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The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,599,842 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,333 ratings — published 2010
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,147,552 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,264,497 ratings — published 2008
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,959,436 ratings — published 2022
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,552,939 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,326,387 ratings — published 2009
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,852,724 ratings — published 2021
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,386,150 ratings — published 2015
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,162,588 ratings — published 2023
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,358,125 ratings — published 2020
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,370,689 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,792,348 ratings — published 1997
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,119,985 ratings — published 1992
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,868,131 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,524,470 ratings — published 2005
None of This Is True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,209,529 ratings — published 2023
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.77 — 511,857 ratings — published 2018
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 867,291 ratings — published 2009
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,943,334 ratings — published 2023
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,707,269 ratings — published 1939
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,420,167 ratings — published 2017
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 972,073 ratings — published 2014
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,485,042 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,974,992 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,031,694 ratings — published 1999
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,617,574 ratings — published 2022
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.95 — 604,883 ratings — published 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,787,985 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,376,613 ratings — published 2011
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 806,665 ratings — published 2016
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,581,809 ratings — published 2003
The Beach (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.00 — 104,956 ratings — published 1996
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,813,277 ratings — published 1996
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 127,943 ratings — published 1955
Layer Cake (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,337 ratings — published 2000
City of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.10 — 6,761 ratings — published 1997
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,457,979 ratings — published 2000
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,812,483 ratings — published 2024
Never Lie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,748,875 ratings — published 2022
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,920,156 ratings — published 2019
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,825,707 ratings — published 2016
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,815,526 ratings — published 2007
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,655,172 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,606,201 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,917,857 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,663,190 ratings — published 1998
Kill Your Friends (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.90 — 15,642 ratings — published 2008
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.12 — 186,081 ratings — published 1993
Crash (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.66 — 34,502 ratings — published 1973
“He motioned for Elpidio to sit down after watching him pace the room in circles. Elpidio pulled out a chair and admitted, 'I've messed up in more ways than I can count.”
― Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller
― Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller
“Imagine there’s no Sadness, it’s easy if you try…” whoever sings, John something. “Nothing white inside us, around us only DIE… Imagine all the Shells, Loving everyday—“ ”
― Motive Black
― Motive Black
