Have you ever started reading a book in the evening, and the next minute you look out of the window or at the clock, it is midnight already? The best thriller books are so engaging that you lose track of time. No matter how sleepy you are, the sudden twists almost suck you into the pages. Thriller literature has a wide range of subgenres, like detective, horror, and criminal fiction, which often overlap into a horrifying medley. Picture this: It is thundering outside, while you are huddled inside with a book that has rendered you immobile as you skim through the pages; your heart strumming in your chest from the whodunnit – that said, here is a curated list of the best thrillers that is sure to keep you awake; or keep the door ajar at wee hours of midnight.
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Read the world-renowned book that is set to become a blockbuster motion picture, with over three million copies sold worldwide and a Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestselling status. It seemed that Alicia Berenson had the ideal life up until a day six years ago. The five times she fired shots to her husband’s head. Not a syllable has come out of her mouth since. We should investigate why.
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Lowen, a struggling writer, accepts a lifelong employment offer, ruining her finances. In the successful series Jeremy, the husband of best-selling novelist Verity, has hired Lowen to finish the books his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen shows up at the Crawford residence prepared to go through years’ worth of Verity’s notes in the hopes of discovering enough information to get her going. The twists in this thriller come when Verity’s unfinished autobiography, which she never let anybody see, is what Lowen finds in a cluttered office. Following frank disclosures, Lowen chooses to keep the manuscript a secret from Jeremy. Lowen recognizes that Jeremy would gain from reading his wife’s remarks, nevertheless, as her affections for him grow. No matter how much Jeremy loves his damaged wife, he would be unable to love her in the wake of this terrible reality.
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Prepare yourself for 2018’s best thriller book – protagonist Anna Fox hasn’t left her house in ten months. She’s been living inside her old New York mansion for months now, lost in her memories and too afraid to leave the rooms like a ghost. Anna uses her window, where she sits and watches her neighbours every day, as a link to the outside world.
Anna finds herself captivated by the Russells the moment they move in. They are a reflection of her former life, a picture-perfect family of three. However, one night, an irrational cry breaks the quiet, and Anna sees something that nobody was meant to see.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Is Dark Matter expansive and personal, profoundly human and mind-bendingly strange? For lovers of Stranger Things and Ready Player One, this is an unrelentingly unexpected thriller about choices, unexplored routes, and the lengths we will go to live the lives we envision. “Is your life fulfilling?” Before being rendered unconscious by the masked kidnapper, those are the final words Jason Dessen hears. Before he wakes up and finds individuals dressed in hazmat suits surrounding him while he is strapped to a gurney. Before the man he had never met greeted him with a smile and a “welcome back.” Definitely one of the best thrillers out there.
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Simone Singh would sooner lock up criminals than admit her lack of social graces. Furthermore, she won’t let anybody stop her from pursuing the Doll Maker—a vicious serial murderer who disguises young children as Barbie dolls and exhibits their corpses in glass cases. However, Simone is aware that she has little time to put the puzzle pieces together because the Doll Maker has indicated that the killings have only recently started. If this hasn’t tickled your fancy, read again.
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