The 15 Best Domestic Thriller Novels of All Time

Unreliable narrators, picture-perfect marriages hiding rot, and twists that detonate on the final page, the slow-burn suspense that takes over every book club. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   The Girl on the Train

   Paula Hawkins's 2015 bestseller told through an unreliable commuter who witnesses a domestic crime.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Gone Girl

   Gillian Flynn's genre-defining 2012 thriller about a marriage unraveling after a wife's disappearance.
   787pts
3. 3
   Before I Go to Sleep

   S.J. Watson's thriller about an amnesiac woman who relearns her life and marriage each day.
   692pts
4. 4
   Behind Closed Doors

   B.A. Paris's debut about a seemingly perfect marriage hiding a chilling reality.
   621pts
5. 5
   The Couple Next Door

   Shari Lapena's bestseller about a child who vanishes during a dinner party next door.
   621pts
6. 6
   The Woman in the Window

   A.J. Finn's Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime.
   621pts
7. 7
   Sharp Objects

   Gillian Flynn's debut about a reporter confronting family trauma in her hometown.
   621pts
8. 8
   Big Little Lies

   Liane Moriarty's novel of suburban mothers whose secrets culminate in a death.
   440pts
9. 9
   The Silent Patient

   Alex Michaelides's 2019 thriller about a woman who shoots her husband and then stops speaking.
   440pts
10. 10
    The Wife Between Us

    Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen's twisty thriller about jealousy and a new fiancée.
    440pts
11. 11
    The Last Mrs. Parrish

    Liv Constantine's tale of a con artist who targets a wealthy couple's marriage.
    323pts
12. 12
    Verity

    Colleen Hoover's dark thriller about a ghostwriter who discovers a disturbing manuscript.
    323pts
13. 13
    An Anonymous Girl

    Hendricks and Pekkanen's psychological thriller about a manipulative research study.
    323pts
14. 14
    The Family Upstairs

    Lisa Jewell's thriller unraveling the secrets of a house with a dark inheritance.
    0pts
15. 15
    My Lovely Wife

    Samantha Downing's thriller about a married couple who keep their spark alive through murder.
    0pts

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