Thrilling & Chilling Fiction Stars
Discover the best thrilling and chilling fiction stars in our curated list of must-read books. Dive into suspense, mystery, and heart-pounding tales that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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The Husband
by Dean Ray Koontz
When landscaper Mitchell Rafferty receives a phone call that his wife has been kidnapped and there is a two million dollar ransom, his extraordinary commitment …
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World War Z
by Max Brooks
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly …
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Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
One of fiction's most audaciously original talents, Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modern age -- complete with dark prophecy, family dysfunction, …
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American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out …
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Night of the Jaguar
by Michael Gruber
“Like settling down with a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel—if it was rewritten by James M. Cain.” —Denver Post Michael Gruber’s Night of the Jaguar—like his …
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Bad Men
by John Connolly
BAD MEN On the Maine island once known as Sanctuary, policeman Joe Dupree is the guardian of its secrets, keeper of its memories. He knows …
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The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, …
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Forever Odd
by Dean Ray Koontz
In the unique world of Pico, Odd--an unforgettable hero who lives between the living and the dead--takes a stand against evil in a battle where …
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Odd Thomas
by Dean Koontz
Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz’s dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death …
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Lost Echoes
by Joe R. Lansdale
Since a mysterious childhood illness, Harry Wilkes has experienced horrific visions. Gruesome scenes emerge to replay themselves before his eyes. Triggered by simple sounds, these …
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Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk
Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s …
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Hannibal
by Thomas Harris
A showdown between two psychopathic killers with a beautiful FBI agent caught in the middle. From his respirator, Mason Verger orders the capture of Hannibal …
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Hannibal Rising
by Thomas Harris
This novel explains the early years of Hannibal Lecter, and how they affected his later behaviour.
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Joplin's Ghost
by Tananarive Due
From the award-winning writer of The Good House, The Living Blood, and more, Joplin's Ghost is a chilling tale of a star-in-the-making whose life goes …
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The Lake
by Richard Laymon
When a teenage girl is terrorized by a madman out for blood, could it have something to do with what happened to her mother so …
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After Midnight
by Richard Laymon
A young woman descends into an ever-escalating nightmare of murder and madness when her only defense against an intruder is a Civil War-era saber.
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The Ghost Writer
by John Harwood
Plagued with unpleasant memories of his mother's death, shy Gerard Freeman is obsessed with the manuscript of a century-old ghost story written by his great-grandmother …
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Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
Young wife Rosemary Woodhouse is drawn into a nightmare when she is selected by a coven to bear the son of Satan.
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Edgewise
by Graham Masterton
A vengeful Sioux spirit wreaks havoc in Minneapolis - When her children are kidnapped, in desperation Lily Blake seeks the services of a Sioux shaman, …
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The Book of Lost Things
by John Connolly
A 12-year-old boy, mourning the death of his mother, takes refuge in the myths and fairytales she always loved--and finds that his reality and a …
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No Dominion
by Charlie Huston
Joe Pitt’s life sucks. He hasn’t had a case or a job in God knows how long and his stashes are running on empty. What …
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Already Dead
by Charlie Huston
Those stories you hear? The ones about things that only come out at night? Things that feed on blood, feed on us? Got news for …
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For a Few Demons More
by Kim Harrison
Rachel Morgan is a witch/bounty hunter based in the Hollows, the section of Cincinnati where supernatural beings live. She here must protect an artifact from …
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Claimed By Shadow
by Karen Chance
Clairvoyant Cassie Plamer has inherited new magical powers-including the ability to travel through time. But it's a whole lot of responsibility she'd rather not have. …
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Kitty Takes a Holiday
by Carrie Vaughn
Caught on national television transforming into a wolf, Kitty heads to a mountain cabin retreat to recover her equilibrium and write her memoirs, only to …
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Night Life
by Ray Garton
A band of vampires won't rest until they have exacted revenge against the people who attacked them and drove them from their home.
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Live Girls
by Ray Garton
A classic novel of horror by the author of "The Loveliest Dead"--a nominee for the Bram Stoker Award--is back in print. A strip club in …
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The Loveliest Dead
by Ray Garton
A young family moves into their new home only to find they are not alone--they share the house with the dead.
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Berserk
by Tim Lebbon
A father's search for the truth about his son's death leads him to a mass grave filled with inhuman, headless skeletons--all of them in chains.
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Night Witch
by Jack Priest
Alone in bed Carolina plays with her locket, a gift from her dad. She doesnt know he stole it from an evil woman in Trinidad. …
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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
by Christopher Moore
The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally—well, to be accurate, artificially—business is …
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Blaze
by Richard Bachman
Originally written thirty-five years ago but never published, a crime novel chronicles the life and times of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr.--the crimes committed against him and …
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The Darkest Evening of the Year
by Dean Ray Koontz
Koontz delivers suspense for all seasons with a transcendent thriller--a heart-gripping tour de force featuring a dedicated dog rescuer, a very special golden retriever she …
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The Good Guy
by Dean Ray Koontz
Timothy Carrier has a dry sense of humor, but his deadpan wit lands him in a precarious situation when a stranger Tim converses with mistakes …