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Thriller Bestsellers Worth the Hype

Some thrillers earn the bestseller list. Others earn the airport book table. These are the ones that earn both. Reacher running a town to ground. A defense attorney walking his oldest friend through a trial. An FBI analyst stalking a serial arsonist nobody else can see.

6 books on this list.

  1. Make Me
    Make Me

    by Lee Child

    Make Me by Lee Child 2015 thriller review. Reacher rolls into a Mother Wells, South Dakota for a single name on a sign and stays for the bodies underneath the wheat.

  2. The Murder House
    The Murder House

    by David Ellis

    The Murder House by David Ellis and James Patterson 2015 review. A Bridgehampton detective with a tarnished badge investigates a brutal mansion killing that mirrors a sixty-year-old open case.

  3. Invisible
    Invisible

    by David Ellis

    Invisible by David Ellis and James Patterson 2014 review. An FBI researcher with an obsessive-detail diagnosis sees a serial-arson pattern her bureau will not. Then she has to convince them.

  4. 15 Seconds
    15 Seconds

    by Andrew Gross

    15 Seconds by Andrew Gross 2012 review. A standalone thriller about a Florida cosmetic surgeon framed for a cop killing and forced to run as the noose tightens.

  5. The Hidden Man
    The Hidden Man

    by David Ellis

    The Hidden Man by David Ellis 2009 review. A Chicago defense attorney walks his oldest friend through a child-murder trial. Twenty-seven years ago, the victim was the attorney’s own kidnapped sister.

  6. The Jester
    The Jester

    by Andrew Gross

    The Jester by Andrew Gross and James Patterson 2003 review. A medieval-set thriller about a Crusader innkeeper turned court jester who infiltrates a French duke’s castle to find his wife.

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