The Times
Best Thriller Books of 2023
by John Dugdale

THE SECRET, Andrew & Lee Child
KENNEDY 35, Charles Cumming
GENEVA, Richard Armitage
THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST, Terry Hayes (2024 title in U.S.)
BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN, Jessica Knoll
THE BEAVER THEORY, Antti Tuomainen
THE EXCHANGE, John Grisham
TRAITORS GATE, Jeffrey Archer
THE TRAP, Catherine Ryan Howard
THE LIE MAKER, Linwood Barclay
THE TRAITOR, Ava Glass
ALL THE LITTLE LIARS, Victoria Selman
ASSASSIN EIGHTEEN, John Brownlow
KILL FOR ME KILL FOR YOU, Steve Cavanagh (2024 title in U.S.)
THE NEW WIFE, J.P. Delaney
NONE OF THIS IS TRUE, Lisa Jewell
FEARLESS, M. W. Craven
BEWARE THE WOMAN, Megan Abbott
THE TRIAL, Rob Rinder
EVERYONE HERE IS LYING, Shari Lapena
THE SCARLET PAPERS, Matthew Richardson
CENTRAL PARK WEST, James Comey
DROWNING, T. J. Newman
THE END OF THE GAME, Holly Watt
SMALL MERCIES, Dennis Lehane
NO ONE SAW A THING, Andrea Mara
A GOOD NIGHT TO KILL, Amen Alonge
THE HIKE, Lucy Clarke
NO PLACE TO HIDE, J. S. Monroe
THE WARLOCK EFFECT, Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman
CITY OF DREAMS, Don Winslow
UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT, Nicola Williams
THE FAVOUR, Nicci French
THE TRANSLATOR, Harriet Crawley
RED QUEEN, Juan Gomez-Jurado
THE MOTHER, T. M. Logan
I WILL FIND YOU, Harlan Coben
DAMASCUS STATION, David McCloskey
LOOK BOTH WAYS, Linwood Barclay
ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS, Stacy Willingham
THE ONLY SUSPECT, Louise Candlish
WHITE RIOT, Joe Thomas
IN AT THE KILL, Gerald Seymour
SHADOW STATE, Andy McNab

I have read 10 of these, with my favorites being ASSASSIN EIGHTEEN, RED QUEEN, SMALL MERCIES (thriller?), THE MOTHER, KENNEDY 35 and THE TRAITOR. This list does not contain John Dugdale’s December choices. I will try to get a hold of the titles and add them to this list. I’m surprised that Mick Herron’s THE SECRET HOURS didn’t make the list.