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Stacker's 100 of the Best Thriller Novels of All Time - Page 3

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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Angels & Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels & Demons
81
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
82
Dan Brown
Intensity (Dean Koontz)
Intensity
83
Dean Koontz
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
84
Gillian Flynn
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
85
Ken Follett
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
86
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Silent Wife (A.S.A.Harrison)
The Silent Wife
87
A.S.A.Harrison
Shutter Island (Denis Lehane)
Shutter Island
88
Denis Lehane
Trial (Clifford Irving)
Trial
89
Clifford Irving
The Woman in the Window (A. J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window
90
A. J. Finn
Anatomy of a Murder (Robert Traver)
Anatomy of a Murder
91
Robert Traver
The Wife Between Us (Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen)
The Wife Between Us
92
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
93
Michael Crichton
Murder Must Advertise (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Murder Must Advertise
94
Dorothy L. Sayers
Into the Water (Paula Hawkins)
Into the Water
95
Paula Hawkins
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
96
Truman Capote
Mistress (James Patterson)
Mistress
97
James Patterson
The Pelican Brief (John Grisham)
The Pelican Brief
98
John Grisham
In a Dark, Dark Wood (Ruth Ware)
In a Dark, Dark Wood
99
Ruth Ware
YOU (Caroline Kepnes)
YOU
100
Caroline Kepnes
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