Suspenseful books
Books that keep readers on edge, with stakes that rise and chapters that end just where you do not want to stop. Andy Weir's The Martian turns every repair into a countdown, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows builds toward a final battle, and Alan Moore's Watchmen races against a hidden plan. Pierce Brown's Morning Star and Jim Butcher's Changes keep the pressure on until the last pages.
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- 1Lonesome Dove
9.19.1 / 10 - 2Rhythm of War
9.09.0 / 10 - 3Project Hail Mary
9.09.0 / 10 - 4Mistborn: The Final Empire
8.98.9 / 10 - 5Watchmen
8.98.9 / 10 - 6The Trouble with Peace
8.98.9 / 10 - 7The Martian
8.88.8 / 10 - 8Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8.88.8 / 10 - 9Say Nothing
8.88.8 / 10 - 10Crooked Kingdom
8.88.8 / 10 - 11A Game of Thrones
8.78.7 / 10 - 12Caliban's War
8.68.6 / 10 - 13A Thousand Splendid Suns
8.68.6 / 10 - 14The Obelisk Gate
8.68.6 / 10 - 15The Green Mile
8.68.6 / 10 - 16The Lies of Locke Lamora
8.68.6 / 10 - 1711/22/63
8.68.6 / 10 - 18Heir of Novron
8.68.6 / 10 - 19Blood Song
8.68.6 / 10 - 20Kindred
8.68.6 / 10 - 21House of Chains
8.48.4 / 10 - 22Red Rising
8.48.4 / 10 - 23All Systems Red
8.38.3 / 10 - 24Death Masks
8.28.2 / 10 - 25The Lost Hero
8.28.2 / 10 - 26Jade City
8.28.2 / 10 - 27Soulsmith
8.18.1 / 10 - 28The Eye of the World
8.18.1 / 10 - 29Throne of Glass
7.87.8 / 10 - 30A Court of Thorns and Roses
7.47.4 / 10