Most Popular Thriller Books of the 1970s

Ripley #2

Ripley Under Ground

Patricia Highsmith

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

June 1, 1970

Rage

Richard Bachman

Thriller

1977

Touch Not the Cat

Mary Stewart

Fantasy · Thriller

1976

The Stone Leopard

Colin Forbes

Science Fiction · Thriller

1975

Breakheart Pass

Alistair MacLean

Thriller · Western

1974

Year of the Golden Ape

Colin Forbes

Science Fiction · Thriller

1974

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Peerless Peer

Philip José Farmer

War & Military · Sherlock Holmes · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery

1974

Caravan to Vaccarès

Alistair MacLean

Movie · Thriller

1970

Kane and Abel #3

Shall We Tell the President?

Jeffrey Archer

Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1977

Japan Sinks

Sakyo Komatsu

Science Fiction · Translation · Thriller

1976

The Terminal Man

Michael Crichton

Science Fiction · Thriller

1972

Where Are the Children #1

Where Are the Children?

Mary Higgins Clark

Mystery · Thriller

1975

The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #2

One Corpse Too Many

Ellis Peters

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 1, 1979

87th Precinct #33

Calypso

Ed McBain

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Christopher Paget #1

The Lasko Tangent

Richard North Patterson

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

The Kenneth Aubrey & Patrick Hyde #2

Snow Falcon

Craig Thomas

Spy Thriller · Thriller

January 1, 1979

The November Man #1

November Man

Bill Granger

Spy Thriller · Adult · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

To Catch a King

Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

August 21, 1979

Travis McGee #18

The Green Ripper

John D. MacDonald

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Herbie Kruger #1

The Nostradamus Traitor

John Gardner

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Paul Christopher #4

The Better Angels

Charles McCarry

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Red Fox

Gerald Seymour

Spy Thriller · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Kane and Abel #1

Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Archer

Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

The Charlie Muffin Thrillers #3

The Unscrutable Charlie Muffin

Brian Freemantle

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

The Debriefing

Robert Littell

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

March 1, 1979

The Eighth Dwarf

Ross Thomas

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

The Mantouche Factor

Michael Anderson Bradley

Science Fiction · Thriller

1979

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes

Loren D. Estleman

Horror · Thriller

1979

The Sweetman Curve

Graham Masterton

Thriller

1979

Guilty Until Proven Guilty

Brian McNaughton

Thriller

1979

Guts — An Illustrated Novel

Byron Preiss, C. J. Henderson

Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Thriller

1979

Such Stuff as Screams Are Made of

Robert Bloch

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Thriller

1979

Charlie Moon / Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon #2

False Notes

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Fantasy · Thriller

1979

The Felse Investigations #13

Rainbow's End

Ellis Peters

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1978

Robert Renwick #1

Prelude to Terror

Helen MacInnes

Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1978

Modesty Blaise series #8

Dragon's Claw

Peter O'Donnell

Crime Fiction · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1978