21 Best thriller books like The Best of Intentions by Joshua MacMillan

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The Best of Intentions

By: Joshua MacMillan

4.06

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

TEN DAYS… TEN DAYS… that was all the slip of paper tucked under his windshield had read. At fir…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Best of Intentions by Joshua MacMillan , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Seed

By: Ania Ahlborn

4.25

Format: 127 pages, ebook

Fans of Stephen King, Jack Kilborn, and Blake Crouch... prepare to meet the Devil. In the vine-twis… read more

Similar categories in Ania Ahlborn's Seed book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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2. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Troop book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

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3. Gone to See the River Man

By: Kristopher Triana

3.67

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers. These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be t… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Triana's Gone to See the River Man book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
"That didn't matter, though. Her thoughts toward her were entirely justified. They'd always been there, but were suppressed by a guilt she'd now began to think she never should have felt in the first …"

-Kristopher Triana, Gone to See the River Man

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4. We Can Never Leave This Place

By: Eric LaRocca

3.52

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

"When you're given a gift, something else gets taken away." A precocious young girl with an unus… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's We Can Never Leave This Place book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
"We can never leave this place," my mother told her. "It would hurt too much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"We can never leaves this places," my mother told her. "It would hurt to much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"How could you do this to me?' the creature asked. And the blind man said, 'I wanted to be the only one to hurry you."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"I watched as blood swirled down my naked body in dark ribbons—tiny threads that had forever come undone from me and were sent to freedom."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

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5. The Exorcist's House

By: Nick Roberts

4.02

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hill… read more

Similar categories in Nick Roberts's The Exorcist's House book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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6. Blender Babies

By: Jon Athan

3.95

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

They called 'The Craze.' No one saw it coming. It started with isolated reports of people kidna… read more

Similar categories in Jon Athan's Blender Babies book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
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7. No One Rides For Free

By: Judith Sonnet

2.78

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

Jodi was driving her children to college when The Man got in their car.Uninvited, unwanted, and unh… read more

Similar categories in Judith Sonnet's No One Rides For Free book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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8. Black Mouth

By: Ronald Malfi

3.96

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic ch… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Black Mouth book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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9. Mine

By: L.M. Kaplin

3.96

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Chandler Henricks hates his life. Socially awkward and a near shut-in, Chandler spends his time car… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Kaplin's Mine book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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10. Head Like a Hole

By: Andrew Van Wey

3.85

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

When you bury your past make sure that it’s dead. It’s the mid-nineties. Grunge and flannel are … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Van Wey's Head Like a Hole book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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11. Playground

By: Aron Beauregard

3.48

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

ONCE IN A LIFETIME Three low-income families have been given a handsome retainer to join Geraldi… read more

Similar categories in Aron Beauregard's Playground book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
"But, I’m-I’m your mother!"

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

"She now looked like an ad for gape porn."

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

"Greg turned around, shooting laser beams though the most disappointing sperm he’d ever unleashed."

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

"The wheels were turning in all their heads, but the one with the dead hamster inside spoke first."

-Aron Beauregard, Playground

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12. Cadaverous

By: Jay Bower

4.17

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

When darkness falls, the nightmare begins...Step into the twisted world of Gaige Penrod. This self-… read more

Similar categories in Jay Bower's Cadaverous book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
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13. Ghostland (Ghostland Trilogy, #1)

By: Duncan Ralston

3.79

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

People are dying to get in. The exhibits will kill to get out. Be first in line for the most haunte… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Ralston's Ghostland (Ghostland Trilogy, #1) book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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14. Talia (Talia, #1)

By: Daniel J. Volpe

3.66

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 1990s the rising popularity of the video cassette gave birth to a seedy, underground w… read more

Similar categories in Daniel J. Volpe's Talia (Talia, #1) book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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15. Lovely, Dark & Deep

By: Megan Stockton

4.06

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year, Six Mile Island has a seasonal shutdown for serious weather. This year, the forecast is… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Lovely, Dark & Deep book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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16. Bluejay

By: Megan Stockton

3.71

Format: None pages, ebook

Noah, Jack, and Phil are three average guys who collect horror memorabilia and have a running compe… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Bluejay book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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17. Winterset Hollow

