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The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,665,878 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,930 ratings — published 2010
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,303,556 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,330,174 ratings — published 2008
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,031,813 ratings — published 2022
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,573,483 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,360,911 ratings — published 2009
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,403,895 ratings — published 2015
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,916,575 ratings — published 2021
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,140,810 ratings — published 1992
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,185,977 ratings — published 2023
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,371,123 ratings — published 2020
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.77 — 517,614 ratings — published 2018
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,416,603 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,882,254 ratings — published 1997
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,898,546 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,539,091 ratings — published 2005
None of This Is True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,230,695 ratings — published 2023
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 872,622 ratings — published 2009
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,011,130 ratings — published 2014
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,025,664 ratings — published 2023
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,815,150 ratings — published 2018
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,727,451 ratings — published 1939
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,479,718 ratings — published 2017
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,503,218 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,992,344 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,078,444 ratings — published 1999
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.03 — 736,408 ratings — published 1995
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,469,102 ratings — published 2000
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,853,661 ratings — published 2024
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,946,596 ratings — published 2019
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,641,445 ratings — published 2022
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,859,913 ratings — published 2016
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 611,390 ratings — published 2019
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,390,916 ratings — published 2011
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 824,058 ratings — published 2016
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,592,506 ratings — published 2003
The Beach (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.00 — 105,847 ratings — published 1996
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,829,441 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,950,633 ratings — published 2003
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 129,671 ratings — published 1955
Layer Cake (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,373 ratings — published 2000
City of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,829 ratings — published 1997
Never Lie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,800,888 ratings — published 2022
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 730,575 ratings — published 2020
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,831,387 ratings — published 2007
Behind Closed Doors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 807,322 ratings — published 2016
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.09 — 760,143 ratings — published 1966
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,660,813 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,626,864 ratings — published 2003
“That is a death I will think of often and with great fondness.”
― Steel Blood
― Steel Blood
“We hunt as we've always done, part sport, part grocery shopping.”
― Down in the Valley
― Down in the Valley
