What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Hello, I am looking for books where kidnapping or being kidnapped is the main idea of the story. I would prefer psychological thrillers where the victim is being kidnapped by a psychopath or something similar, but I am open to ANY genre. If you guys have any suggestions, any at all, please feel free to comment. Thank you. xx

Many children's/young adult fiction kidnapping books listed here (over 280 tagged), which is my interest. Also see profile for more specific subjects within this and also some adult fiction, which I don't read but separated when searching for bus related kidnapping fiction for someone's book search.

I've already read Stolen and it is one of my favorite books. But thanks anyway. You have good taste. :-)

Bookel, thank you for the suggestions. I'm adding some of them to my tbr list. :-)

A classic and my favourite The Collector

Living Dead Girl was a good one too

And Cloak and Dagger

The Viking Process
The Gormenghast Novels
Man On Fire (I think?)
The Collector
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Welcome to Xanadu.

Taken! is a kind of kidnapping book.
Just a Hint-Clint has a kidnapping and rescue in it

Both of these are romances, so mostly it's about the romance, with the kidnapping being what gets the 2 together.

I've already read a few of what you guys have suggested but thank you for the other suggestions! :-D

It's part of a series, and it kind of helps to have read most of the series so you know the characters, but: Just One Evil Act.

What the Dead Know
Missing Child
Room

A Dog's Ransom

You didn't say it had to be a human, right?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

I read one that was pretty good.
No Second Chance by Harlan Coben.
I just started reading some of his books and I've been enjoying them a lot.

Chevy Stevens, Still Missing

How about The Girl in the Box or Last Seen on Hopper's Lane

or The Face on the Milk Carton.

What about Gemma by Meg Tilly? It gets a little graphic, but it's pretty good if I remember right! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

The Stolen Child
Room
Daddy Love haven't read this one yet, but it's got pretty good reviews.

Five Were Missing

Do they have to remain alive after the kidnapping? Because there are tons of thrillers where victims are abducted and then killed. I'm guessing you are less interested in that?

No that will do too(albeit a bit of a spoiler haha). But yeah, if you have any suggestions that'd be great. I'd like for the books to be as realistic as it can be.

Checking back, just a recap of some books I linked to (I haven't read all of them yet, but have read quite a few).

I'm almost finished the final book in the Janie series (now 5 books) by Caroline B. Cooney. The final book also looks at the kidnapper's point of view. All make excellent reading.

Children's/young adult fiction authors that wrote a lot of kidnapping fiction include Peg Kehret, Willo Davis Roberts, Lois Duncan and Margaret Goff Clark.

You may enjoy Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin, and, Monster Man by Glyn Parry. I think the latter has point of view from the kidnapper, and both were not entirely my kind of story, but based on what you say you might like them.

A few I recommend that I grew up with include: The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore by Joan Lowery Nixon, On the Edge by Gillian Cross, Prove Yourself a Hero by K. M. Peyton, and probably my favourite, Who Stole Kathy Young? by Margaret Goff Clark.

I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman

here is the description on Goodreads:
A chilling tale that could only come from the pen of the bestselling wizard of suspense, Whitley Strieber. Here is a story so terrifying it will leave you breathless. Whitley Strieber's newest novel about a young boy who is kidnapped by a deranged misfit is a shocking look into the dark soul of a psychopath.

In the Presence of the Enemy
The Deep End of the Ocean

Wow thanks guys. Those sound promising. :-)

How about Girl, Stolen by April Henry?
"Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills a prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, the car is being stolen.

Griffin hadn't meant to kidnap Cheyenne and once he finds out that not only does she have pneumonia, but that she's blind, he really doesn't know what to do. When his dad finds out that Cheyenne's father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes--now there's a reason to keep her."

King of the Badgers

Jimmy The Kid by Donald Westlake is the only Dortmunder book I haven't been able to get my hands on. My understanding is that it owes more than a bit to The Ransom of Red Chief, as Our Heroes decide they'll kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom. It's not their usual sort of crime, but they've got a novel that details a kindapping plot that worked out fine for the bad guys, so how hard could it be?

Reading it now: The Church of Dead Girls.

Has anyone suggested The Solid Gold Kid Norma Fox Mazer. I read it as a young girl in the 1970s. It stuck with me for years. Also, I recall Killing Mr. Griffin Lois Duncan.

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Five Were Missing"

also published as Ransom Lois Duncan

Sport by Louise Fitzhugh. This is about a custody battle between ex-husband and wife, but kidnapping and attempted kidnapping do occur. Sorry, I couldn't get the add book function to work this time.

Pamela, if you were trying to do that in one off the apps--they don't do that. A serious shortcoming on the part of the apps, since more and more people aren't even bothering with a full fledged computer any more, just using tablets and smart phones of whatever stripe.

No, I was doing from my desktop. Sport
Okay, this time it worked.

Slain in the Spirit

The Collector by John Fowles

The first part of the novel is from the perspective of the abductor and the second part of the novel is from the perspective of the abducted. It is a fantastic read and would highly recommend it.

Another one you may consider is Room by Emma Donaghue, I won't write too much as to the plot as that is the beauty of the novel, is the unwinding of all details, but it is well placed as a novel that provides a perspective to something that is not mentioned a great deal except by newspaper accounts.

They Disappeared by Rick Mofina

Not sure if you'd be into the genre, and I see no one else posted it, but how about Louisa May Alcott's adult novel, A Long Fatal Love Chase?

http://www.amazon.com/A-Long-Fatal-Lo...

The Murder Artist: A Thriller
Estranged from his wife, television news correspondent Alex Callahan is enjoying an entertaining excusion to a rural Renaissance fair with his twin six-year-old sons when the two boys mysteriously vanish without a trace.

Still Missing

Spy Cat is the best I've got, even though it's middle-grade.

Creep by Jennifer Hillier has the whole pyschopath thing done very well! Interesting read and there's also this list if you're interested: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Oooh lots to choose from. Thanks y'all! :-)

The Wrong Mother

Just remembered this one: Taking Terri Mueller

The Dispatcher
Down the Darkest Road
The English Girl
Taken

The Danger by Dick Francis