The New York Times 10 Best Thrillers of 2021

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The New York Times 10 Best Thrillers of 2021

By Eric Kettunen

Genres: Thrillers

Sarah Lyall's favorite thrillers of 2021 that are low on body counts and high on psychological intrigue and suspense1

56 Days

Catherine Ryan Howard

Never Saw Me Coming

2 Never Saw Me Coming

Vera Kurian

The Secret Talker

3 The Secret Talker

Geling Yan

The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Temple House Vanishing

5 The Temple House Vanishing

Rachel Donohue

A Line to Kill

6 A Line to Kill

Anthony Horowitz

The Drowning Kind

7 The Drowning Kind

Jennifer McMahon

I Am Not Who You Think I Am

8 I Am Not Who You Think I Am

Eric Rickstad

Northern Spy

Flynn Berry

The Anomaly

Hervé Le Tellier

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