By: Jonathan Edward Durham

3.99

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Everyone has wanted their favorite book to be real, if only for a moment. Everyone has wished to me… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Edward Durham's Winterset Hollow book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
"Winterset Hollow was one of those timeless, inimitable books that was simple and pure and patently entertaining on the surface, but so much more underneath. It spoke about life and loss and struggle,…"

-Jonathan Edward Durham, Winterset Hollow

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18. The Cursed Among Us

By: John Durgin

3.93

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

It has been twenty years since the serial killer known as The Black Heart Killer terrorized the tow… read more

Similar categories in John Durgin's The Cursed Among Us book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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19. Left To You

By: Daniel J. Volpe

4.12

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you do to save a loved one? Robert’s mother, Helen, is ravaged with cancer. Every day c… read more

Similar categories in Daniel J. Volpe's Left To You book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
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20. Mastodon

By: Steve Stred

3.63

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

17 years ago, Tyler Barton was born in the Rocky Mountains, while his parents were on a hike. On… read more

Similar categories in Steve Stred's Mastodon book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of They Are All Monsters (Monsters #1) by J. Boote

21. They Are All Monsters (Monsters #1)

By: J. Boote

4.06

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

The Monster series. Based on the most disturbing true cases!A killer stalks the streets of Belton. … read more

Similar categories in J. Boote's They Are All Monsters (Monsters #1) book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror) by Ben Farthing

22. I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror)

By: Ben Farthing

3.77

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Lost in a labyrinth of circus tents... Dave and his four-year-old, Jacob, find a circus tent in … read more

Similar categories in Ben Farthing's I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror) book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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23. Plastic Monsters

By: Daniel J. Volpe

3.80

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Beauty is... pain But for Pamela Rose beauty is everything. She spends every day and almost ever… read more

Similar categories in Daniel J. Volpe's Plastic Monsters book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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24. Grackles on the Feeder: A Short Horror Story

By: Gage Greenwood

3.77

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

WARNING: While these are not topics I typically write about, this story does contain scenes of anim… read more

Similar categories in Gage Greenwood's Grackles on the Feeder: A Short Horror Story book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
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25. Faces of Beth

By: Carver Pike

4.26

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

When Andrew meets Beth at the Myles-Bend State Mental Hospital, he knows she has issues. She checke… read more

Similar categories in Carver Pike's Faces of Beth book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
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26. Sleeping In The Fire: A Collection of 9 Horrifying Tales

By: John Durgin

4.36

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From the dark mind of John Durgin, author of The Cursed Among Us and Inside The Devil's Nest, comes… read more

Similar categories in John Durgin's Sleeping In The Fire: A Collection of 9 Horrifying Tales book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
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27. Winter's Myths

By: Gage Greenwood

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

When the world ends, who will tell the story? After a disease ravages his underground community,… read more

Similar categories in Gage Greenwood's Winter's Myths book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
Cover of The Best of Intentions by Joshua MacMillan

28. The Best of Intentions

By: Joshua MacMillan

4.06

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

TEN DAYS… TEN DAYS… that was all the slip of paper tucked under his windshield had read. At fir… read more

Similar categories in Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • thriller
  • horror
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29. One for the Road

By: Wesley Southard

3.88

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER OF THE 2020 SPLATTERPUNK AWARD FOR BEST NOVELLA! "A road trip through Hell in the spirit of … read more

Similar categories in Wesley Southard's One for the Road book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror
Cover of Quiet, Pretty Things by Megan Stockton

30. Quiet, Pretty Things

By: Megan Stockton

4.47

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Small town detectives investigate a string of puzzling local murders, and tensions rise as fatal mi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Quiet, Pretty Things book and Joshua MacMillan's The Best of Intentions

  • horror

30 Best horror books like The Best of Intentions by Joshua MacMillan

Transform Your Habits

Seed

Ania Ahlborn

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Troop

Nick Cutter

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Gone to See the River Man

Kristopher Triana

3.67

Transform Your Habits

We Can Never Leave This Place

Eric LaRocca

3.52

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21 must-read horror books like Cadaverous by Jay Bower

Transform Your Habits

Mine

L.M. Kaplin

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Inside The Devil's Nest

John Durgin

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Gollitok

Andrew Najberg

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Beast of Burden: A Horror Novella

Judith Sonnet

3.82

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