What makes a thriller thrilling? Nonstop action, precarious situations, hair-raising suspense, and heroic characters all exemplify the best thrillers on the market, and here are just some of the best curated by the Plotlens review team.
For your reading pleasure, we’ve compiled a list of real double-trouble: the world’s best thrillers, featuring both recent and timeless stories. They’re organized by 10 popular thriller categories.
1. The Spy Thriller The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré (1963) is the quintessential espionage thriller. Set during the Cold War, this rich tale still captivates with its spellbinding portrayal of the world of secret agents. And don’t miss: any of Daniel Silva’s novels featuring Gabriel Allon, art restorer and former Israeli assassin. The most recent, The English Girl, came out in 2012.
2. The Techno Thriller Ian Fleming started it all with James Bond and his arsenal of clever gadgets, some not so far-fetched anymore. The best Bond book? From Russia with Love (1957). But 1950s James Bond could never have imagined the dizzyingly high-tech world we live in now, or the questions that would arise about online identity and surveillance. For a 2013 seat-of-your-chair thriller that’ll make you think about where we could be headed, read Dave Eggers’ The Circle.
3. The Classic Thriller The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (1898) was one of the world’s pioneering thrillers, introducing this genre, unknown at the time, to worldwide acclaim. More recently, Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic The Stand is an undisputed classic. Originally published in 1978, the master of horror released a longer, “uncut” version in 1990, with a new paperback incarnation in the summer of 2012. Terrifying at any length.
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