Top 25 Thrillers (Ive Read; 5.00 to 4.30 stars)
Discover the top 25 thriller books I’ve read, rated 5.00 to 4.30 stars. This curated list features gripping fiction from Michael Crichton, Matthew Reilly, and Agatha Christie, including State of Fear, Ice Station, and And Then There Were None. Perfect for finding your next high-stakes, suspenseful read.
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Total Recall
by Piers Anthony
A novelization of the movie about a secret agent on Mars searching for his past. Also use But What of Earth? (Tor, 1989).
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Last of the Breed
by Louis L'Amour
When his experimental aircraft is forced down over the Bering Sea by Russians, U.S. Air Force Major Joseph "Joe Mack" Makatozi must seek his safety in the uncharted wilds of Siberia, pursued by Colonel Zamatev of the GRU and by a Yakut tracker.
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Ice Station
by Matthew Reilly
On Antarctica, special forces from several countries battle each other for control of what is believed to be an alien space ship buried in the ice. Non-stop action and treachery galore. A first novel.
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And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
One by one, the guests arrived at the mansion on Indian Island, summoned by a mysterious host. And one by one, with terrifying meticulousness, they were stalked by a cunning murderer. Utterly baffling...and yet there was a pattern, concealed in a nursery rhyme hanging over the fireplace.
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Contest
by Matthew Reilly
From the bestselling author of "Area 7" comes an action-packed novel about a doctor and his daughter trapped in New York's Public Library by a contest with a fatal outcome.
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Temple
by Matthew Reilly
Deep in the jungles of Peru the race of the century is underway to locate a legendary Incan idol. An artifact carved out of a strange kind of stone.
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Isaac Asimov Presents Through Darkest America
by Neal Barrett
Bluevale was about all Howie had seen of the world. Even his Pa, who knew everything, didn't know much about the way it was before the war. Scriptures said all of the unclean animals had been wiped out. Howie didn't know what that meant exactly. He'd seen horses. And stock of course. Stock looked like humans. 'Cept stock had no soul. That's why they was meat. Howie had a good life for a boy. Then the soldiers came. And what they did to his folks made him grow up right quick. He got his revenge--'cept now the whole darn army was after him. But he had a huge country to run across... and lots of miles to stay alive.
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State of Fear
by Michael Crichton
An eco-thriller takes readers to such far-flung locales as Paris, Iceland, Antarctica, and the Solomon Islands.
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Icefire
by Judith Reeves-Stevens
Once lovers, now enemies, Navy SEAL Captain Mitch Webber and oceanographer Cory Rey must join forces to stop a cabal of Chinese officials from devastating the Pacific Rim nations using nuclear weapons to create gigantic tidal waves. Reprint.
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Moonfall
by Jack McDevitt
It's the 21st century, and all is right with the world. Or so it seems. Vice President Charlie Haskell, who will travel anywhere for a photo op, is about to cut the ribbon for the just-completed American Moonbase. The first Mars voyage is about to leave high orbit, with a woman at the helm. Below, the world is marveling at a rare solar eclipse. But all that is right is about to go disastrously wrong when an amateur astronomer discovers a new comet. Named for its discover, Tomikois a "sun-grazer,"an interstellar wanderer with a hundred times the mass and ten times the speed of other comets. And it is headed straight for our moon. In less than five days, if scientists' predictions are right, Tomiko will crash into the moon, shattering it into a cloud of superheated gas, dust, and huge chunks of rock that will rain down on the earth, causing chaos and killer storms, possibly tidal waves inundating entire cities...or worse: a single apocalyptic worldwide "extinction event." In the meantime, the population of Moonbase must be evacuated by a hastily assembled fleet of shuttle rockets. There isn't room, or time enough, for everyone. And the vice president, who rashly promised to be last off ("I will lock the door and turn off the lights"), is trying to figure out how to get away without eating his words. In Moonfall,McDevitt has created a disaster thriller of truly epic proportions, featuring a cast of unforgettable characters: the reluctant Russian rocket jockey entrusted with the lives of squabbling refugees; the woman chosen to be first on the moon; the scientist who must deflect the "possum" (POSSible IMpactors) knocked from orbit or witness the end science itself. And at the center of it all is Charlie Haskell, the career politician who discovers his own unexpected reserves of only himself and his country, but for all humankind. Moonfall,is a spellbinding tale of heroism and hope, cowardice and passion played against the awesome spectacle of human history's darkest night.