Best Recent Mystery Thriller Books According to Goodreads || My Reviews 

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She is french Canadian. Also spoiler . . . . . .Violet definitely pushed her brother's stroller.She definitely is a baby killer

my ratings of the ones i've read: the silent patient - 5🌟 the guest list - 3🌟 the last thing he told me - 2🌟 the turn of the key - 2🌟 the push - 5🌟 the maidens - 4🌟 lock every door - 4🌟 the wife upstairs - 3🌟 the whisper man - 4🌟 home before dark - 5🌟 long bright river - 4🌟 local woman missing - 3🌟 invisible girl - 4🌟 rock paper scissors - 4🌟 the good sister - 3🌟 the night swim - 2🌟 the night she disappeared - 4🌟 the plot - 3🌟 survive the night - 3🌟 a good marriage - 3🌟 the other black girl - 2🌟 the maid - 2🌟 a flicker in the dark - 3🌟

What are your favorite mystery/thriller books from this list?

I have a similar relationship with murder mystery books. The only ones that made it to my favourite list are A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and the 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The silent patient I even cried narrating the book to my friend just because of how exciting and amazing the plot twist was.DON T CARE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE SAYS ITS LITERALLY HE BEST BOOK EVERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

The Thursday Murder Club and it's sequel are super cute but I consider them more mystery than thriller. This is probably why they worked for me because I have been having a hard time enjoying thrillers lately. I really enjoyed The Push. It worked as a horror for me. I just remember that time after my son was born how hard it was and how depressed and tired I was and I felt for the main character. It just clicked for me. I couldn't put it down.

This is my first video of yours I've watched, and as I was scrolling through goodreads and watching your video I found a review you left! What a cute coincidence ♡ I'll have to check out your recommendations

The Thursday Murder Club is absolutely amazing, and *very* British - if you're reading it, I highly recommend the audiobook ♥

trusting Emily with thriller recommendations since 'All the Missing Girls' and 'The kind worth killing'

I actually really liked the maid. Not for the mystery aspect but the character is good. She is on the spectrum and you get her point of view and how she interpret people behaviors. I would say give it a chance. It is at least different.

Loved this video! Many of the books you mention are on my tbr. I also really enjoyed The night swim.

I really liked “The Push” as well-quite a surprise!

I love how to the point and honest you are!

I’m so excited to hear your thoughts on these!!! I’m literally just starting a vlog where I read goodreads top thrillers 🤣

Aaaa yes Razorblade Tears. I would have never picked it up if it wasn't in the goodreads top 10 and it's a top 5 read out of almost 450 books I've read so far. It is so good and I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on it

I am a big fan of 'The Silent Patient' However it is refreshing to see mixed honest reviews. I like that she is so opinionated. So if she l Ikes a book it is probably pretty good.

Highly recommend the Tuesday Murder Club books. They’re so fun. Also Razorblade Tears was amazing. Very upsetting in some parts but really great writing.

The Thursday murder club is such a fun read! Old people getting into mischiefand and solving crimes. It also tells their back stories, relationships with each other and the two police officers. The book is not life changing but a really fun read 😊

I'm 19 books into the Jack Reacher series. If you want to give it a shot (pun intended) Start with "Killing Floor." They are kinda just shoot em' up action movies. My favorites were "Persuader" and "Tripwire". I'm only about 60% sure I'm going to continue the series bc they do get repetitive and at this point he's pretty much just a superhero. There are a few ultrabadass women but they don't show up much. Hope this was helpfull.

I’m not really into contemporary mystery/thrillers, but I know my mom loves John Grisham books. Couldn’t tell you why, though lol.

I think your shirt already says everything about the books lol. I only read the push from these books and really enjoyed!

You were so on point with all of these. I thought it was me with these popular books. I don’t get it. Thank you so much for this. I’m subscribing to you. Love you. I’m an avid reader and audio listener.

The maid is really good i hope you change your mind about reading it! The audiobook is especially good. Representation for neurodivergence without pointing out that the character is "different" is why I think it's a must read.

OMG I love you, Girl!! Thank you for all the.....recommendations!

