honor the genre, Stacker compiled a list of the 100 best thriller novels of all time. Using bestseller lists, Amazon rankings, and Goodreads ratings, it rounded up some of the best titles and presents them in no particular order.
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Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
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The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
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A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
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Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
Before I Go to Sleep (S.J. Watson)
8
The Couple Next Door (Shari Lapena)
The Couple Next Door (Shari Lapena)
9
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
10
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
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The Lincoln Lawyer (Michael Connelly)
The Lincoln Lawyer (Michael Connelly)
12
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
13
Tell No One (Harlan Coben)
Tell No One (Harlan Coben)
14
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
15
In the Woods (Tara French)
In the Woods (Tara French)
16
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
17
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
18
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
19
The Bone Collector
The Bone Collector
20
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
21
The Firm (John Grisham)
The Firm (John Grisham)
22
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
23
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
24
Oregon: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
Oregon: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
25
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
26
The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
27
The Snowman
The Snowman
28
Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1) by James Patterson
Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1) by James Patterson
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The Alienist
The Alienist
30
The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston
The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston
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The Elephant Tree
The Elephant Tree
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The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
33
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
34
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery (Stephen King)
35
The Family Upstairs (Lisa Jewell)
The Family Upstairs (Lisa Jewell)
36
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
37
The Holdout (Graham Moore)
The Holdout (Graham Moore)
38
The Guest List (Lucy Foley)
The Guest List (Lucy Foley)
39
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Miracle Creek (Angie Kim)
Miracle Creek (Angie Kim)
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