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NPRs your picks: top 100 Killer Thrillers

Description: Books from this list. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/128718927/audience-picks-top-100-killer-thrillers Which have you read, and what order do you think they should be in? (If I missed any books in a series, please feel free to leave a message for me letting me know which book and which list, and I will gladly add them)

Rank Title Author Added

1

by John Grisham

12,238 members

154 reviews

3.8

9 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, bestem, sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Mimi23

2

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

64,913 members

3,497 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: KimarieBee, bestem, sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda,GreenVelvet

3

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton

10,224 members

151 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, JFPSr, ahef1963, leslie.98

4

The Da Vinci Code

70,522 members

1,312 reviews

½ 3.5

8 Members: dara85, GreenVelvet, bestem, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Stepn, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411

5

Presumed Innocent

4,335 members

76 reviews

3.8

7 Members: dara85, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Mimi23,

6

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

21,420 members

539 reviews

4.2

7 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,860 members

616 reviews

4.2

7 Members: GreenVelvet, sturlington, thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Rosemary's Baby

4,663 members

139 reviews

3.8

7 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, Mimi23, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Michael Crichton

20,906 members

318 reviews

3.9

6 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Truman Capote

23,880 members

467 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dara85, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Stephen King

22,097 members

411 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, Stepn, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

12,608 members

140 reviews

4.1

5 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, Mimi23, Stepn

13

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,383 members

1,752 reviews

4

7 Members: KimarieBee, Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,leslie.98

14

9,260 members

137 reviews

4

5 Members: bestem, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963

15

10,336 members

583 reviews

3.8

6 Members: dara85, GreenVelvet, KimarieBee, sturlington, Crazymamie, leslie.98

16

by Stephen King

23,323 members

453 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, Crazymamie, ManWithAnAgenda

17

35,729 members

630 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Katherine Neville

4,900 members

137 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: hipdeep, GreenVelvet, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, Mimi23

19

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,616 members

934 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

20

Eye of the Needle

5,379 members

93 reviews

4

5 Members: thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, leslie.98, Stepn

21

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,445 members

303 reviews

3.9

6 Members: sturlington, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

9,194 members

280 reviews

3.9

5 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, Crazymamie, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

23

by Thomas Harris

10,101 members

103 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, sturlington, Bluewolf0411

24

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,870 members

338 reviews

4.1

5 Members: thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

25

by Neal Stephenson

17,127 members

296 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, GreenVelvet, bestem, sturlington

26

by Dennis Lehane

7,534 members

300 reviews

3.9

5 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, Mimi23

27

The Thirty-Nine Steps

5,422 members

190 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98

28

by Harlan Coben

5,426 members

159 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dara85, Bluewolf0411, leslie.98, Stepn

29

The Secret History

20,540 members

559 reviews

4.1

4 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

1,902 members

58 reviews

3.8

4 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, Mimi23, Stepn

31

by Stephen King

14,285 members

231 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Stepn, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay

6,602 members

271 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: dara85, sturlington, Mimi23, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The Hunt for Red October

11,337 members

117 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, KimarieBee, leslie.98

34

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

6,252 members

199 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, leslie.98

35

6,373 members

254 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: hipdeep, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98

36

The Children of Men

5,822 members

201 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

37

by Michael Crichton

13,560 members

183 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Michael Connelly

5,271 members

118 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, Bluewolf0411, Crazymamie

39

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

by John le Carré

8,649 members

240 reviews

4

5 Members: thecoroner, Crazymamie, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98,Bluewolf0411

40

by Stephen King

10,069 members

124 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Stephen King

4,631 members

102 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

42

by Stephen King

16,449 members

295 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

by James Patterson

6,220 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, Mimi23

44

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,420 members

730 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

45

Angels and Demons

45,706 members

781 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: bestem, JFPSr, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411

46

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

11,169 members

292 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

47

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth

5,318 members

90 reviews

4

3 Members: KimarieBee, thecoroner, leslie.98

48

by Peter Benchley

4,049 members

148 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, leslie.98

49

by James Clavell

8,055 members

135 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

50

by Martin Cruz Smith

3,814 members

78 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963

51

3,403 members

64 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98

52

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John le Carré

8,502 members

232 reviews

4

3 Members: Crazymamie, gypsysmom, leslie.98

53

by Dennis Lehane

5,917 members

138 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, leslie.98

54

by William Diehl

928 members

14 reviews

4

2 Members: KimarieBee, Mimi23

55

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

25,730 members

436 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: thecoroner, gypsysmom, leslie.98,sturlington

56

Clear and Present Danger

7,207 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, leslie.98

57

The Last of the Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper

13,299 members

125 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: thecoroner, leslie.98

58

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

28,042 members

1,044 reviews

4.1

3 Members: gypsysmom, leslie.98, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

59

by Chelsea Cain

2,431 members

163 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, sturlington

60

The First Deadly Sin

by Lawrence Sanders

739 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

61

by John Sandford

3,149 members

71 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, sturlington

62

Strangers on a Train

by Patricia Highsmith

2,590 members

87 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, Crazymamie

63

Gone, Baby, Gone

by Dennis Lehane

3,028 members

96 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, Bluewolf0411

64

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum

9,910 members

156 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, leslie.98

65

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

6,262 members

158 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: gypsysmom, leslie.98

66

The Deep Blue Good-by

by John D. MacDonald

1,881 members

49 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, leslie.98

67

The Monkey's Raincoat

by Robert Crais

1,965 members

63 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bluewolf0411

68

by William Goldman

1,160 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: Mimi23

69

by Tom Rob Smith

4,775 members

292 reviews

3.9

Member: Stepn

70

What the Dead Know

by Laura Lippman

2,556 members

125 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Mimi23

71

The Charm School

by Nelson DeMille

2,168 members

52 reviews

4.1

Member: KimarieBee

72

The Kill Artist

by Daniel Silva

2,511 members

71 reviews

3.8

Member: Crazymamie

73

8,734 members

296 reviews

3.8

Member: Crazymamie

74

by Len Deighton

1,391 members

26 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

75

9,538 members

250 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

76

The Bone Collector

by Jeffrey Deaver

4,389 members

102 reviews

4

Member: gypsysmom

77

The Templar Legacy

4,022 members

110 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: gypsysmom

78

by Kathy Reichs

3,070 members

92 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: gypsysmom

79

4,665 members

66 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

80

The Boys from Brazil

2,072 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

81

3,410 members

279 reviews

3.8

Member: bestem,sturlington

82

by Douglas Preston

5,303 members

152 reviews

3.9

83

5,060 members

100 reviews

3.9

84

4,977 members

146 reviews

3.8

85

4,868 members

127 reviews

3.9

86

The Cabinet of Curiosities

by Douglas Preston

4,080 members

113 reviews

4

87

Consent to Kill

2,431 members

33 reviews

4.1

88

by John Burdett

1,870 members

70 reviews

3.8

89

by James Rollins

1,678 members

25 reviews

3.8

90

The Manchurian Candidate

by Richard Condon

1,302 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

91

The Bride Collector

1,078 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

92

1,003 members

19 reviews

3.9

93

by Eugene Burdick

920 members

17 reviews

3.8

94

by Sara Paretsky

863 members

37 reviews

3.9

95

The Brotherhood of the Rose

by David Morrell

778 members

13 reviews

3.8

96

by John D. MacDonald

654 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

97

Six Days of the Condor

648 members

15 reviews

3.8

98

by Thomas Perry

440 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

99

The Lost Symbol

22,034 members

696 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: bestem, kara.shamy,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411 ,ManWithAnAgenda

100

by Robert Bloch

1,800 members

59 reviews

3.9

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