49 books
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46 voters
Tense Books
Showing 1-50 of 2,436
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as tense)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,840,413 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as tense)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,127,559 ratings — published 2009
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as tense)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,200,555 ratings — published 2019
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as tense)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,451,803 ratings — published 2023
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,427,305 ratings — published 2012
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as tense)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,695,866 ratings — published 2010
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 7 times as tense)
avg rating 4.51 — 998,981 ratings — published 2025
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,403,755 ratings — published 1985
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.19 — 561,341 ratings — published 2021
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,115,577 ratings — published 2022
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,270,006 ratings — published 2015
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as tense)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,360,442 ratings — published 2011
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.94 — 868,534 ratings — published 2021
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.54 — 98,357 ratings — published 2022
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,712,336 ratings — published 2018
Five Survive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.08 — 268,802 ratings — published 2022
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,278,808 ratings — published 2011
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,658,695 ratings — published 2017
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.57 — 764,638 ratings — published 2016
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 4.08 — 832,800 ratings — published 2010
Before I Go to Sleep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as tense)
avg rating 3.90 — 367,263 ratings — published 2011
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,599,585 ratings — published 2025
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.81 — 391,406 ratings — published 1959
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,534,596 ratings — published 2023
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.07 — 588,793 ratings — published 2022
Does It Hurt? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.89 — 260,011 ratings — published 2022
The Perfect Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,136,836 ratings — published 2020
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,745,782 ratings — published 2019
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.33 — 956,030 ratings — published 2019
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,148,804 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,137,932 ratings — published 2015
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,723,001 ratings — published 1996
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,159,954 ratings — published 2020
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,016,789 ratings — published 1992
Credence (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.67 — 578,579 ratings — published 2020
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.78 — 422,628 ratings — published 2015
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,618,172 ratings — published 2012
The Only Good Indians (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.68 — 113,238 ratings — published 2020
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,467,487 ratings — published 1897
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,214,390 ratings — published 2006
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,144,882 ratings — published 2015
The Institute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.19 — 338,560 ratings — published 2019
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 3.51 — 200,335 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.27 — 752,089 ratings — published 2014
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as tense)
avg rating 4.08 — 211,979 ratings — published 2003
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as tense)
avg rating 3.66 — 439,392 ratings — published 2020
“Nearing the Riefler's big red brick house he could see the yellow light spill out on the galerie Yvonne had insisted her German husband wrap around the house. There was a tightening in Victor's chest. It happened to him whenever he got close to the Riefler's house, or church on Sunday- anytime he thought he might catch a glimpse of Celena.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing
“It was time to start thinking of darker things.”
― Black Fire
― Black Fire














