Most Popular Suspense Thriller Books of the 20th century

Hannibal Lecter #2

The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris

Horror · Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Movie · Mystery

July 1, 1988

Lucas Davenport #10

Certain Prey

John Sandford

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1999

Lucas Davenport #9

Secret Prey

John Sandford

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1998

Lucas Davenport #7

Mind Prey

John Sandford

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1995

Lucas Davenport #6

Night Prey

John Sandford

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1994

Lucas Davenport #5

Winter Prey

John Sandford

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1993

Inspector Rebus Novels #1

Knots and Crosses

Ian Rankin

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1987

Kenzie and Gennaro #5

Prayers for Rain

Dennis Lehane

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1999

Kindle County Legal #5

Personal Injuries

Scott Turow

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1999

Kenzie and Gennaro #4

Gone, Baby, Gone

Dennis Lehane

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1998

Kenzie and Gennaro #3

Sacred

Dennis Lehane

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1997

FBI Profiler #1

The Perfect Husband

Lisa Gardner

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1997

Kay Scarpetta #8

Unnatural Exposure

Patricia Cornwell

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1997

Kenzie and Gennaro #2

Darkness, Take My Hand

Dennis Lehane

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1996

Kindle County Legal #4

The Laws of our Fathers

Scott Turow

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1996

Our Game

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1995

Kindle County Legal #3

Pleading Guilty

Scott Turow

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1993

The Night Manager

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1993

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #4

Free Fall

Robert Crais

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1993

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #3

Lullaby Town

Robert Crais

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1992

Kindle County Legal #2

Burden of Proof

Scott Turow

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1990

John Sutter #1

The Gold Coast

Nelson DeMille

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

April 1, 1990

Play Dead

Harlan Coben

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1990

The Russia House

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1989

A Perfect Spy

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1986

The Little Drummer Girl

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1983

Cathedral

Nelson DeMille

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

February 1, 1981

By the Rivers of Babylon

Nelson DeMille

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1979

James Penney's New Identity

Lee Child

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1999

California Fire and Life

Don Winslow

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1999

Cork O'Connor Mystery #2

Boundary Waters

William Kent Krueger

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1999

Speaking in Tongues

Jeffery Deaver

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1999

Where Serpents Lie

T. Jefferson Parker

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1998

Critical Mass

Steve Martini

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1998

Doc Ford #6

The Mangrove Coast

Randy Wayne White

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1998

Jesse Stone #2

Trouble in Paradise

Robert B. Parker

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1998