NPR's 100 Top Killer Thrillers

Submitted by adagioinb on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 10:46
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  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. The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum
  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 for Red October, by Tom Clancy
  10. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  12. Dracula, by Bram Stoker
  13. The Stand, by Stephen King
  14. The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver
  15. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
  16. Angels & Demons, by Dan Brown
  17. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
  18. The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
  19. Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane
  20. The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth
  21. Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier

  23. Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
  24. It, by Stephen King
  25. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
  26. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
  27. Jaws, by Peter Benchley
  28. The Alienist, by Caleb Carr
  29. Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris
  30. Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow
  31. The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett
  32. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson

  34. No Country For Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
  35. Gone Baby Gone, by Dennis Lehane
  36. Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith
  37. Rosemary's Baby, by Ira Levin
  38. Subterranean, by James Rollins
  39. Clear and Present Danger, by Tom Clancy
  40. Salem's Lot, by Stephen King
  41. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
  42. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John Le Carre
  43. The Poet, by Michael Connelly

  45. The Boys from Brazil, by Ira Levin
  46. Cape Fear, by John MacDonald
  47. The Bride Collector, by Ted Dekker
  48. Pet Sematary, by Stephen King
  49. Dead Zone, by Stephen King
  50. The Manchurian Candidate, by Richard Condon
  51. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, by John Le Carre
  52. The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith
  53. Tell No One, by Harlan Coben
  54. Consent to Kill, by Vince Flynn

  56. The 39 Steps, by John Buchan
  57. Blowback, by Brad Thor
  58. The Children of Men, by P.D. James
  59. 61 Hours, by Lee Child
  60. Marathon Man, by William Goldman
  61. The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
  62. 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs
  63. Psycho, by Robert Bloch
  64. The Killing Floor, by Lee Child
  65. Rules of Prey, by John Sandford

  67. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
  68. In the Woods, by Tana French
  69. Shogun, by James Clavell
  70. The Relic, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  71. Intensity, by Dean Koontz
  72. Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming
  73. Metzger's Dog, by Thomas Perry
  74. Timeline, by Michael Crichton
  75. Contact, by Carl Sagan
  76. What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman

  78. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  79. The Cabinet of Curiosities, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  80. Charm School, by Nelson DeMille
  81. Feed, by Mira Grant
  82. Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child
  83. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay
  84. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
  85. The First Deadly Sin, by Lawrence Sanders
  86. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
  87. The Brotherhood of the Rose, by David Morrell

  89. Primal Fear, by William Diehl
  90. The Templar Legacy, by Steve Berry[tie]
  91. The Hard Way, by Lee Child [tie]
  92. The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
  93. Six Days of the Condor, by James Grady
  94. Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
  95. Strangers on a Train, by Patricia Highsmith
  96. The Eight, by Katherine Neville
  97. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
  98. Goldfinger, by Ian Fleming

  100. Bangkok 8, by John Burdett
  101. The Kill Artist, by Daniel Silva
  102. Hardball, by Sara Paretsky
  103. The Club Dumas, by Arturo Perez-Reverte
  104. The Deep Blue Good-by, by John MacDonald
  105. The Monkey's Raincoat, by Robert Crais[tie]
  106. Berlin Game, by Len Deighton [tie]
  107. A Simple Plan, by Scott Smith
  108. Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith
  109. Heartsick, by Chelsea Cain
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