Mood

Mysterious

A locked door and a held breath — books that keep one card hidden and make you turn pages to find it.

37
books
5
stacks

Books and stacks that feel Mysterious

10 books

Thrillers with twists you'll be the next to spoil

The kind of book your friend hands you saying, "Just trust me, don't read anything about it." Addictive thrillers with twists built for the gasp.

Cover of Gone Girl Cover of Shutter Island Graphic Novel Cover of The Silent Patient Cover of The Housemaid: An Absolutely Addictive Psychological Thriller with a Jaw-dropping Twist Cover of I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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14 books

Fantasy sagas with world you can get lost in

Series built on maps you'll keep flipping back to and histories that go centuries deep. Fantasy where the world and the society are the real protagonists.

Cover of The Will of the Many Cover of The Eye of the World Cover of Gardens Of The Moon Cover of Prince of Thorns Cover of Mistborn
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10 books

Narrators you can't trust for a second

Someone's telling you this story, and someone's also lying to you — possibly the same person. Books where the voice in your ear has its own agenda.

Cover of The Girl on the Train Cover of Gone Girl Cover of The Sense of an Ending Cover of You Cover of Lolita
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8 books

Crimes that aren't the usual kind

No standard-issue detective, no body in the library — these break the mold the genre is buried in. Crime stories that come at the dark stuff sideways.

Cover of The Devotion of Suspect X Cover of In Cold Blood Cover of My Sister, the Serial Killer Cover of A Clockwork Orange Cover of American Psycho
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7 books

Twists that send you back to page one

A reveal so good your first move is to flip back to the start and see how they pulled it off. Books built around a turn — wherever it lands — that rearranges ev

Cover of Gone Girl Cover of Atonement Cover of Shutter Island Graphic Novel Cover of The Silent Patient Cover of The Sense of an Ending
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