The most gripping thriller? share your thoughts to win £50 Selfridges vouchers

Incidentally, I definitely would not recommend the book in the OP. I just finished reading it and didn't enjoy it at all.

The secret History, so intense that I still think about it 10 years on.
A year ago the BBC did a radio version and it was every bit as thrilling as the first time, almost like it was new to me.

Anything by Stephen King but especially The Stand. Also love early Patricia Cornwell books and anything by Karin Slaughter.

A Fatal Inversion by Ruth Rendell. The ending made me scream out loud.

She was at the height of her powers when she wrote this. It is so creepy, really does put a lot of the modern stuff to shame.

I liked Tide Line by Penny Hancock. Perhaps because a large part of the book was set by the river Thames which made the locations easy to place.

Dragon Tattoo series I loved expect that some of the details went a bit far such as the descriptions of an Ikea Lamp or furniture. It described the make, model etc… details like that I skim read as it got on my nerves to be honest.

I didn’t find In to the darkest corner that scary but I did like it.

I loved the book Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. I thought it was even better and more exciting than Gone Girl.

I can't wait to see the film! :)

I will definitely watch this thread for new recommendations.

Every Dead Thing by John Connolly, Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane and Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris are probably the best thrillers I ever read. I really enjoyed Presumed Innocent but it wasn't as scary as those three.

Should love to receive a copy of this. Can't seem to get to form!

Two thrillers that kept me up all night - admittedly I was a lot younger when I read them, now nothing keeps me up all night!

A Simple Plan - Scott Smith
Presumed Innocent - Scott Turow

Just finished 'Burnt Paper Sky' by Gilly MacMillan. I read it in a day - it's been a while since a book gripped me enough to do that. I thought having two narrators was effective and added to the suspense as their states of mind were often at odds with each other.

I also enjoyed 'Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend' by Matthew Green. It's a similar subject matter to the above, but told from a more unusual point of view.

The Woman in White

Cold Hands by John Niven. He is my favourite author and doesn't get nearly the recognition that he should.

Provo and Kara's Game by Gordon Stevens. Political/action thrillers rather than psycho-ex ones (though I like those too) Very underrated writer IMO and reread both regularly. Real thumping pageturners.

Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner was a real page turner for me. Was so enthralled by it that I just couldn't put it down! That was the last page turner BC (before children!) Then when my third DC was born in July & I had to go back into hospital with him to get his jaundice treated - I got hubby to bring in Robert Thorogood's A Meditation on Murder & I was hooked! Was so happy MN had sent me that one to read as it really helped pass the time we were stuck in hospital

oops, I just realised we were asked for a Thriller. Not sure HP fits the bill.

One I read recently was The Darkest Room by Johann Theorin. It was the kind of book I didn't want to stop reading and was looking forward to bedtime to read it again.

I'm not entirely sure it counts as a thriller but Wilkie Collins' 'The Woman in White' is certainly a page turner, and is packed with plenty of good thriller-esque elements - a strangely enticing villain, vulnerable women, sexual attraction, races across the country at nighttime etc. Far, far superior to the modern airport shop stuff! :)

I read a lot of books and generally am up into the night reading something or other. But my stand-out unputdownable books goes right back to the soft spot I have for the Harry Potter series. Even on my re-reads I stay up all night.

I absolutely loved the Goldfinch and Donna Tartt's The Secret History has been on my to-read list for a while. From what I've read above, I'm now going to put a few meals in the fridge for the DCs and hide away for a while...

Unallocated Space by Jerry Hatchett. I had no expectations of it, it was a cheap Kindle book and I'd never heard of the author before but I read it until I finished it, long after I should have been asleep, because I couldn't put it down.

I'm really glad Rogue Male is on here - I absoutely loved that.

I love to re-read The Riddle of the Sands which is a wonderful read but I do sometimes think I prefer the comic opening to the rest of the novel.

I know Dick Francis seems very old hat these days but his best ones will knock your socks off if you accept some of it will be dated - I think Flying Finish is a fantastic book and can't understand why it was never filmed. Also The Danger, another briliant page-turner.

Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch did it for me. A remarkable book. A drama that seemingly has everything. Very disappointed that it had to end!

Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey - Gripping , heartbreaking, twisting and fabulous
Based on some of the most human experiences
Simply beautiful

Sleep tight by Abbott Rachel was so intense , started reading it at 9pm finished by 3am I couldn't put it down

I can't decide between The Secret History, Gone Girl and Apple Tree Yard.

The thriller that kept me up all night was 'Serial uncut' by Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch. I'm a huge thriller fan so it's hard to impress me, but this book hit all the right spots. Some may find it to be too much, but for me it is just perfect.