NPR Top 100 Killer Thrillers

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Published on August 4, 2010 • The NPR audience cast more than 17,000 ballots in a Killer Thrillers poll. The winning novels were a diverse mix, ranging widely in style and period. All are show more fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/128718927/audience-picks-top-100-killer-thrillers show less
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991) by Thomas Harris
1
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) by Stieg Larsson
2
Kiss the Girls (1995) by James Patterson
3
The Bourne Identity (1980) by Robert Ludlum
4
In Cold Blood (1965) by Truman Capote
5
The Da Vinci Code (2003) by Dan Brown
6
The Shining (1977) by Stephen King
7
And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie
8
The Hunt for Red October (1984) by Tom Clancy
9
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) by Arthur Conan Doyle
10
Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker
11
The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition (1990) by Stephen King
12
The Bone Collector (1997) by Jeffrey Deaver
13
Jurassic Park (1990) by Michael Crichton
14
Angels and Demons (2000) by Dan Brown
15
A Time to Kill (1989) by John Grisham
16
The Andromeda Strain (1969) by Michael Crichton
17
Mystic River (2001) by Dennis Lehane
18
The Day of the Jackal (1971) by Frederick Forsyth
19
Rebecca (1938) by Daphne Du Maurier
20
Eye of the Needle (1978) by Ken Follett
21
It (1986) by Stephen King
22
The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas
23
The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) by Stieg Larsson
24
Jaws (1974) by Peter Benchley
25
The Alienist (1994) by Caleb Carr
26
Red Dragon (1981) by Thomas Harris
27
Presumed Innocent (1987) by Scott Turow
28
The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett
29
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010) by Stieg Larsson
30
No Country for Old Men (2005) by Cormac McCarthy
31
Gone, Baby, Gone (1998) by Dennis Lehane
32
Gorky Park (1981) by Martin Cruz Smith
33
Rosemary's Baby (1967) by Ira Levin
34
Subterranean (1999) by James Rollins
35
Clear and Present Danger (1989) by Tom Clancy
36
The Mouse on the Mile (1975) by Stephen King
37
Shutter Island (2003) by Dennis Lehane
38
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1963) by John le Carré
39
The Poet (1996) by Michael Connelly
40
The Boys from Brazil (1976) by Ira Levin
41
Cape Fear (1957) by John D. MacDonald
42
The Bride Collector (2009) by Ted Dekker
43
Pet Sematary (1983) by Stephen King
44
The Dead Zone (1979) by Stephen King
45
The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon
46
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) by John le Carré
47
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) by Patricia Highsmith
48
Tell No One (2001) by Harlan Coben
49
Consent to Kill (2005) by Vince Flynn
50
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) by John Buchan
51
Blowback (2005) by Brad Thor
52
The Children of Men (1992) by P. D. James
53
61 Hours (2010) by Lee Child
54
Marathon Man (1974) by William Goldman
55
The Woman in White (1859) by Wilkie Collins
56
206 Bones (2009) by Kathy Reichs
57
Psycho (1959) by Robert Bloch
58
Killing Floor (1997) by Lee Child
59
Rules of Prey (1989) by John Sandford
60
The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins
61
In the Woods (2007) by Tana French
62
Shōgun (1975) by James Clavell
63
Relic (1995) by Douglas Preston
64
Intensity (1995) by Dean Koontz
65
Casino Royale (1953) by Ian Fleming
66
Metzger's Dog (1983) by Thomas Perry
67
Timeline (1999) by Michael Crichton
68
Contact (1985) by Carl Sagan
69
What the Dead Know (2007) by Laura Lippman
70
The Shadow of the Wind (2001) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
71
The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002) by Douglas Preston
72
The Charm School (1988) by Nelson DeMille
73
Feed (2010) by Mira Grant
74
Gone Tomorrow (2009) by Lee Child
75
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004) by Jeff Lindsay
76
The Secret History (1992) by Donna Tartt
77
The First Deadly Sin (1972) by Lawrence Sanders
78
Cryptonomicon (1999) by Neal Stephenson
79
The Brotherhood of the Rose (1984) by David Morrell
80
Primal Fear (1993) by William Diehl
81
The Templar Legacy (2006) by Steve Berry
82
The Hard Way (2006) by Lee Child
82
The Last of the Mohicans (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper
84
Six Days of the Condor (1974) by James Grady
85
Fail-Safe (1962) by Eugene Burdick
86
Strangers on a Train (1950) by Patricia Highsmith
87
The Eight (1988) by Katherine Neville
88
The Lost Symbol (2009) by Dan Brown
89
Goldfinger (1959) by Ian Fleming
90
Bangkok 8 (2003) by John Burdett
91
The Kill Artist (2000) by Daniel Silva
92
Hardball (2009) by Sara Paretsky
93
The Club Dumas (1993) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
94
The Deep Blue Good-by (1964) by John D. MacDonald
95
The Monkey's Raincoat (1987) by Robert Crais
96
Berlin Game (1983) by Len Deighton
96
A Simple Plan (1993) by Scott Smith
98
Child 44 (2008) by Tom Rob Smith
99
Heartsick (2007) by Chelsea Cain
100

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