Summer Thrills from the NYTBR
Sorry to be depressing, but August is already well underway, and you really need to cram as much summer reading as you can into the next few weeks.
Fortunately, the New York Times Book Review has just posted its list of this summer's best thrillers, and we have them all in e- and/or eAudiobook formats. Here's a selection:
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The Devils of Cardona, by Matthew Carr: eBook
Good As Gone, by Amy Gentry: eBook
All the Missing Girls, by Megan Miranda: eBook, eAudiobook
The Death of Rex Nhongo, by C. B. George: eBook
You Will Know Me, by Megan Abbott: eBook, eAudiobook
Breaking Cover, by Stella Rimington: eBook
The Wolf of Sarajevo, by Matthew Palmer: eBook
I Am No One, by Patrick Flanery: eBook, eAudiobook
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Paradime, by Alan Glynn: eBook
Exposure, by Helen Dunmore: eBook
Dancing with the Tiger, by Lili Wright: eBook
The Kingdom, by Fuminori Nakamura: eBook
City of Secrets, by Stewart O'Nan: eBook, eAudiobook
Missing, Presumed, by Susie Steiner: eBook
Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch: eBook, eAudiobook
Under the Harrow, by Flynn Berry: eBook, eAudiobook
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The Girls in the Garden, by Lisa Jewell: eBook
Among the Dead and Dreaming, by Samuel Ligon: eBook
The Crow Girl, by Erik Axl Sund: eBook
The Angel, by Uri Bar-Joseph: eBook
And if this isn't enough to occupy the rest of your summer, check out this list of psychological thrillers on our Hoopla streaming media service.
What's the best thriller you've read this year? Let us know in the comments.



















2 thoughts on “Summer Thrills from the NYTBR”
My most thrilling read this year so far is “All Things Cease to Appear” by Elizabeth Brundage. This psychological thriller grabs you from the first page and keeps you on tenterhooks until the end.
More like this please.
Hi Gaby,
Thanks for the recommendation! It looks like a good one, and it’s certainly in demand.
For those of you who’d like to get in line for it, here’s a link to the eBook: http://ow.ly/ic8E3031MFk
And here’s one for the eaudiobook: http://ow.ly/GAbC3031N8p