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It’s the season for thriller reads! Actually, I think that any time it’s dark or rainy outside, it’s time for a good thriller. But I digress. Even if you’re not a Halloween person, October is the perfect time to curl up with a creepy book and scare yourself silly.
In the spirit of that, I decide to gather up some of my favorite creepy reads from the past few years for you to read. But, I know that even when it comes to books, everyone has their own level of scare they want to deal with. So I’ve divided up the books into what I think their level of thriller-y. I figured the scale would go from Thriller Lite to Scare Your Pants Off-Keep the Lights Off When You Go to Bed Level. Hopefully my scale won’t be too off from what you think. But either way, I think you should go for a scare your pants off book, you might love it!
Thriller Reads
Thriller-Lite
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott *
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Scare Your Pants Off (but you can quickly put them back on)
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig *
The Gates of Evangeline (#1), The Shimmering Road (#2), and The Burning Island (#3) all by Hester Young
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
The Cuckoo’s Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith (The series gets scarier as it goes on though.)
Lock the doors and Keep the lights on when you go to sleep
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
Do you have any favorite scary reads? Let me know what you’re reading!
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young
The Shimmering Road by Hester Young
The Burning Island by Hester Young
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
The Cuckoo’s Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
