# The Best Mystery & Thriller Books

> Answers the query: “best mystery & thriller books”

_Last updated: 2026-07-25_

## The list

1. **GoodFellas**, Nicholas Pileggi (ISBN 9780747578635)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/goodfellas
2. **Regicide**, Alain Robbe-Grillet, John Calder (ISBN 9780714548593)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/regicide
3. **The House on Half Moon Street [May 03, 2018] Reeve, Alex**, Alex Reeve (ISBN 9781408892701)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-house-on-half-moon-street-may-03-2018-reeve-alex
4. **Young Adam**, Alexander Trocchi (ISBN 9780714544625)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/young-adam
5. **Angels of Detroit**, Christopher Hebert (ISBN 9781632863638)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/angels-of-detroit
6. **The Forbidden Territory**, Dennis Wheatley (ISBN 9781448213061)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-forbidden-territory
7. **The Backpacker's Father**, Gunnar Kopperud (ISBN 9780747586012)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-backpackers-father
8. **Outlaws**, Javier Cercas (ISBN 9781408844205)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/outlaws
9. **Never Have I Ever**, Joshilyn Jackson (ISBN 9781526611604)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/never-have-i-ever
10. **The Sound of Things Falling**, Juan Gabriel Vásquez (ISBN 9781408831618)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-sound-of-things-falling
11. **Sentence of Life**, Julian Gloag (ISBN 9781448208524)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/sentence-of-life
12. **Other Americans**, Laila Lalami (ISBN 9781526606693)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/other-americans
13. **The Uninvited**, Liz Jensen (ISBN 9781408817735)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-uninvited
14. **The Night Ferry**, Lotte Hammer (ISBN 9781526602046)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-night-ferry
15. **Keep you close**, Lucie Whitehouse (ISBN 9781408867327)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/keep-you-close
16. **Chicago Way**, Michael Harvey (ISBN 9781408819678)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/chicago-way
17. **Fifth Floor**, Michael Harvey (ISBN 9781408819685)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/fifth-floor
18. **Third Rail**, Michael Harvey (ISBN 9781408809679)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/third-rail
19. **The thirteenth apostle**, Michel Benoît (ISBN 9781846881534)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-thirteenth-apostle
20. **The hook**, Raffaella Barker (ISBN 9781408850732)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-hook
21. **Heaven's Edge**, Romesh Gunesekera (ISBN 9780747561439)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/heavens-edge
22. **Tabula rasa**, Ruth Downie (ISBN 9781632861047)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/tabula-rasa
23. **Audition**, Ryū Murakami (ISBN 9781408800720)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/audition
24. **Pigeon English**, Stephen Kelman (ISBN 9781408866597)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/pigeon-english
25. **The arsonist**, Sue Miller (ISBN 9781408857250)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-arsonist
26. **Shadow of the Rock**, Thomas Mogford (ISBN 9781408831397)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/shadow-of-the-rock
27. **Hidden**, Tobias Hill (ISBN 9781408844199)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/hidden
28. **Love of Stones**, Tobias Hill (ISBN 9781408844120)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/love-of-stones
29. **Underground**, Tobias Hill (ISBN 9781408844151)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/underground
30. **Ordinary Thunderstorms**, William Boyd (ISBN 9781408802854)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/ordinary-thunderstorms

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Source: AltBook, https://www.altbook.net/collections/best-mystery-thriller-books