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I’ve got some good news, and some bad news.
The good news is that we’re only eight days away from Christmas.
The bad news, however, is that if you’ve still not done any shopping for the reader(s) in your life … well… we’re only eight days away from Christmas.
The clock is running, so you’d better act fast to secure the right gift to put under the tree for the loved ones in your life, and fear not, I’m here to help! Thanks to Amazon Prime and their crazy, around-the-clock delivery schedule that’ll ensure packages arrive by Christmas morning, we’ve still got some options—and I’m about to walk you through them.
To simplify things, I’ve broken all my recommendations down into categories. So, below, you can expect to find titles listed under “New Releases,” “Twisting Thrillers & Mysteries,” “Action & Spy Thrillers,” “Cowboys & Modern Westerns,” “Legal Thrillers,” “Faith-Based (Clean) Fiction,” “Nonfiction,” and more.
Ready?
Let’s go!
NEW RELEASES
These books, which just came out, won’t give off the impression that you waited until the last minute to get them, because they only hit bookstores in the previous week or so. So, buy with confidence, and give the gift of a new, hard-hitting, must-read thriller.
A pulse-pounding yet soulful espionage thriller for fans of Brad Thor, Jack Carr, and Mark Greaney, delivering plot twists so explosive that it took two top suspense writers to pull it off.
When the original Presidential Agent is gunned down during a mass shooting, Pick McCoy swears a brutal revenge in this revival of W. E. B. Griffin’s New York Times bestselling series.
An international incident may fracture the Ryan family in the latest entry in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Nationally bestselling author Chris Hauty, one of the high-octane writers “to take the thriller world by storm” (The Real Book Spy), returns with a riveting stand-alone novel that explores what might have really happened at the JFK assassination.
Elmore Leonard meets Robert Ludlum in a rollicking comedic thriller set in 1985 from acclaimed author Ace Atkins, in which a suburban teen suspects his mom’s new boyfriend is the ultimate bad guy—a KGB agent.
TWISTING THRILLERS & MYSTERIES
Perfect for fans of Gone Girl and other stories of psychological suspense.
Fellas, this one is for you. This list, geared towards female readers (though, let me be super clear—I’m a guy and love all of these books), is packed with BookTok favorites and noteworthy titles that have come out this year.
An unforgettable suspense novel that combines the storytelling talents of Academy Award-winning actor Reese Witherspoon and internationally bestselling author Harlan Coben. Gone Before Goodbye is the story of a woman trapped in a deadly conspiracy—where uncovering the truth could cost her everything.
Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz featuring detective Atticus Pünd and editor Susan Ryeland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he’s back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name.
There’s someone at your front door – should you let them in? Find out in a riveting new thriller from global sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid, Freida McFadden!
The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman.