The best psychological thriller books to read right now
You may not know who to trust while you're reading them, but you can definitely have confidence in our choice of the best psychological thriller books.
Psychological thriller books have the book-buying public gripped – but what’s their secret?
In contrast to an action thriller, or detective novel, a psychological thriller puts us right at the heart of a story that feels like it could happen to us. They often have more domestic, everyday settings, and the suspense – the thrill, if you like – has its roots in the mental or emotional state of the characters, and our own uncertainty about them: their honesty, perception and motives. Narrators in psychological thrillers are often unreliable, or compromised, and while we root for the protagonist, we are never 100 percent sure we can trust them . . .
So which are the best psychological thriller books you should be seeking out today? Here's a selection of new and recent fine examples of the genre.