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The Best Thrillers of the Year So Far
These twisty suspense novels will keep you on the edge of your seat.
We chose the 10 best thrillers of 2023. See the complete list.
I want a novel filled with jaw-dropping twists and turns
Big Time, by Ben H. Winters
This weird and wonderfully cautionary tale about futuristic technology run amok features a plucky kidnapped schoolteacher and a schlumpy bureaucrat in the Food and Drug Administration who, roused to action, turns into an ingenious accidental heroine. The book raises an intriguing though academic (at least so far) question: Is it possible to steal time from one person and give it to someone else?
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Give me a fat, satisfying, character-driven novel I can lose myself in for hours
The Hunter, by Tana French
We first met Cal, a retired American cop, in the pages of French’s previous novel “The Searcher,” when he moved from Chicago to rural Ireland. He’s formed a family of sorts with a local woman and a rebellious teenager at odds with her own parents, but the community’s equilibrium is shattered by the unexpected return of the teenager’s silver-tongued father, who’s peddling a dodgy get-rich-quick scheme. The mysteries of the town are so complicated and so satisfying that by the time the actual murder comes, you’re already hooked.
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I want characters I can root for
The Princess of Las Vegas, by Chris Bohjalian
