Mystery & Suspense
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Books To Read if You Love True Crime | Penguin Random House
True crime fan? You're gonna want to see this list!
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Must-Read Thrillers With Shocking Twists | Penguin Random House
These books are filled with twists, turns, and shocking endings! From domestic thrillers to suspenseful historical fiction books, discover novels that surprise and shock. Readers who love psychological thrillers like Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Sharp Objects, must read these books including The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena; Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert; The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor; The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse; and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson.
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Readers' Picks: Must-Read Mysteries and Thrillers | Penguin Random House
Paging mystery and thriller readers: bookmark this list of must-read mystery and thriller books picked by members of our Mystery and Thriller Readers Facebook group. This list collects suspense, mystery and thriller books by favorite authors including Stacey Abrams, Chris Bohjalian, Lisa Gardner, Caroline Kepnes, Dean Koontz, Paula Hawkins, Shari Lapena, Megha Majumdar, Riley Sager, Lauren Wilkinson and more!
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The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura: 9780143136033 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The Woman in the Purple Skirt is the perfect thriller for fans of The Girl on The Train Convenience Store Woman, the novels of Ottessa Moshfegh, and the movies Parasite and Rear Window. This deadpan and chillingly voyeuristic book explores envy, loneliness, power dynamics, and the vulnerability of unmarried women in a taut, suspenseful narrative about the sometimes desperate desire to be seen. This thriller is the perfect book to take to the beach, on vacation, or anywhere you like to read.
Nordic Noir 101: Best Books to Get to Know the Genre | Penguin Random House
Crime fiction fans must bookmark this book list: Nordic Noir 101: Best Books to Get to Know the Genre. Readers who loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Snowman, and the Wallander mystery series will find more books to satisfy their tastes for brooding detectives solving brutal crimes in snowy, often remote, places in Scandinavia. Hunker down with these page-turning books by Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Camilla Lackberg, and more masterful mystery writers.
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The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig: 9780399182150 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In The Book of Accidents a family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by Chuck Wending, the author of the chilling bestselling novel, Wanderers. “An unforgettable, terrifying dose of top-flight horror that hits on our most basic core fears, The Book of Accidents chills you to the bone while still warming your heart.”—Alex Segura, author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall and Miami Midnight
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Widespread Panic by James Ellroy: 9780593313107 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From James Ellroy, the modern master of noir, comes Widespread Panic, a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s L.A. underground, and his Hollywood tabloid Confidential magazine. Widespread Panic torches 1950s Hollywood to the ground. It’s a blazing revelation of coruscating corruption, pervasive paranoia, and of sin and redemption with nothing in between.
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The Most Anticipated Mystery & Thriller Books of Summer 2025 | Penguin Random House
Preview Fall 2021's most-anticipated mystery and thriller books from bestselling writers like Lee Child, Paula Hawkins, Jo Nesbo, Richard Osman, and Jonathan Kellerman. From chilling psychological thrillers to Scandinavian noir, to action-packed adventures to cozy mysteries, add these mystery and crime books to your bookshelves.
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We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz: 9781984820488 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Readers who love thrillers and suspense books must read We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz. This page-turner about two friends whose backpacking trip goes horribly wrong is full of twists, turns, and deadly surprises. “This book is every suspense lover’s dream and it kept me up way too late turning pages. . . . A novel with crazy twists and turns that will have you ditching your Friday night plans for more chapters.”—Reese Witherspoon Reese's Book Club Pick for August 2021.
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The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng: 9780593334492 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Readers who love psychological thrillers and suspense books must read the new novel, The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng. Fans of the television series Black Mirror and the movie Sliding Doors won't be able to put down this innovative book that combines time travel, suspense and romance into a psychological thriller filled with twists and turns.
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The Turnout by Megan Abbott: 9780593084922 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Megan Abbot's mesmerizing, unnerving, irresistible new book, The Turnout, set in the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio, dissects family ties, sexuality, femininity and power. This insightful psychological thriller is the perfect book for ballet lovers, crime fiction readers, and fans of the movie The Black Swan. Read with Jenna Book Club pick for August 2021.
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Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza: 9780593191286 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza, the cocreator of Deadpool, is a hilarious murder mystery featuring two unlikely and unforgettable amateur sleuths who unwittingly uncover simmering racial tensions and a decades-old conspiracy in their suburban town. Hilarious, insightful, suspensful, and a killer whodunit, Suburban Dicks is a one-of-a-kind mystery book that readers will not be able to put down or stop talking about.
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Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron: 9780593159071 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In Just One Look, the new psychological thriller by Lindsay Cameron, a young woman’s escalating obsession with a seemingly perfect man leads her down a dangerous path in this story of suspense brimming with envy, desire, and deception. This book is perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, the You series, and Gone Girl.
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They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman: 9780593114346 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Once you start reading They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman you won't be able to stop until you finish this fast-paced thriller about sisters vying for the top spot on their cross-country team—until a teammate’s disappearance throws their lives off course. This new psychological thriller is the perfect book for fans of Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects, and Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water.
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