Literary Suspense Books
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The Plot (The Book Series, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.81 — 141,660 ratings — published 2021
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,041,793 ratings — published 1992
The God of the Woods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.11 — 824,756 ratings — published 2024
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,313,419 ratings — published 2019
Age of Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.61 — 34,089 ratings — published 2023
All the Colors of the Dark (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.24 — 462,478 ratings — published 2024
Madwoman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.70 — 27,064 ratings — published 2024
I Have Some Questions for You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.59 — 141,884 ratings — published 2023
Big Lies in a Small Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.13 — 106,802 ratings — published 2020
The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.00 — 203,068 ratings — published 2022
The Glass Hotel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.69 — 196,916 ratings — published 2020
We Begin at the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.18 — 177,042 ratings — published 2020
Who Is Maud Dixon? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.82 — 41,192 ratings — published 2021
Apples Never Fall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.75 — 445,873 ratings — published 2021
The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,155,877 ratings — published 2021
The Maidens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.61 — 445,965 ratings — published 2021
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,294,870 ratings — published 2020
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,654,203 ratings — published 2018
Pretty Things (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.89 — 89,605 ratings — published 2020
Catherine House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.11 — 29,176 ratings — published 2020
The Hypnotist's Love Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.71 — 162,529 ratings — published 2011
Long Bright River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.04 — 193,829 ratings — published 2020
I Found You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.93 — 174,755 ratings — published 2016
The Fifth Petal (Salem, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.66 — 5,257 ratings — published 2017
The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.85 — 94,809 ratings — published
The Night Sister (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.70 — 26,219 ratings — published 2015
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.85 — 862,202 ratings — published 2005
The Light in the Ruins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.68 — 30,207 ratings — published 2013
The Rule of Four (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.29 — 38,637 ratings — published 2004
The Light Between Oceans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.04 — 481,270 ratings — published 2012
The Seduction of Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.77 — 5,330 ratings — published 2003
Secrets of Eden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.46 — 14,155 ratings — published 2010
Heartwood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.93 — 89,718 ratings — published 2025
Hawk Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.73 — 3,964 ratings — published 2022
Groupies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.38 — 3,473 ratings — published 2022
Small Deaths (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.49 — 526 ratings — published 2021
Black River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,519 ratings — published
The Sun Down Motel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.99 — 193,035 ratings — published 2020
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.07 — 291,465 ratings — published 2013
Among the Lesser Gods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,917 ratings — published 2017
The Body Borrowed; Only room for one: Stolen memories, borrowed flesh (The Borrowed Body; Only room for one)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Novels by Sarah Waters: Tipping the Velvet, the Little Stranger, the Night Watch, Fingersmith (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.12 — 94 ratings — published
Looking Glass Sound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.45 — 18,357 ratings — published 2023
Butter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.45 — 118,822 ratings — published 2017
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.97 — 23,169 ratings — published 2025
All Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.21 — 5,332 ratings — published 2021
The Grand Paloma Resort (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.32 — 2,910 ratings — published 2025
Head Cases (Head Cases, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,366 ratings — published 2025
Take It Back (Zara Kaleel, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,372 ratings — published 2019
Beautiful Ugly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-suspense)
avg rating 3.60 — 322,449 ratings — published 2025
“In this garden, the air was sweet and clean, like the cool water running in the creek. Beyond the garden was the rainforest, a damp cathedrfral of fragrant myrtle and sassafras, sprawling mosses and ancient lichen... There was only one road into Vanishing Falls... the road meandered through hilly green pastures where black-and-white cows grazed, past pretty weatherboard farmhouses with splendid man ferns out front, thick hedges, and rose gardens.”
― Vanishing Falls
― Vanishing Falls
“Burying a person in the rainforest is like throwing a body off a boat into the ocean. It's too dense to search...”
― Vanishing Falls
― Vanishing Falls


