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The 50 Greatest Thrillers

  • 1. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

  • 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

  • 3. Kiss the Girls, by James Patterson

  • 4. Dead Zone, by Stephen King

  • 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

  • 9. The Hunt tor Red October, by Tom Clancy

  • 10. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • 11. Dracula, by Bram Stoker

  • 12. The Stand, by Stephen King

  • 13. Hardball, by Sara Paretsky

  • 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. Psycho, by Robert Bloch

  • 21. Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett

  • 22. It, by Stephen King

  • 23. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas

  • 24. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson

  • 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

  • 37. Salem's Lot, by Stephen King

  • 38. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane

  • 39. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John Le Carre

  • 40. Primal Fear, by William Diehl

  • 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. The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum

  • 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

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