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Popular Mysteries and Thrillers on My Goodreads "Want to Read" and "Read" Lists

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Love a good twist? This curated list features the most gripping mysteries and thrillers from my personal Goodreads “Want to Read” and “Read” shelves. Whether you're into psychological suspense, classic whodunits, or fast-paced thrillers with jaw-drop...

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Millie is desperate for a fresh start when she accepts a live-in housekeeping job with the wealthy Winchester family. But behind the marble floors and manicured smiles lies a house full of secrets—and danger. Nina Winchester is elegant but erratic, h...
The Housemaid: Addictive Psychological Thriller
 
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Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are house-hunting when they stumble upon a secluded estate once owned by Dr. Adrienne Hale, a brilliant psychiatrist who vanished without a trace. When a sudden blizzard traps them inside, Tricia discovers a hidden room fil...
Never Lie
 
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When popular podcaster Alix Summer meets quiet, unassuming Josie Fair at a pub on their shared 45th birthday, it seems like a strange coincidence. But when Josie reappears days later outside Alix’s child’s school, suggesting she become the subject of...
None of This Is True: A Novel
 
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Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She’s meticulous, socially awkward, and takes immense pride in her job as a hotel maid at the Regency Grand. But when she discovers the wealthy and infamous Charles Black dead in his suite, her world is turned up...
The Maid: A GMA Book Club Pick (Molly 1)
 
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Brooke Sullivan has three rules as the new nurse practitioner at a men’s maximum-security prison: 1️⃣ Treat all inmates with respect 2️⃣ Never reveal personal information 3️⃣ Never, ever get too close to the prisoners But Brooke has already broken a...
The Inmate: A gripping psychological thriller
 
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When Jess arrives in Paris to stay with her half-brother Ben, she’s hoping for a fresh start. But when she gets to his luxurious apartment, he’s nowhere to be found. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess begins to suspect that his neighbors—eac...
The Paris Apartment: A Novel
 
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Evie Porter has the perfect life: a charming boyfriend, a cozy home, and a close-knit circle of friends. But there’s one problem—Evie Porter doesn’t exist. Her identity is a fabrication, assigned by a shadowy figure known only as Mr. Smith. Her job? ...
First Lie Wins: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
 
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Eve has a picture-perfect life: a loving husband, a fulfilling job teaching math at Caseham High, and a quiet routine. But beneath the surface, something sinister is brewing. Last year, the school was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher a...
The Teacher
 
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In the summer of 1975, thirteen-year-old Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her bunk at Camp Emerson in the Adirondacks. But Barbara isn’t just any camper—she’s the daughter of the wealthy family that owns the camp and the surrounding preserve. And this ...
The God of the Woods: A Novel
 
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When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls vanished from her small Louisiana town—and her own father confessed to the crimes. Two decades later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge, engaged and trying to build a life of stability. But when a l...
A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel
 
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Sydney Shaw thinks she’s finally found the perfect man—handsome, charming, and a doctor. But when a string of women are murdered by someone who dates them first, Sydney begins to wonder: is her dream guy too good to be true? As suspicion creeps in an...
The Boyfriend: A Psychological Thriller
 
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In 1929, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast. Seventeen-year-old Lenora Hope was the only one left alive—and the prime suspect. Though never convicted, she’s lived in silence and isolation at her crumbling cliffside mansion, Hope’s End, e...
The Only One Left: A Novel
 
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t’s just after midnight on Halloween when Jen watches her teenage son stab a stranger outside their home. The police arrive. Her son is arrested. Her world shatters. But when Jen wakes up the next morning, it’s not the day after—it’s the day before t...
Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel
 
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Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress reeling from grief and scandal, retreats to her family’s lake house in Vermont. With a pair of binoculars and a steady supply of bourbon, she spends her days watching the glamorous couple in the modern house...
The House Across the Lake: A Novel
 
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Natalie is the golden girl of her office. Dawn is the awkward, obsessive accountant with a fixation on turtles and a strict routine. When Dawn disappears and Natalie becomes tangled in the investigation, disturbing truths emerge—ones that suggest Daw...
The Coworker
 
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In 1975 Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are vanishing—and when one from a prominent family is targeted, a boy named Patch becomes an unlikely hero. But his act of courage is just the beginning of a sprawling, decades-long saga of obsession, heartbreak, ...
All the Colors of the Dark: A Read with Jenna Pick
 
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Medical student Amy Brenner is assigned to spend the night in Ward D—the hospital’s high-security psychiatric unit. For Amy, the assignment is more than unsettling; it’s personal. And as the hours tick by, the dread she feels turns to sheer panic. Pa...
Ward D
 
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Lucy Chase may—or may not—have murdered her best friend Savvy. Found covered in blood and with no memory of the night in question, she’s become her small Texas town’s living scandal. Years later, a hit true crime podcast decides to reopen the case, d...
Listen for the Lie: A Novel
 
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Eight months pregnant and fleeing a life of heartbreak and betrayal, Tegan sets out for refuge—but the Maine blizzard has other plans. After a harrowing car crash and a broken ankle, she’s stranded in the woods… until a kindly couple rescues her and ...
The Crash
 
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Twenty years ago, six-year-old January Jacobs vanished from her home in Wakarusa, Indiana. Her body was found hours later in a ditch—and her killer never caught. Margot Davies, once January’s neighbor and now a big-city journalist, has never let go o...
All Good People Here: A Novel
 
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One year ago, Isabelle Drake's world shattered—her toddler son Mason was stolen from his crib while she slept nearby. With no leads and no sleep, Isabelle has become consumed by the search. Plagued by chronic insomnia and shadowed by a traumatic chil...
All the Dangerous Things
 
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April Clarke-Cliveden had it all—beauty, wealth, magnetism. As Oxford’s reigning "It Girl," she quickly pulled newcomer Hannah Jones into her glittering circle. But by the end of freshman year, April was dead. A decade later, Hannah—now pregnant and ...
The It Girl