Top Thriller Books

The top 50 books in this category, curated and ranked.

Updated April 1, 2026

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Rank	Book
#1	The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
#2	Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
#3	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
#4	Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
#5	The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
#6	The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
#7	The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#8	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#9	The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
#10	The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
#11	The Hollow by Agatha Christie
#12	The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
#13	Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
#14	Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
#15	The Godfather by Mario Puzo
#16	Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
#17	Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
#18	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#19	The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#20	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
#21	A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
#22	The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
#23	Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
#24	James Bond - Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
#25	The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
#26	The Mysterious Affairs at Styles by Agatha Christie
#27	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
#28	The Dead Zone by Stephen King
#29	The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
#30	Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy
#31	From Russia, with Love by Ian Fleming
#32	Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
#33	The Firm by John Grisham
#34	4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
#35	The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
#36	Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
#37	Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
#38	The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
#39	The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
#40	A Wanted Man by Lee Child
#41	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
#42	The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
#43	Nancy Drew: The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene
#44	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
#45	Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
#46	Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
#47	Misery by Stephen King
#48	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
#49	Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
#50	The Ink Black Heart by J. K. Rowling