Both of the Richard Osman books are some of my favorites of all time! I will say the writing takes some getting used to. If your initial thoughts are to put it down (like Piranesi), give it some time and you'll fall into the rhythm quickly! Also When No One is Watching is one of the few books that actually had me on the edge of my seat. I was late for work because I wanted to finish it 😂

I loved When No One is Watching! I really enjoyed the setting especially as someone who also really knows my neighbors/neighborhood

Yay! I’ve been waiting for this one. We have such similar taste and judgment esp when it comes to mystery/thrillers. Glad I can pass on so much junk books 😬

Im glad you warned us about Riley Sager I had heard so many good things and was about to buy like 3 books at once

You’re ruthless and I love it!

From the books I read, I totally agree with you on Riley Sager, Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty, Ruth Ware, Alice Feeney and Paula Hawkins. Definitely want to try the 2 Megans 😊, Miranda and Goldin. Razorblade tears is a great book in my opinion. Really enjoyed The Thursday Murder Club and its british humour 😊

I read a few Grisham back in the day, they were fine (all made into movies though, so you could go that route). Thinking The Firm, The Client and The Pelican Brief, because of current news, can’t stop thinking about that last one sometimes… 🔥

I’m was smiling the whole time watching this video. I was so glad to find someone else who like me has an unpopular opinion about most of these books. We seem to have similar tastes in books. Or maybe I should say a lack thereof lol. Great video, totally agree.

You should definitely give Tana French a try, specially the Dublin Murder Squad (you don't need to follow a particular order). She elevates crime fiction.

Finally, finally ! Someone that is on the same page as me 🙌🏼 thank you

Love the video. Sadly mystery/ thrillers although a fave genre is such a miss this year. I would love to have you read The Wives, just so you can bash it for a whole video :D

thank you so much for always mentioning when somethign is mostly or a lot of family drama bc that is absolutely NOT my thing and will ruin a thriller or really any book for me💙

Can't believe you haven't read Tana French. I love her work. "The Witch Elm" is my favorite. Ditto Lee Child. Start with "Killing Floor" and read all of them.

Razorblade Tears was FUCKING PHENOMENAL !

I would love to see what mystery/thrillers you do recommend!

I really like the Turn of the Key, but I agree the ending was meh. I loved the Push. I didn't realize there were different views of the ending. 🤔 I thought the Paris Apartment was SO good. But, I know I am alone on this one. 😻 Razorblade Tears was my favorite book last year.

Is it normal for me to want to read every book you hate only to say "OMG EMILY WAS SO FREAKING RIGHT!!!!"? I've haven't done it yet but another video like this and I probably end up reading survive the night and attachments. Love u!

This made me think of The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Netflix series. Would love to hear your thoughts on it if you saw it, as it makes fun of many thriller books tropes. I really enjoyed it.

My partners mother was reading The Silent Patient while we were on holiday in Portugal. She loved it! I read it a while ago and rated it four stars but for the life of me I cannot remember it AT ALL!! My partner actually read The Thursday Murder Club while we were there too and he was laughing continuously, he really liked it. So glad I'm not alone in not enjoying The Last Thing He Told Me or whatever it was called.. hated it to be honest!!

U have a new like sub and fan ..i agreed with every opinion of the so called popular thriller books..that im now excited to get stuck into the few u liked

I haven’t watched in so long and WOW your accent has Americanized! Very cool

I absolutely love your poop 💩 t-shirt and I want one 😂😂😂

I love me a good mystery 😍 although I tend to fall in the cozy murder mystery end of the spectrum. A handful of those books are now in my tbr. Most I've avoided on the strength of your rants (which I loved watching ☺️). Have you tried Out by Natsuo Kirino? I have a copy which I bought for the very artsy and pretty cover, but I ended up liking the book too ☺️ (trigger warning... The main characters are female... In pre-2000s Japan (can't remember the decade it's set)... Not as gory/violent/mysoginistic as I originally feared, but people's mileage will vary)

Mystery/thriller books I recommend to you bc I think u would like them: magpie murders (small time vibes), take it back (like night swim but better) and the hole (short and creepy)

New subscriber here, after watching this excellent review video. I'm a huge fan of audiobooks, and highly recommend that -- regardless of genre -- you listen to everything and anything read by Xe Sands. She is wonderful.

