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Heart-Pounding Mysteries & Thrillers I Can’t Put Down 📚
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items If you love secrets, suspense, and shocking twists like I do, these books are non-negotiable. These books are my favorites and books that I got as a gift and liked….the last one is my favorite.
Sections
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Beginner Thrillers⭐️
Intermediary Thrillers ⭐️⭐️
Advanced Thrillers ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beginner Thrillers⭐️
“Beginner” Thrillers are going to have short, fast paced and relatively easy to follow plots that are on the “lighter side” of the darkness scale, without being too graphic or scary😄
This was one of the first book I’ve read like 2 years ago and still think about it. This books is about a wedding, a murder, and how everyone is LYING. Can you guess the killer before the last page?
The Guest List: A Novel (Paperback)
This book ruined me in the best way😳. Twists, obsession, and jaw-dropping reveals. Got this as a gift and 100/10!!
Verity by Colleen Hoover, Paperback
I couldn’t put this book down!!!
The Naturals - by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Paperback)
I loved this twisty, fast-paced thriller where everyone has something to hide
Listen for the Lie - by Amy Tintera (Hardcover)
This books is about a couple snowed in at an abandoned mansion discover chilling secrets about the home’s missing owner. I still read books from Freida McFadden till this day.
Never Lie by Freida McFadden, Paperback
A girl wakes with no memory, a stranger claims to be her father, and dark secrets unravel in this tense YA (young adult) thriller
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally, Paperback
Two sisters raised in the woods. One woman searching for the truth. A twisty thriller you won’t forget
The Stillwater Girls - by Minka Kent (Paperback)
It’s unsettling in the best way, the kind of book that makes you second-guess what you think you know about people. I picked it up thinking it would be a straightforward thriller, but it lingered with me long after — almost like the story was whisper...
Julie Chan Is Dead: A Novel by Liann Zhang, Hardcover
I tore through this books in a couple of sittings, every chapter kept pulling me deeper into the lies and secrets. Perfect if you love fast, clever reads that mess with your head.
David Ellis - Look Closer
A chilling mystery about a young mother who vanishes without a trace. I got hooked by the dark, atmospheric setting and the way secrets slowly unravel
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Got up in the middle of the night to read more of this🙈
The Mirror House Girls by Faith Gardner
Any Freida McFadden books are a perfect “beginner” book
Author Freida McFadden | Psychological Thrillers
Intermediary Thrillers ⭐️⭐️
These books are gonna deal with darker topics; SA, Kidnapping, un aliving and will be bit more graphic
When two women vanish and a young girl goes missing, a quiet neighborhood is shaken to its core. Years later, the girl returns, sparking a web of secrets, lies, and a haunting mystery that no one saw coming😳
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica, Paperback
When teenage girls start disappearing in her hometown, a psychologist is forced to relive the nightmare of her own father’s crimes—only this time, the truth may be even darker
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham, Paperback
In a small Southern town, a Black sheriff faces the brutal murder of a local teacher that uncovers dark secrets, racial tensions, and a hunt for a serial killer hiding in plain sight
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby, Paperback
Two ex-cons—one Black, one white—set out on a violent, heart-wrenching journey for justice after their sons are murdered, confronting their own pasts while leaving a trail of vengeance behind😬
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby, Paperback
🚨THIS ONE IS SPOOKY🚨
A woman takes a job as a nanny, but when the child she cares for begins drawing disturbing images that mirror a decades-old unsolved murder, she realizes the past isn’t as buried as it seems
Hidden Pictures: A Novel by Jason Rekulak, Paperback
Rock Paper Scissors is a psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page. When a woman’s dark past collides with a manipulative killer, every choice becomes a deadly gamble. Tension, secrets, and shocking twists pile up as...
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
This book is about pirate treasure hunting mystery. A little bit hard to follow because there’s multiple timelines going on with different groups but overall 10/10 if you like pirates or just in general mystery and thrillers
The Treasure Hunters Club : A Mystery by Tom Ryan
Advanced Thrillers ⭐️⭐️⭐️
These books (imo) psychologically traumatizing and disturbingly graphic
A twisted serial kidnapper preys on teenage girls, but one brave girl fights to escape—and discovers a nightmare that’s far from over
Appetite for Innocence - Lucinda Berry
A high-achieving teen confesses to a shocking crime, unraveling his family’s world. His mother stands by him, but his father can’t. As secrets surface, Adrianne faces an impossible choice: protect her son or confront the truth
Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry, Paperback
A struggling true-crime writer is offered exclusive access to a notorious cult leader on death row—but only if he agrees to live in the house where the cult’s horrific crimes took place. As he digs deeper, he uncovers more than he bargained for—becau...
Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn, Paperback
Two sisters are torn apart by a family tragedy, and years later, a shocking murder forces them to confront the dark secrets that have haunted their family—and their own lives
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter, Paperback
This book is dark and twisted—two brothers with a terrifying family secret, and one guy trying to escape it all. Totally creepy and addictive
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
A woman returns home after years away, only to find her past stalking her in the form of a killer who’s been manipulating and destroying lives all along- this one is my favorite
Jar of Hearts a book by Jennifer Hillier
Imagine disappearing in broad daylight and everyone thinking you’re gone forever… Still Missing by Chevy Stevens throws you into Annie O’Sullivan’s nightmare: kidnapped from her small-town life, trapped with no way out. Every page ratchets up the ten...
Chevy Stevens - Still Missing