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Books for the Mystery/Thriller/Horror Lovers
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items I am an avid reader and prefer books that are spooky, fast-paced, and mysterious. If you are like me, you'll love this list.
Sections
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Classic Mystery
Non-Traditional Mystery
Thriller
Horror
Classic Mystery
This list is giving Agatha Christie (Queen of the Murder Mystery) vibes. Some of these books are set in the past, others are not. Either way, they will leave you surprised.
Imagine that you are stuck on an island with a group of people you don’t know. Why are you there? What do you all have in common? Who trapped you there? And most importantly, what is your fate?
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The ending of this murder mystery is so surprising that,when the book was originally published, readers complained that they hadn’t stood a chance in predicting it. Can you get it right?
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Hercule Poirot
You can tell that I love Agatha Christie, can't you? Well, I that's for good reason and, when you read this book, you'll understand. I only need three words to describe this book: Train, Murder, and Detective.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot Series)|Paperback
This mystery is set in Japan. We find a family ready to seize the fortune of their dead patriarch, after the reading of his will. What they are not ready for is a series of gruesome murders.
The Inugami Curse|Paperback
A group of retirement home friends set out to solve the mysterious murder of a local developer.
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club Series #1)|Paperback
A group of friends on a getaway. A man with a damaged face and a mask. A stolen painting. And some murder.
The Mill House Murders: The Classic Japanese Locked Room Mystery|Paperback
A woman is sent to prison for the murder of her cheating husband. She claims she didn't do it. When she is released, she seeks the help of a private investigator in order the find out who the real killer is.
"A" Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone Series #1) by Sue Grafton, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
Non-Traditional Mystery
These books put a spin on the mystery genre. Unlikely detectives. Time travel. You name it and it's here.
No Spoilers: This book is a bit spooky but has an air of mystery too. Is the disabled elderly woman Kit McDeere has been caring for secretly moving around the house on the night? Did that same elderly woman really massacre her family in 1929 like eve...
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Your father writes a hit memoir about a terrifying family experience that you can’t remember. Apparently you played a key role in the spooky events. Did you really? Or is your father a liar. It’s probably the latter, right?
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
An editor reading a soon-to-be released novel isn't unusual. But, the details contained within the pages of said novel, seem a little too real. Now, that is unusual.
Magpie Murders|Paperback
Would you be able to solve a murder if you could experience the day of the crime from the perspectives of different people?
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle|Paperback
A little girl is diagnosed with cancer and the town throws a huge fundraiser. How do we get from there to the discovery of a dead body?
The Appeal: A Novel|Paperback
This is a comedic mystery. A schoolgirl named Bee is excited for her trip to Antarctica when her mother mysteriously disappears. Follow her as she sets out to find the family matriarch.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette|Paperback
A fortune teller predicts that, one day, Frances will be murdered. When the fortune comes true sixty years later, Frances' great niece sets out to discover what really happened.
How to Solve Your Own Murder: A Novel|Paperback
Thriller
This section is more for books that make you want to finish them in one sitting and make your heart beat a TINY bit faster.
What would you do if you went to work and, suddenly, everyone was trying to kill you? Do you think that you could escape?
Vertical Run: A Novel by Joseph R. Garber
You’re a party girl enjoying your life until your newly married cousin sends you a letter pleading for help. Her husband reassures your father that everything is okay but your father has his suspicions. He sends you on a mission to a far away town in...
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A psychiatrist disappears and, years later, her house is up for sale, The potential, new owners become trapped in her home during a snowstorm and begin to discover was really behind her disappearance.
Never Lie|Paperback
A woman sees her beloved son murder someone. She falls asleep that same night and wakes up just to have to relive the day before the murder. Each day, she moves further and further into the past until she discovers who and why her son killed.
Wrong Place, Wrong Time (Reese's Book Club Pick)|Paperback
A woman is on the jury for a huge murder trial. The accused is set free. Years later, the juror finds herself on a cruise ship in the midst of an investigation for murders that seem a little too familiar.
The Stowaway: A Novel|Paperback
Two women are both fleeing from their current lives when they decide to swap plane tickets. Then, one of the planes crashes.
The Last Flight|Paperback
After, two supreme court justices are murdered, a law student writes a legal brief about why she thinks they were targeted. And, suddenly, she finds herself in danger.
The Pelican Brief|Paperback
It's August 1975. A young girl disappears from her bed at her family's summer camp. And she's not the first of her siblings to turn up missing.
The God of the Woods: A Novel|Hardcover
A husband with face blindness. A disgruntled wife. A ten-year wedding anniversary trip. Ten years of secrets.
Rock Paper Scissors: A Novel|Paperback
A woman has is in an accident but has no memory of it. She goes back home to her husband but notices that things aren't right. Someone has been in her home.
A Stranger in the House: A Novel|Paperback
A woman, running from the law, has to take shelter in a run down motel. She is leaving in the morning but the hotel isn't what she thought it was.
Do Not Disturb|Paperback
A woman takes the train every day. Through her window, she watches one house in particular, until she sees something she isn't supposed to.
The Girl on the Train: A Novel|Paperback
A babysitter discovers that the five-year-old she is caring for has begun drawing pictures of what seems to be a murder. Could he be drawing clues to an unsolved case? How?
Hidden Pictures: A Novel|Hardcover
A woman witnesses a murder on a cruise ship. But what do you do when someone dies, and no one is missing?
The Woman in Cabin 10|Paperback
If you had the chance to con your way into an inheritance, would you?
The Death of Mrs. Westaway|Paperback
Horror
These are books that will have you looking behind you while you are reading. Sometimes, the supernatural scares us and, sometimes, other people cause fear.
Imagine that you are an award-winning author driving through Colorado. Then, you crash and, suddenly you are at the mercy of a superfan. And she doesn't like what you've been writing.
Misery: A Novel|Paperback
You and your husband have just moved into a beautiful new apartment and are about to welcome a baby. Your new neighbors are cool too. Or are they?
Rosemary's Baby|Paperback
Rich. Sophisticated. Sociopathic. All of these words describe Patrick Bateman, a killer who spends a lot of time working on Wall Street and much more time torturing and killing others.
American Psycho|Paperback
Let's read about killer clowns. And not the 2016 social media trend ones.
It: A Novel|Paperback
One too many Stephen King books, I know. This is the last one. I promise. A girl, who is the victim of school bullies, gets her bloody revenge.
Carrie|Paperback
A preteen girl receives an exorcism. That is horror enough. But the story in this book is the stuff of nightmares.
The Exorcist|Paperback
A man begins to watch and stalk a woman he as just met. And, even worse, he begins to insert himself into her life.
You (You Series #1)|Paperback