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The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,664,599 ratings — published 2019
The Elephant Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.92 — 45,922 ratings — published 2010
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 27 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,300,925 ratings — published 2018
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,328,856 ratings — published 2008
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,030,466 ratings — published 2022
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,573,085 ratings — published 2012
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,360,145 ratings — published 2009
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,403,542 ratings — published 2015
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,915,531 ratings — published 2021
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,140,341 ratings — published 1992
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,185,566 ratings — published 2023
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,370,852 ratings — published 2020
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.77 — 517,462 ratings — published 2018
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,415,743 ratings — published 2015
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,880,844 ratings — published 1997
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,897,899 ratings — published 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,538,851 ratings — published 2005
None of This Is True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,230,289 ratings — published 2023
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 872,517 ratings — published 2009
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,010,308 ratings — published 2014
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.56 — 4,023,668 ratings — published 2023
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,814,706 ratings — published 2018
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,727,015 ratings — published 1939
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,478,617 ratings — published 2017
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,502,888 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,992,006 ratings — published 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,077,704 ratings — published 1999
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.03 — 735,634 ratings — published 1995
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,468,919 ratings — published 2000
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,852,919 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 — 1,946,104 ratings — published 2019
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,641,060 ratings — published 2022
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,859,288 ratings — published 2016
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 611,270 ratings — published 2019
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,390,668 ratings — published 2011
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.13 — 823,729 ratings — published 2016
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,592,328 ratings — published 2003
The Beach (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.00 — 105,833 ratings — published 1996
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,829,153 ratings — published 1996
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,950,051 ratings — published 2003
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 129,654 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 — 6,827 ratings — published 1997
Never Lie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,799,822 ratings — published 2022
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 730,434 ratings — published 2020
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,831,082 ratings — published 2007
Behind Closed Doors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 807,168 ratings — published 2016
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.09 — 760,039 ratings — published 1966
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,660,710 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gripping)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,626,471 ratings — published 2003
“The face that was engulfed in sadness just a few moments ago was now having a diabolical glow.”
― The Pink Cadillac
― The Pink Cadillac
“ ‘I knew it, I knew it, I damn well knew it,’ he shouted. ‘The President was right you’re all infected with this wretched MeMe chromosome even at the dawn of your pathetic little planet’s evolution. You do realise of course there’s no hope for you. It’s all going to be a complete and utter waste of time. You and your little planet are all doomed.”
― Our Blue Orange
― Our Blue Orange
