The NPR audience nominated some 600 novels to our "Killer Thrillers" poll and cast more than 17,000 ballots. to continue reading go here
The Winner: The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris beat out two other serial killer books -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and Kiss the Girls by James Patterson -- for the No. 1 spot.
Here is the List - I have watched a ton of the movies, I need to get to reading. Stephen King is my brothers favourite author so I have access to all those books to read. There are a few I am not interested in though, eg. Dan Brown.
1. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (My ultimate favourite movie) 4 1/2
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
3. Kiss the Girls, by James Patterson
4. The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum
5. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
6. The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
7. The Shining, by Stephen King
8. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie 4
9. The Hunt tor Red October, by Tom Clancy (My boyfriends favourite movie)
10. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11. Dracula, by Bram Stoker 3
12. The Stand, by Stephen King (Watched Movie)
13. The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver 4
14. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
15. Angels & Demons, by Dan Brown
16. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
17. The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
18. Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane
19. The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth
20. Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier 5 (A favourite of all time)
21. Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
22. It, by Stephen King (DNF, not my cup of tea)
23. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
24. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (DNF, not my cup of tea)
25. Jaws, by Peter Benchley
26. The Alienist, by Caleb Carr
27. Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris
28. Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow
29. The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett
30. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson
31. No Country For Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
32. Gone Baby Gone, by Dennis Lehane
33. Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith
34. Rosemary's Baby, by Ira Levin
35. Subterranean, by James Rollins
36. Clear and Present Danger, by Tom Clancy (Watched Movie)
37. Salem's Lot, by Stephen King (TBR)
38. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane 3
39. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John Le Carre
40. The Poet, by Michael Connelly
41. The Boys from Brazil, by Ira Levin
42. Cape Fear, by John MacDonald
43. The Bride Collector, by Ted Dekker
44. Pet Sematary, by Stephen King
45. Dead Zone, by Stephen King
46. The Manchurian Candidate, by Richard Condon
47. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, by John Le Carre
48. The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith
49. Tell No One, by Harlan Coben
50. Consent to Kill, by Vince Flynn
51. The 39 Steps, by John Buchan
52. Blowback, by Brad Thor
53. The Children of Men, by P.D. James
54. 61 Hours, by Lee Child
55. Marathon Man, by William Goldman
56. The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
57. 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs
58. Psycho, by Robert Bloch 5
59. The Killing Floor, by Lee Child
60. Rules of Prey, by John Sandford
61. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins 3 1/2 (Movie 5)
62. In the Woods, by Tana French
63. Shogun, by James Clavell
64. The Relic, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 4 1/2
65. Intensity, by Dean Koontz
66. Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming
67. Metzger's Dog, by Thomas Perry
68. Timeline, by Michael Crichton
69. Contact, by Carl Sagan
70. What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman
71. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
72. The Cabinet of Curiosities, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
73. Charm School, by Nelson DeMille
74. Feed, by Mira Grant
75. Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child
76. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay 2
77. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
78. The First Deadly Sin, by Lawrence Sanders
79. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
80. The Brotherhood of the Rose, by David Morrell
81. Primal Fear, by William Diehl
82. The Templar Legacy, by Steve Berry [tie]
82. The Hard Way, by Lee Child [tie]
84. The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
85. Six Days of the Condor, by James Grady
86. Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
87. Strangers on a Train, by Patricia Highsmith
88. The Eight, by Katherine Neville
89. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
90. Goldfinger, by Ian Fleming
91. Bangkok 8, by John Burdett
92. The Kill Artist, by Daniel Silva
93. Hardball, by Sara Paretsky
94. The Club Dumas, by Arturo Perez-Reverte
95. The Deep Blue Good-by, by John MacDonald
96. The Monkey's Raincoat, by Robert Crais
96. Berlin Game, by Len Deighton [tie]
98. A Simple Plan, by Scott Smith
99. Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith
100. Heartsick, by Chelsea Cain 3 1/2
So do you have any recommendations that you think I should add to my TBR list? Go over to Stacy's Books to see her comments on the list, she recommends # 98.
Read 11 - 2 DNF = 13 (updated Jan 2013)
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I counted over on Stacy's blog and I think I've read 12 of the books. I think overall, it's probably a pretty good list, though.
ReplyDeleteWow, great list! I'm going to use it as a sort of reference when I'm in the mood for thrillers. Thanks! :D
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a great list. I've read 16 of them and have many more on my shelves.
ReplyDeleteThink 'Silence of the Lambs' was a scary movie and probably a scarier book, so I won't be reading that one! Yes, I am a wuss. *L*
ReplyDeleteI've read 24 on the list and have 3 more in my TBR pile, which sort of surprised me. Think some of them are more horror than thriller, but that's just my opinion. I really like Lee Child and Dean Koontz, so would recommend any of their titles. Have fun!
I have only read 13. I wonder if you would like Rebecca. Hunger Games is surprisingly very enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteI have Silence of the Lambs and should really read it soon. Kiss the Girls maybe my first James Patterson book. Thanks for the list.
Oh no! My TBR list just grew by leaps & bounds (gulp).....
ReplyDeleteI love thrillers so will definitely have to look through this and see what I don't have yet! With regards to Waking The Witch, you can read it as a standalone, but it'd make more sense if you read Stolen (the second book) as it refers back to someone in that book. I would highly recommend the whole series though, it's fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out :) I love Silence of the Lambs too and really need to read the book.
ReplyDeleteAnything by stephen king is brilliant. In Cold Blood is interesting especially seeing as how Truman Capote became friends with the killers. Personally, I didn't find The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo that thrilling but each to their own...
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