Most Popular Thriller Books of the 1960s

Travis McGee #3

A Purple Place for Dying

John D. MacDonald

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1965

Boysie Oakes Thriller #2

Understrike

John Gardner

Spy Thriller · Adventure · Thriller

July 1, 1965

A Suspension of Mercy

Patricia Highsmith

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1965

Parker #6

The Jugger

Richard Stark

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1965

Quiller #1

The Quiller Memorandum

Adam Hall

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1965

Half of Paradise

James Lee Burke

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

1965

The Game of X

Robert Sheckley

Thriller

1965

Inspector Wexford #1

From Doon with Death

Ruth Rendell

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

87th Precinct #18

Ax

Ed McBain

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

The Most Dangerous Game

Gavin Lyall

Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Matt Helm #8

The Ravagers

Donald Hamilton

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

June 1, 1964

Matt Helm #7

The Shadowers

Donald Hamilton

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Passage by Night

Jack Higgins, Hugh Marlowe

Adventure · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Dillinger

Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson

Crime Fiction · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 22, 1964

Wrath Of The Lion

Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson

Spy Thriller · War & Military · Adventure · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Travis McGee #4

The Quick Red Fox

John D. MacDonald

Crime Fiction · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Travis McGee #2

Nightmare in Pink

John D. MacDonald

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Boysie Oakes Thriller #1

The Liquidator

John Gardner

Spy Thriller · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

The Glass Cell

Patricia Highsmith

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

The Two Faces of January

Patricia Highsmith

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Parker #5

The Score

Richard Stark

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1964

The Flight Of The Phoenix

Elleston Trevor

Adventure · Historical Fiction · Thriller

January 1, 1964

Harry Palmer #3

Funeral in Berlin

Len Deighton

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1964

A Kind of Anger

Eric Ambler

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1964

Miss Marple #9

A Caribbean Mystery

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · TV Series · Mystery · Thriller

November 24, 1964

The Venetian Affair

Helen MacInnes

Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

January 1, 1963

87th Precinct #17

Ten Plus One

Ed McBain

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1963

After The Fine Weather

Michael Gilbert

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1963

Matt Helm #6

The Ambushers

Donald Hamilton

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1963

James Bond #11

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Ian Fleming

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

April 1, 1963

Sheba

Jack Higgins, Hugh Marlowe

Spy Thriller · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1963

The Dark Side of the Island

Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson

Spy Thriller · War & Military · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery

August 21, 1963

Pay the Devil

Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson

Thriller

January 1, 1963

The Drowner

John D. MacDonald

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1963

Parker #4

The Mourner

Richard Stark

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1963

Parker #3

The Outfit

Richard Stark

Crime Fiction · Graphic Novels · Comics · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1963