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Thrillers: 100 Must Reads

Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (2010). This list has titles starting in 1500 BC and runs to 2003. Because The Iliad and The Odyssey were listed as one in the book, this list has 101 titles.
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Theseus and the Minotaur (Anonymous)
Theseus and the Minotaur
1
Anonymous
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
2
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
4
Anonymous
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
5
William Shakespeare
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
6
Daniel Defoe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
7
Mary Shelley
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
8
James Fenimore Cooper
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
9
Edgar Allan Poe
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
10
Alexandre Dumas
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
11
Wilkie Collins
The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne)
The Mysterious Island
12
Jules Verne
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
13
H. Rider Haggard
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
14
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Prisoner of Zenda (Anthony Hope)
The Prisoner of Zenda
15
Anthony Hope
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
16
Bram Stoker
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
17
H. G. Wells
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
18
Rudyard Kipling
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
19
Arthur Conan Doyle
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
20
Joseph Conrad
Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
21
Erskine Childers
The Sea-Wolf (Jack London)
The Sea-Wolf
22
Jack London
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
23
Baroness Orczy
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
24
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Lodger (Marie Belloc Lowndes)
The Lodger
25
Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
26
John Buchan
The Great Impersonation
The Great Impersonation
27
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
28
Ashenden
Ashenden
29
Summer Lightning (P. G. Wodehouse)
Summer Lightning
30
P. G. Wodehouse
King Kong (Edward Wallace)
King Kong
31
Edward Wallace
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent))
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
32
Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
33
James M. Cain
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
34
Daphne Du Maurier
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
35
Agatha Christie
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
36
Eric Ambler
Rogue Male (Geoffrey Household)
Rogue Male
37
Geoffrey Household
Above Suspicion (Helen Macinnes)
Above Suspicion
38
Helen Macinnes
Rear Window
Rear Window
39
Laura (Vera Caspary)
Laura
40
Vera Caspary
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