Most Popular Thriller Books of the 1980s

Home Run

Gerald Seymour

Spy Thriller · Thriller

January 1, 1989

A Journeyman Tailor

Gerald Seymour

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Thriller

January 1, 1989

On the Edge

Peter Lovesey

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1989

Spenser #16

Playmates

Robert B. Parker

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

April 27, 1989

The Charlie Muffin Thrillers #9

Comrade Charlie

Brian Freemantle

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

September 15, 1989

The Fourth Durango

Ross Thomas

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

August 1, 1989

Quiller #13

Quiller KGB

Adam Hall

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1989

Bernard Samson #5

Spy Line

Len Deighton

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

1989

Jake Grafton #4

The Minotaur

Stephen Coonts

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Adventure · Thriller

1989

Will Lee #4

Grass Roots

Stuart Woods

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1989

Sherlock Holmes and the Brighton Pavilion Mystery

Val Andrews

Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

August 18, 1989

Jack Paine Mysteries

Cold Night

Al Sarrantonio

Thriller

1989

To the Seventh Power

Felice Picano

Science Fiction · Thriller

1989

Final Friends #3

The Graduation

Christopher Pike

Young Adult · Thriller

1989

Last Act

Christopher Pike

Young Adult · Thriller

1989

Cold Eye

Giles Blunt

Horror · Thriller

1989

Quarry

C. Terry Cline, Jr.

Thriller

1989

The Night of the Moonbow

Thomas Tryon

Horror · Thriller

1989

Solomon's Knife

Victor Koman

Science Fiction · Thriller

1989

Rapture

Thomas Tessier

Thriller

1989

Cold in July

Joe R. Lansdale

Thriller

1989

Constance and Charlie #3

Smart House

Kate Wilhelm

Thriller

1989

Night Angel

Kate Green

Thriller

1989

The Refuge

Chaz Brenchley

Thriller

1989

Fear and Trembling

Robert Bloch

Horror · Short Stories · Thriller

1989

The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #15

The Confession of Brother Haluin

Ellis Peters

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

March 1, 1988

The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1

A Rare Benedictine

Ellis Peters

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

Matthew Hope Mysteries #8

The House that Jack Built

Ed McBain

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

Flashback

Michael Palmer

Horror · Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

V.I. Warshawski #5

Blood Shot

Sara Paretsky

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

The Kenneth Aubrey & Patrick Hyde #6

Wildcat

Craig Thomas

Spy Thriller · Thriller

October 6, 1988

Harry Maxim Spy Thrillers #4

Uncle Target

Gavin Lyall

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

Steeltown

James Grady

Thriller

November 1, 1988

The November Man #8

The Infant of Prague

Bill Granger

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

November 1, 1988

The November Man #9

Henry McGee Is Not Dead

Bill Granger

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1988

A Wilderness of Mirrors

Ted Allbeury

Spy Thriller · Thriller

April 1, 1988