Browsing: Psychological Thrillers

A Man Booker Prize–winning novel with over 37,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: A boy born just as India wins independence finds his path inextricably linked with his country’s in this “marvelous epic” (Newsweek) from “a master of perpetual storytelling” (The New Yorker).

A literary classic with over 555,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: When a plane full of schoolboys crashes on a deserted island, the young survivors create their own society — and reveal the brutality of human nature. “Exciting, relevant, and thought-provoking” (Stephen King).

“Haunting, lyrical, entirely absorbing… Deserves a place on the shelf next to classics like True Grit and To Kill a Mockingbird” (O, The Oprah Magazine): Left to care for her grandson alone after her daughter’s departure, Olivia delves into bitter secrets surrounding her family and small mountain town.

In this visionary novel, an apocalyptic disaster renders one woman the last human being on Earth. Can she learn to survive while trapped behind an invisible wall? “Wonderful… as absorbing as Robinson Crusoe” (Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing), with over 2,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and the modern classics My Sister’s Keeper, The…

A psychological page-turner with nearly 1,400 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Emily had a seemingly perfect life — so what made her leave her happy family and take on a new identity? Secrets abound in this “skillfully done novel by a writer to watch” (Booklist).

A New York Times bestseller! When a theology student turns up dead on the English seashore, detective Adam Dalgliesh sets out to solve an unholy case of murder. “Masterful” (Publishers Weekly starred review).