I love the evil child trope 😏

I can not believe there not a CJ Tudor !!! I kid you not I compare all the thriller books I read to CJ Tudor and none come close try The Other People that’s my favorite from her :)

I find it so freeing when I decide an author just isn't for me - no need to check any more of that author's books - and can move on to find books I will enjoy. The authors I don't connect with and will no longer read books from are Lianne Moriarity, Tana French and Harlan Coben.

Cute shirt and fitting for this video lol. Thriller is a genre I want to like but I always end up hating them... I think I'm giving up on the genre.

Oooooookay. New subscriber, and this video has convinced me that you and I are going to get along just fine. I love mysteries that are actually mysteries, but the kind of books that are supposedly thrillers but really just lapse into domestic drama... ugh, no, thanks but no thanks forever. You get it.

This is refreshing! I'm glad someone said it but I personally don't read any mystery books on the "best" lists. I highly recommend people to go into a local bookshop and just pick up a random mystery/thriller book that sounds interesting and don't read too much into it. All my friends LOVED The Silent Patient... and it way overhyped for me. Same with Home Before Dark. I mean... I didn't guess the plot twists, but the overall endings just wasn't that great IMO.

YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOOD. Though I disagree but maybe because I have just started reading thriller mysteries. Have you read anything by Heather Gudenkauf??

I read When no one is watching, and I did enjoy it. I think you should give it a shot. It is not the best mystery thriller, but it was a good one. It was a bit different then other book in this category in my opinion.

Just finished Mother-in-Law for our local book club and it was only the second book that we have all agreed on that we like.

Tana French is incredible and a league above the likes of Ruth Ware or Riley Sager. I would recommend starting with the Dublin Murder Squad books. Her writing is so good it could be literary fiction.

I read The Silent Patient. I liked it when I read it, but I remember nothing about it. So I think mediocre is a good review.

Yaaaayyy new video ❤️❤️

I hated The Push. As a mother of 4 I couldn’t stand reading about how the mother was so neglectful and abusive to her child. Any issues that child has later in her life I feel we’re caused by her mother. Putting headphones on to ignore your baby crying literally all day because you resent your life as a mother isn’t ok. The mother shouldn’t have had kids when she did. It was obvious to me that the little girl resents her mother and eventually her brother because of the way her mother treated her. You have to remember that one was a small child and the other is an adult.

She’s Canadian, you dopes

You're in for a treat with Richard Osman's books. I found the first one solidly good with a delightful quartet of main characters. The second one was even better. His third is due out in September right before my birthday so I'll be treating myself. For what it's worth, I enjoyed The Final Girl Support Group. Also, a book that might scratch the same itch as the premises of Riley Sager's books but actually be good is A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. And not related to mysteries/thrillers, I just finished Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (after having read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry based on your recommendation). The new one is also excellent if you have at least a passing familiarity with video games. Don't have to be an expert, just have played some at some point in your life.

Not that I’ve read everything by him but A Time To Kill by Grisham is an amazing book

The Silent Patient was absolute garbage. Your review of Survive the Night saved me from reading it so thank you. Please allow me to return the favour, The Maid is not worth reading. You were right to take it off your TBR.

Great video!

I find Lisa Jewell very hit and miss… more miss than hit. I did enjoy The Family upstairs though and will read the sequel, The Family Remains. I feel most mystery thriller books that come out these days are all hyped by social media and as you say, pushed through and rarely deliver. I did screen shot 3 you did like to look into. I now treat mystery thrillers as popcorn reads only and they very rarely get a rating over 3. That said, they are my summer go to relax and don’t have to think too much genre. I agree with you that We Begin at the End is really good, but again, not a mystery per se but more literary fiction. I struggle these days to find a well written book (for me at least). Have you read The island of missing trees? Or Black Cake? I’d be interested i your opinion. Also, Memphis. I like them all and gave 4 stars . Thank for the recos. My TBR grows some more! Xx

How about a video of your top 5 or 10 favorites!

I very much agree about the guest list and the turn of the key. I liked the atmospheric setting of the turn of the key but the ending was so dumb. The guest list was overall just meh. I actually really did like one by one, maybe because I read it in winter while being snowed in too. That really made for a great atmosphere.

