TOP 100 "Killer Thrillers"

* 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 tor Red October, by Tom Clancy

* 10. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

* 11. Dracula, by Bram Stoker

* 12. The Stand, by Stephen King

* 13. The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver

* 14. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton

* 15. Angels & Demons, by Dan Brown

* 16. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham

* 17. The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton

* 18. Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane

* 19. The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth

* 21. Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett

* 22. It, by Stephen King

* 23. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas

* 24. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson

* 25. Jaws, by Peter Benchley

* 26. The Alienist, by Caleb Carr

* 27. Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris

* 28. Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow

* 29. The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett

* 30. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson

* 31. No Country For Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy

* 32. Gone Baby Gone, by Dennis Lehane

* 33. Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith

* 34. Rosemary's Baby, by Ira Levin

* 35. Subterranean, by James Rollins

* 36. Clear and Present Danger, by Tom Clancy

* 37. Salem's Lot, by Stephen King

* 38. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane

* 39. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John Le Carre

* 40. The Poet, by Michael Connelly

* 41. The Boys from Brazil, by Ira Levin

* 42. Cape Fear, by John MacDonald

* 43. The Bride Collector, by Ted Dekker

* 44. Pet Sematary, by Stephen King

* 45. Dead Zone, by Stephen King

* 46. The Manchurian Candidate, by Richard Condon

* 47. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, by John Le Carre

* 48. The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith

* 49. Tell No One, by Harlan Coben

* 50. Consent to Kill, by Vince Flynn

* 51. The 39 Steps, by John Buchan

* 52. Blowback, by Brad Thor

* 53. The Children of Men, by P.D. James

* 54. 61 Hours, by Lee Child

* 55. Marathon Man, by William Goldman

* 56. The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins

* 57. 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs

* 58. Psycho, by Robert Bloch

* 59. The Killing Floor, by Lee Child

* 60. Rules of Prey, by John Sandford

* 61. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

* 62. In the Woods, by Tana French

* 63. Shogun, by James Clavell

* 64. The Relic, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

* 65. Intensity, by Dean Koontz

* 66. Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming

* 67. Metzger's Dog, by Thomas Perry

* 68. Timeline, by Michael Crichton

* 69. Contact, by Carl Sagan

* 70. What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman

* 71. The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

* 72. The Cabinet of Curiosities, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

* 73. Charm School, by Nelson DeMille

* 74. Feed, by Mira Grant

* 75. Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child

* 76. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay

* 77. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

* 78. The First Deadly Sin, by Lawrence Sanders

* 79. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson

* 80. The Brotherhood of the Rose, by David Morrell

* 81. Primal Fear, by William Diehl

* 82. The Templar Legacy, by Steve Berry

* 82. The Hard Way, by Lee Child [tie]

* 84. The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper

* 85. Six Days of the Condor, by James Grady

* 86. Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler

* 87. Strangers on a Train, by Patricia Highsmith

* 88. The Eight, by Katherine Neville

* 89. The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown

* 90. Goldfinger, by Ian Fleming

* 91. Bangkok 8, by John Burdett

* 92. The Kill Artist, by Daniel Silva

* 93. Hardball, by Sara Paretsky

* 94. The Club Dumas, by Arturo Perez-Reverte

* 95. The Deep Blue Good-by, by John MacDonald

* 96. The Monkey's Raincoat, by Robert Crais

* 96. Berlin Game, by Len Deighton [tie]

* 98. A Simple Plan, by Scott Smith

* 99. Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith

* 100. Heartsick, by Chelsea Cain