Best Thrillers - brilliant reviews of great new mystery & thriller books, including psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, erotic thrillers, sci-fi. Mystery Book Awards: The Edgars, The Agathas, The Anthonys, and many more. Best thrillers of all time Although written more than 1. Conrad’s most enduring novel, which sees his secret agent embroiled in a plot to blow up Greenwich Observatory on behalf of – perhaps – a group of anarchists. We round up the 50 best thriller movies of all time in the final installment of the Definitive Men's Movie Collection. Enjoy the best books we have to offer completely free of charge. Instant downloads. Formats for all devices. They say the 1990s were a bad decade for horror movies, but these one hundred terrifying, exciting and fascinating films prove them wrong. We've organized the best thrillers by category; get ready for your hair to stand on end. It absolutely predicts the rise of terrorism. Complex and steeped in the paranoia of the time. The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy (1. At the height of the Cold War the captain of a Russian nuclear submarine that cannot be detected defects to the west, bringing his craft – Red October – with him. The Russians try to stop him. The Americans and the hero Jack Ryan try to stop them. Incredibly tense and superbly claustrophobic. Killing Floor Lee Child (1. When ex- army loner Jack Reacher gets off a bus in a one- horse town in the American South he is instantly arrested and charged with murdering his own brother. But boy have they picked the wrong man to pick on. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carr! They are, among other things, vain fools and le Carr. Where Eagles Dare Alistair Mac. Lean (1. 96. 7) Mac. Lean wrote the novel at the same time as the screenplay (which was to be made into the greatest war film of all time) and it is the best of his many; full of ferocious action, double- crossing spies and fist fights on cable cars. W elcome to the home of bestselling author Joseph Andrew Konrath. I write books and short stories in the thriller, horror, erotica and comedy genres.The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton (1. Crichton’s first novel under his own name was a huge success and became a blueprint for the many techno- thrillers that followed. His technique was to find something people were frightened about, then make it worse, in this case organisms from out of space that would wipe out mankind. Carrie Stephen King (1. Concerning a high school girl who uses her recently discovered telekinetic powers to punish class bullies, this is King’s first of more than 5. Marathon Man William Goldman (1. This has got everything: New York Jews, diamonds, brotherly betrayal, a beautiful girl, properly evil Nazis and sadistic dentists. Goldman was better known for his screenplays, but this novel – taut and laconic – shows how thrillers should be written. The Bourne Identity Robert Ludlum (1. When a bullet wounded man is washed ashore, barely alive and with no memory, so begins an artful reconstruction of the past, and though it has since spawned numerous overly muscular films, the original novel is full of satisfying intrigue. Jaws Peter Benchley (1. When a huge shark starts eating people from off a Long Island beach resort, the police chief takes it personally, but the mayor wants it hushed up. An epic contest ensues. The World at Night Alan Furst (1. Alan Furst’s novels are all similar – Paris, 1. German army - and the one you read first is the one you like the most. He is a wonderful scene setter, able to conjure a time and place and an atmosphere with a few adroitly chosen words. The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown (2. Panned by the critics, The Da Vinci Code is nevertheless the most brilliant page turner, with a hook and a cliff- hanger on every other page so you plough on through, desperate for the end. The Thirty- Nine Steps John Buchan (1. Both plot and hero may be archetypal but there is plenty of “period” excitement and the atmosphere crackles with restrained menace. BEST OF THE REST The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas (1. The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers (1. The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy (1. The Third Man and other stories Graham Greene (1. The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth (1. Not After Midnight - Five Long Stories Daphne Du Maurier (1. Gorky Park Martin Cruz Smith (1. A Time to Kill John Grisham (1. Los Alamos Joseph Kanon (1. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn (2. IN PICTURES: The most depressing books. The 2. 5 Best Horror Novels Of The New Millennium. Since the year 2. First came the wave of Japan- inspired ghost stories and remakes of foreign movies, triggered by 2. The Ring; then, two years later, the controversial “torture porn” stretch of hard- R- rated flicks piggybacked on the successes of Saw (2. Hostel (2. 00. 5). Once the Saw franchise hit its sadly redundant sixth film, audiences demanded a change, which came in the form of 2. Paranormal Activity, the impetus, along with the sci- fi/horror pic Cloverfield (2. The River). And, in the last few years, vampires (Twilight, True Blood) and zombies (The Walking Dead) have once again become in vogue. On the written page, horror has been even more substantial, touching upon all of those trends—save for found- footage, of course—and adding subtext that could only be achieved through prose and, subsequently, the mind’s eye. This week, however, scary literature is taking a look back at the classic monsters of yesteryear, with the release of first- time author Brian Mc. Greevy’s buzz- worthy novel Hemlock Grove (available today). Set in a Pennsylvania steel town, Hemlock Grove reconfigures the werewolf and Frankenstein’s monster mythos into a whodunit murder mystery involving high school kids and an upper class family. It’s an notable debut for Mc. Greevy, but, ultimately, Hemlock Grove falls short of ranking amongst the fiction genre’s strongest books over the last 1. To see what does place within that honored distinction, check out The 2. Best Horror Novels Of The New Millennium. Your precious Kindle is about to get a workout. Written by Matt Barone (@MBarone)Follow @Complex. Best Teen Horror/Suspense/Thriller (3. To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
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