Recs if you like Before I Go to Sleep...
crime: being an unreliable narrator
If being an unreliable narrator was a crime, these characters would be in trouble
Thriller books for thriller girlies
Thrillers I read or want to read. Variety of authors.
who what when where am I?
protagonists with amnesia or memory loss trying to figure out what happened/is going on
The 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century
The New York Times published a list on August 5th, 2026, of the 50 best thrillers published since 2000 as voted on by hundreds of writers of every kind of crime fiction, from legal thrillers to spy novels to cozy mysteries, as well as librarians, editors, critics and Bookstagrammers.
Goodreads The Best Books of the Decade: The 2010’s
The top 100 best books of the 2010’s as voted for by Goodreads members
Top five: 5) The Martian 4) Gone Girl 3) Divergent 2) Mockingjay
- The Fault in Our Stars
twisty stories
stories with lots of twists and turns, including (but not limited to) murder mysteries
Was any of it real?
You'll spend the entire book trying to piece together a reality that might not exist. Caution: May cause trust issues.
New York Times | 50 Best Thrillers
50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century | NYT List
50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century (NYT)
August 2026 List of the best thrillers of the 21st century as nominated by mystery/thriller authors
2026 TBR
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