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Best New Thriller Books to Read in 2026

Twists, secrets and the kind of ending you want to talk about immediately. These recent thrillers are the ones that make you stay up for one more chapter.

Updated October 2026 · 8 hand-picked books

Cover of Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

Dear Debbie

by Freida McFadden 2026

A twisted revenge thriller from Freida McFadden that has you cheering for its endearingly unhinged heroine.

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Cover of It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell

It Could Have Been Her

by Lisa Jewell 2026

Two women's lives converge in a house full of buried secrets in Lisa Jewell's deliciously dark thriller.

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Cover of Judge Stone by James Patterson

Judge Stone

by James Patterson 2026

James Patterson and Viola Davis team up on a courtroom drama about a small-town judge facing a serious moral dilemma.

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Cover of My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney

My Husband's Wife

by Alice Feeney 2026

Alice Feeney's twisty psychological thriller has been praised by Freida McFadden and Lisa Jewell for its nonstop pace.

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Cover of The Divorce by Freida McFadden

The Divorce

by Freida McFadden 2026

Naomi thought she was living the perfect love story, until it all unravelled. Freida McFadden's gripping thriller asks what a happily ever after is really worth.

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Cover of Woman Down by Colleen Hoover

Woman Down

by Colleen Hoover 2026

A frustrated author retreats to a remote hideaway in search of her muse and finds something that defies reality, in Colleen Hoover's twisty thriller.

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Cover of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Yesteryear

by Caro Claire Burke 2026

A traditional American woman and tradwife influencer wakes up in 1855, and must work out whether it's a hoax, a reality show or something far worse.

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Cover of Deadline by Steph McGovern

Deadline

by Steph McGovern 2025

A debut crime thriller about a TV reporter whose earpiece is hacked while she is live on air, from broadcaster Steph McGovern.

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