I felt straight up betrayed by the ending of Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. Liked the book for the most part until then (I love haunted house books as well!) but I hated the way he wrapped it up. I did really like The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda. That was my favorite of the ones I’ve read from this list. Not mind-blowing, as you said, but totally solid and fun to read. I haven’t yet read The Sun Down Motel - looking forward to that one. :-)

Razorblade Tears!! YAS!

I have no idea how you didn’t like the silent patient. One of my favorite mysteries ever

Oh also, for those of you who really just hate majority of these books, I've found that the genre just may not be your thing lol I tried for years to get into thriller/horror/mystery and similar to this video, I was pretty cynical about most of them. I mean, it's subjective of course! But I started getting into more cozy thrillers and I just enjoy the books so much more.

Try Anatomy of a Murderer, by Tim Floreen, and Dead Girls, by Abaigail Tarttelin? Those are the ones that really surprised me, so maybe you'll enjoy them?

I think the best of John Grisham is The Pelician Brief and A Time to Kill. I haven't read these in like 10 or 15 years so maybe I'd hate them now 😂

Wow we agreed on pretty much every book!!! I am baffled by how overrated/popular The Silent Patient, Turn of the Key, Guest List etc. are….

My favourite of these is definetly Miracle Creek

Tess Gerritsen and Karen Rose are great authors to try!

I felt the exact same way about The Silent Patient, and rated it a 2.5 as well for all of the same reasons you've mentioned. Meh is definitely the best term to describe it. I have the Man Who Died Twice in my physical TBR, and I'm putting it off, because I wasn't too keen on the first book. Razorblade Tears is a book I am very curious about, and plan on reading one day! There's just too many books I need to finish reading first before getting more books. 😅

I tried to read ‘The Silent Patient’ 3 times. Not sure I’ll try again.

Alice Feeneys new book Daisy Darker sounds so good, but if it's bad I'm done with the author. Rock Paper Scissors feld like my hand was being held by the author the entire time and I was always told what to think, and the foreshadowing was soooo overdone. I love foreshadowing but not at the end of every single chapter.

Can't believe The Guest List is in the list... the whole book feels like a Prelude...

I love Survive the Night reactions 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Felt the same about silent patient , your not alone I thought the same

O and a good girls guide to murder is fun and mixed media so recommend the audio book.

Just finished Razorblade Tears and gave it 5 stars which I never do.

The Wives and The Maidens are both terrible, so good call! I think you might like The Thursday Murder Club!

So true about the silent patient

Could you recommend some good hunted house and ghost books please 🙏?

What 3 books did u read by Jane Harper?

I read the maid. I didn't think it was bad, the main character was kind of annoying (not her fault really but 🤷‍♀️). If you do try it be prepared for the sayings 😅 "Tissue for your issue?" 🤧

“I promise I like sometimes some books!” 😂😂

So I'm not the only resident of Earth who thought the Silent Patient was mediocre, good to know!

Razorblade Tears was underwhelming tbh. But I also don‘t think that I‘m the target audience so…. It basically reads like a standard action blockbuster movie. As for Grady Hendrix. I recommend My Best Friends Exorcism over The Final Girls Support Group. It’s about female friendship and full of cheesy 80s references. I love Grady Hendrix but I think if you‘re not a big horror movie fan he‘s more of a hit or miss. He loves to hide horror related Easter eggs in his stories or straight up references a lot of classic horror films and it‘s really fun (for example the characters in The Final Girl Support Group are basically the final girls from classic slasher movies like Halloween or Texas Chainsaw).

I started a book from Lucy Foley, I'm not sure if it was The hunting game or the guest list but after a couple of pages I said no, I can't do this to myself. The writing or the characters , not sure which one but it was so bad.

Dystopian Novel : The End Of Silence by George Ernest ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Riley Sager has the corner on airport bookstores I think

Totally agree with you on the Silent Patient, so medicore and forgetful. The guset list was so insufferable to read, should have DNF it instead to finish it painfully. To be honest, these so called the " thriller" is more like drama with some thriller elements, and neither the drama nor the thriller is done well.