Dark and tense books
Books whose reading profiles include both a dark tone and tension or suspense.
578 book guides · Showing 289–336

The Tommyknockers
Stephen King
Effort 52/100

Blood of Elves
Andrzej Sapkowski
Effort 61/100

Old Man's War
John Scalzi
Effort 32/100

Where's Molly
H. D. Carlton
Effort 31/100

Tampa
Alissa Nutting
Effort 31/100

The Death Cure
James Dashner
Effort 35/100

The Dark Forest
Cixin Liu
Effort 70/100

Roses Are Red
James Patterson
Effort 21/100

The Shadow Rising
Robert Jordan
Effort 68/100

Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
Effort 28/100

Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Agatha Christie
Effort 27/100

The Perfect Marriage
Jeneva Rose
Effort 29/100

The Running Man
Stephen King
Effort 27/100

The Troop
Nick Cutter
Effort 31/100

If Tomorrow Comes
Sidney Sheldon
Effort 21/100

The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell
Effort 39/100

Golden Son
Pierce Brown
Effort 47/100

Kingdom of Ash
Sarah J. Maas
Effort 72/100

Burned
Ellen Hopkins
Effort 34/100

Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult
Effort 39/100

Neverseen
Shannon Messenger
Effort 50/100

Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand
Effort 37/100

Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
Effort 64/100

Tripwire
Lee Child
Effort 24/100

Den of Vipers
K. A. Knight
Effort 34/100

Legendary
Stephanie Garber
Effort 38/100

The Talisman
Stephen King, Peter Straub
Effort 50/100

Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
Effort 43/100

The Cartel
Ashley & JaQuavis
Effort 21/100

Kiss the Girls
James Patterson
Effort 22/100

A Darker Shade of Magic
V. E. Schwab
Effort 34/100

Dolores Claiborne
Stephen King
Effort 41/100

Death's End
Cixin Liu
Effort 76/100

Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
Effort 36/100

Jack & Jill
James Patterson
Effort 28/100

The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle
Effort 39/100

Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
Effort 56/100

King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo
Effort 65/100

Intensity
Dean Koontz
Effort 37/100

Dear Martin
Nic Stone
Effort 30/100

A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge
Effort 58/100

400 Days
Chetan Bhagat
Effort 23/100

Lord of Chaos
Robert Jordan
Effort 80/100

Four: A Divergent Collection
Veronica Roth
Effort 27/100

The Client
John Grisham
Effort 26/100

Imagine Me
Tahereh Mafi
Effort 59/100

Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
Effort 54/100

Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Stephen King
Effort 52/100