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The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,665,307 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,924 ratings — published 2010
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,302,358 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,329,608 ratings — published 2008
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,031,241 ratings — published 2022
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,573,284 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,360,551 ratings — published 2009
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,403,731 ratings — published 2015
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,916,141 ratings — published 2021
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,140,594 ratings — published 1992
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,185,774 ratings — published 2023
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,371,012 ratings — published 2020
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.77 — 517,560 ratings — published 2018
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,416,228 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,881,642 ratings — published 1997
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,898,239 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,539,006 ratings — published 2005
None of This Is True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,230,525 ratings — published 2023
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 872,561 ratings — published 2009
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,010,753 ratings — published 2014
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,024,770 ratings — published 2023
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,814,964 ratings — published 2018
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,727,251 ratings — published 1939
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,479,219 ratings — published 2017
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,503,067 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,992,194 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,078,106 ratings — published 1999
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.03 — 736,073 ratings — published 1995
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,469,008 ratings — published 2000
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,853,315 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 — 1,946,386 ratings — published 2019
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,641,252 ratings — published 2022
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,859,648 ratings — published 2016
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 611,337 ratings — published 2019
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,390,795 ratings — published 2011
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 823,922 ratings — published 2016
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,592,419 ratings — published 2003
The Beach (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.00 — 105,839 ratings — published 1996
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,829,302 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,950,371 ratings — published 2003
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 129,663 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 — 6,828 ratings — published 1997
Never Lie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,800,417 ratings — published 2022
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 730,509 ratings — published 2020
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,831,248 ratings — published 2007
Behind Closed Doors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 807,257 ratings — published 2016
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.09 — 760,093 ratings — published 1966
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,660,767 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,626,671 ratings — published 2003
“The truth has a way of coming out of the closet.”
― The Last Sunset
― The Last Sunset
“Satan’s breath be damned, the nasty beast is still in there.”
― Steel Blood
― Steel Blood
