Why am I passionate about this?
I have read thrillers for as long as I can remember reading adult novels. I can chart my life of reading from Robert Parker to David Baldacci to Jeffery Deaver and todayās luminaries such as Sarah Pekkanen, Mary Kubica, and all the authors listed below. While I love a good beach or airport read, the novels that stick with youāthat make you want to clear your schedule because you need to sit and think about what youāve just readāare my favorites.
Matthew's book list on thrillers to make your heart thump
Why did Matthew love this book?
A traumatizing incident that brings teens together, only to be rehashed years later when one of them goes missing during a storm in a secluded location? Megan Mirandaās book hits every mark for a must-read thriller.
I loved the weaved flashbacks, hinting at what happened without giving the full story, even until the end. Knowing enough about who survivedāand who must not haveāmade every flashback fraught with foreboding tension. One of the things I love most in a book is when the story seems complete, and then one tiny extra detail is revealed, completely changing how you think.
I felt like I was there, both in the present at the Outer Banks beach house and in the past, on the banks of the river after the horrible bus crash.
1 author picked The Only Survivors as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Ever since, the nine survivors - just teenagers at the time - have met on the anniversary to remember those they lost. They made a promise to keep each other safe from harm. For Cassidy, always the outsider at school, this group has felt almost like friendship.
But this year, their reunion is overshadowed by death and the disappearance of one of their own. As the week unravels, Cassidy begins to fear something darker than survivors' guilt has bound them together. Was their pact toā¦