Recs if you like I Am Pilgrim...
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.
Books with technology that should never exist 🤖
What happens when humans get more technologically creative than they should? This is a list featuring those dystopian, bone-chilling technologies that maaaaaybe should NEVER EVER EXIST. From rogue AI, to digital consciousness, to the ever-blurring line between human and machine... these thrillers linger in your mind after you're done reading!
I Wanna Be a Secret Agent
A list of (mostly action) books about spies, secret agents, assassins, people faking their identities, bringing down a corrupt politician and jumping out of a window while bebop jazz plays in the background.
Note: I haven't read all of these! And I'm always looking for more, so I'm totally open to recs :)!
New York Times | 50 Best Thrillers
50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century | NYT List
Tough Guy Book Club
All books read by Tough Guy Book Club since 2014. The club that wants men to Read More, Talk More, and have more Friends.
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
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