Hey guys! Welcome to Blogoween! Blogoween is a celebration of Halloween and all the cozy and spooky things that go with it. I’m hosting from the 18th to the 21st.
Today’s Prompt:
What are your top five thriller books?
What is Blogoween?
In the words of Clo – “A time for us book bloggers to take October, by it’s orangeness and go all Halloween, on it’s pumpkin self. Basically, get ready for Halloween themed posts from us through October! Some may be Autumn themed yet they’ll all be related back to books, blogging and/or writing.”
Top 5 Thriller Books:
- We Were Liars by E Lockhart – I recently read this one, and I didn’t have high hopes going in. I had seen early reviews that compared it to Pretty Little Liars, which really turned me off about the book. Fortunately, I found it on sale and bought it on a whim, and HOLY HOW DID I NOT READ THIS SOONER.
- Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts – I read this book as a review copy years ago. It’s basically a new take on a tired genre: what if the zombies weren’t so mindless (pun intended). It’s exhilarating and super underrated.
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – This is a slow burning, mystery-unravels-as-you-read-it type of book. It’s suspenseful and oh-so fun.
- Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry – A good old fashioned zombie book. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s well written and a fast paced read.
- Room by Emma Donoghue – Not a traditional thriller, but there’s a lot of heart pounding moments in this book. It’s also poignant and heartbreaking and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Great selection. I have not read Room but I have seen the film and found it so disturbing.
Great choices. I own Room but have never read it, I really must at some point.
I haven’t read any of these!
I LOVE thrillers! Will check these out.
I haven’t read any of these – I need to get busy!
LOVE Big Little Lies, and We Were Liars is on my TBR.
great post never read any of these.
Rot and Ruin sounds fun
Thanks for sharing this list of books, I didn’t read any of it, but got curious. 🙂
I love mysteries and thrilling Books. I haven’t been able to find any lately. I will check these out thanks for sharing.
Great post! I love Big Little Lies and I agree with you about Room, not a traditional thriller, but it was thrilling!
Hmmmmm I spotted a couple of zombie books on your list 😉 I recently attempted (and did not finish) The Girl With All the Gifts and I wonder if I should try one more zombie book to see how I like them 🙂
Awesome. I read Room and Big Little Lies sounds good.
‘Room’ did make my heart thump like a drum. Great compilation.
Big fan of thrillers and am always looking for good ones! Thanks for the suggestions!
I am going to save this one! I was looking for some triller books to add to my collection and your post came right on time.
Thank you for sharing!
Anna // http://www.stralthy.com
Thanks for the recommendations! I have only read We Were Liars from this list so far…
I have not read any of these but Room has been one I have seen on many lists so need to add it to my tbr
I still need to read Big Little Lies, but I loved We Were Liars.
Here’s mine: https://shootingstarsmag.net/top-five-favorite-thriller-books/
-Lauren
Great post and great list of thriller books I haven’t read any of the books you have on your list yet but I do want to check some of these books out one day. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
I haven’t read them. Thank you for the suggestion
The only books on your list I’ve actually read are ‘Room’ and ‘We Were Liars.’ I liked them both but I’d say out of the two ‘Room’ is probably better, partially because I saw the twist of ‘We Were Liars’ coming early on. Congrats on coming up with picks for the list that weren’t typical obvious ones. 🙂