22 Best thriller books like A Crying Shame by William W. Johnstone

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A Crying Shame

By: William W. Johnstone

4.01

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

Book by Johnstone, William W.

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1. The Deep

By: Nick Cutter

3.42

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I co… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror
"What are you so afraid of? said that same voice inside Luke’s head. Everything, another voice answered."

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

"Well, time works differently down here, boss. Sometimes I feel like I've lived a thousand lifetimes ... it's funny. The pain is constant. Sometimes it's so much that I can't stand it. I bite at mysel…"

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

"The water wasn't the same down here. Water is what runs out of the kitchen taps or a playground drinking fountain. It fills bathubs and pools and yes, of course, the ocean- but at a certain depth, wa…"

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

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2. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

By: John Grisham

3.86

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, … read more

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  • thriller
"No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete."

-John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

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3. Community

By: Graham Masterton

3.47

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Michael is involved in a car crash which kills his girlfriend. He wakes to find himself in the hosp… read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror
Cover of The Big Kill (Mike Hammer, #5) by Mickey Spillane

4. The Big Kill (Mike Hammer, #5)

By: Mickey Spillane

3.68

Format: 168 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The rain clawed at the windows of the bar.  Hammer was angry and wanted to be left alone.  But when… read more

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  • thriller
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5. One Lonely Night (Mike Hammer #4)

By: Mickey Spillane

3.64

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

Nobody ever walked across the bridge at night. But on the foggy night that Hammer took that chance,… read more

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  • thriller
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6. Suffer the Children

By: John Saul

3.72

Format: None pages,

Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found . One hundred years ago in Port Arbello a prett… read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror

7. Walkers

By: Graham Masterton

4.01

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The Oaks is an idyllic, up-market country club - but behind its ornately carved walls is an horrifi… read more

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8. The Pariah

By: Graham Masterton

4.58

Format: 226 pages,

The quaint little seaside town of Granitehead seemed like a perfect place for John and Jane Trenton… read more

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9. The Manitou (Manitou #1)

By: Graham Masterton

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It only grows at night. Karen Tandy was a sweet and unassuming girl until she discovers the mysteri… read more

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10. The Wells Of Hell

By: Graham Masterton

2.35

Format: 62 pages,

New Milford was a peaceful old town where nothing ever happened. Until overnight the water turned a… read more

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11. Cycle of the Werewolf

By: Stephen King , Bernie Wrightson

3.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the fangs ripping at his throat. The n… read more

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12. Mirror

By: Graham Masterton

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is said that a mirror can trap a person's soul...Martin Williams is a broke, two-bit screenwrite… read more

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13. Forest Ghost: A Novel of Horror and Suicide in America and Poland

By: Graham Masterton

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Hardcover

Modern-day America. Fifteen Boy Scouts and their seven adult leaders are found to have committed su… read more

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14. The Other Child

By: Joanne Fluke

3.68

Format: 208 pages,

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15. The Devils Of D-Day

By: Graham Masterton

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

ARMY OF EVIL... At the bridge of Le Vey in July 1944, thirteen black tanks smashed through the Germ… read more

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16. Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle

3.94

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

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17. Mind Games

By: Nora Roberts

4.40

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy an… read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
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18. The Spite House

By: Johnny Compton

3.53

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife,… read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror
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19. 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

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror
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20. The Book of Accidents

By: Chuck Wendig

3.73

Format: 530 pages, Hardcover

Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his fam… read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror
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21. My Darling Girl

By: Jennifer McMahon

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mot… read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror
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22. Sundial

By: Catriona Ward

3.80

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's Sundial book and William W. Johnstone's A Crying Shame

  • thriller
  • horror
"I don't know what it's like for other people, but love and nausea are often indistinguishable to me"

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Gdy coś ci zagraża, możesz zrobić trzy rzeczy: uciekać, walczyć albo spróbować się z tym zaprzyjaźnić."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Rozłąka z dzieckiem to doznanie niepodobne do żadnego innego. Człowiek ma wrażenie, że jest pusty w środku."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Dorosłe życie to bagno, w którym człowiek tkwi po uszy, gobelin wzajemnych pretensji tkany tak ciasno, że nie sposób go rozplątać."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

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23. Anathema

By: Nick Roberts

4.01

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new hom… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of Steal (Instinct #3) by James  Patterson

24. Steal (Instinct #3)

By: James Patterson

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Art galleries and casinos, mansions and brothels, billionaires and thieves—only James Patterson cou… read more

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  • thriller
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25. Mean Spirited

By: Nick Roberts

4.41

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

An alcoholic teacher and father’s world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and … read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror
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26. The House of a Hundred Whispers

By: Graham Masterton

3.48

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Dartmoor, with its mists, bleak winter weather and overwhelming sense of isolation, is the perfect … read more

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror
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27. Cryptid Quest (John Decker, #8)

By: Anthony M. Strong

4.44

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the Amazon jungle, a world beyond imagination. In the dense and dangerous Amazon, the cr… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror
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28. Ghost Canyon (John Decker, #7)

By: Anthony M. Strong

4.40

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

In the darkness they wait, patient, hungry... They are found huddled together in a frontier mine… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror
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29. Nightwatching

By: Tracy Sierra

3.86

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The Fallon Spring Reads Book Club Pick A mother is forced to the breaking point when her life an… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror
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30. Hideaway

By: Nora Roberts

4.07

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts’… read more

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  • thriller
Cover of A Crying Shame by William W. Johnstone

31. A Crying Shame

By: William W. Johnstone

4.01

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

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  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • horror

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