Taste Testing Thrillers! trying to find new thriller books i like

[@RileyMarie_]

Hey!! I would love it if y'all could give me some more thriller recommendations based on the things I said I like vs. don't like! ♥

[@amandacost5007]

In the POV of the killer, I highly recommend The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard and In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce

[@misssmurphox]

I didn’t love the Passengers but LOVED the One by John Marrs!! Sci-go thriller with a romance element and one POV is a serial killer!! It’s one of my favourites

[@whitneywest3538]

The obvious one is In My Dreams I Hold A Knife. Based on what your likes/dislikes I think you’ll enjoy it. I also suggest Don’t Believe It by Charlie Donlea. It’s been a couple of years since I read it but I think you’ll either really hate it or maybe you’ll enjoy it. I also loved Nightfilm (mixed media.) The Sun Down Motel had a great spooky atmosphere and it takes places largely in the same area. I wasn’t sold on the ending but I’m the minority based on other reviews I’ve read. I also loved loved loved The Mary Shelley Club, it is very much YA but it’s all the things I love about books with spook or scare. I’m not sure what it falls under, thriller I guess. It’s a very easy read too. You would fly through it, if it grabbed your interest.

[@ashleyoreads]

okay but you like thrillers about the killer and married couples (not about cheating tho) makes me think of "My lovely wife" by samantha downing! I havnt read it-but will soon hopefully! We seem to have similar taste haha

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

I am really really excited about watching this video as i no it will be amazing 😉 love you and your amazing channel please stay safe and enjoy your reading love your Australia fan John xx

[@gabbyreads]

Based on what you like in thrillers, I think you’d love In My Dreams I Hold a Knife 😍 it’s one of my favorite thrillers of the year and takes place on a college campus!

[@RileyMarie_]

Thanks Gabby!! It sounds perfect!

[@RachelReadsandSings]

I LOVED Rock Paper Scissors, a really great option for a thriller about a married couple in a cold/eerie/isolated setting (though there is cheating involved). I also enjoyed For Your Own Good. For YA, the Good Girls Guide to Murder series is really great and includes mixed media, plus the audiobooks have a full cast of narrators. I'm planning on reading The Passengers soon!

[@RileyMarie_]

I just read the good girls guide to murder last month!!! Super fun!

[@KatieColson]

I love this idea. Planning on doing something like it soon. About to pick up For Your Own Good. Would highly suggest the audio for the Passengers over the physical book

[@ph_read_be]

As a romance reader you should deffo read The One by John Marrs (esp if you like The Passengers) which is a thriller about a DNA matchmaking app. It follows I think 6 pairings from the app and the development (and fallout in some cases) of their relationships. There's some real romance in there, plus one (or more? 😱) perspective could definitely be described as the bad guy!

[@shannenruane7084]

Have yet to read 56 Days but Catherine Ryan Howard had another book called “The Nothing Man” which I loved! Would highly recommend 😊

[@christinacampbellbooks]

I absolutely loved The Roanoke Girls too. I really enjoyed What Lies Between Us by John Marrs so definitely interested in The Passengers by him too. Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on them all ☺

[@AnaBooks]

Those three books seem really interesting, can't wait for the reading vlog!

[@WrestlingwithBooks]

what a fun idea for a video! i also loved your detailed descriptions of what you liked. based on that i think you'd love the truly devious series by maureen johnson! isolated, academic, multiple people who dont know whats going on, etc!

[@booksandlifewithlaura2143]

I'm currently reading For your own good and I'm enjoying the book 😊 I'm intrigued to read Not a happy family because Not a happy family sounds similar to Crooked house by Agatha Christie and Knives out movie which I love both and I want to find more movies and books like them. I'm also interested in reading Rock paper scissors because I had seen couple booktubers loving this book. I love The Passengers by John Marrs and I really hope you love the book too 😊

[@erilyda]

I liked 56 Days. I felt that Covid was handled well and it made it feel like an isolated mystery. I didn’t feel Covid anxiety like I thought I would reading that book.

[@acinnor4633]

This proves once more why I trust your recommendations so much. I love and hate the exact same things in thrillers.

[@emilysreading]

You might enjoy The Talented Mr. Ripley, it's a very "light" thriller with a killer pov uwu It also feels kinda historical because it was written in 1955 (still super readable though)

[@blueyedbooks]

So excited Rock Paper Scissors got on the top 3! I’ve been wanting to read that one so excited to hear your thoughts!

[@lanej.6458]

I’m so excited for the next video, you picked the three I also am/would be the most excited for. Can’t wait!!

[@erilyda]

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing in one of my favorite thrillers!

[@NopeKaty]

I love these kinds of videos! Can't wait to see the vlog!

[@sasha7628]

great top three pics, I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on them.

[@danielleoliver1734]

I just finished the last book in the hood girls guide to murder series, and you’re going to love it

[@StephLoves]

I loved this, can't wait to see the next part of this. I really want to try 56 Days, Rock Paper Scissors and For Your Own Good 🖤

[@lauralobiondo5512]

The One and What Lies Between Us-both by John Marrs are some of my favorites!

[@mle12390]

Mine too ☺️ John Marrs is fantastic. The one is an all time favourite of mine

[@lauralobiondo5512]

@@mle12390 I was so disappointed in the Netflix adaptation, but the book is definitely one of my all time favorite thrillers!

[@mle12390]

@@lauralobiondo5512 yes I don’t know why he let them change it so much! He was involved in it but I really disliked it sadly. Amazon has a tv show with a similar premise out and that’s miles better 😊

[@TheThreeBookshelves]

OoooOOOOOOH! The Passengers! One of my favorite books I read this year and my favorite thriller of all time. I can’t wait for you to read it, you’re in for a WILD ride! I don’t remember if you’ve read The One, but if not, be warned that there are spoilers for how it ends in The Passengers… so you might want to read that first (totally worth it).

[@RileyMarie_]

I haven’t read The One yet but I definitely will!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

YES POV FROM THE KILLER IS SO FREAKING GOOD

[@nikagibanica8421]

I think you might like The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin 🖤

[@hannahrollison8731]

I loved kill creek by Scott Thomas! So good! I'm reading rock paper scissors now! 😊

[@amywade2753]

Loved this video! So excited for part 2 🐰

[@sarajean2559]

Based on the tropes you listed I think you will love The Maidens. I know the reviews are mixed but I loved it.

[@sayalisathe8894]

Can you do thriller recommendations video? I just want to get into it but don't know what to read.

[@tonileigh09]

Have you read 'The one' sounds like something you'd really like

[@ldanforth18]

I LOVE your shirt! 😍 and I agree with you about mental health and substance abuse in thrillers- it just doesn’t seem to be done well by the authors. I would recommend The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (school setting and historical aspects) and In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead (school setting)

[@paperbacksandplanners]

I'm so excited to hear what you think of these!! I've had them on my tbr all year

[@paperbacksandplanners]

Also The Broken Girls by Simone St James has an academic setting, revenge plot, and some weird unexplained elements/genre blending! It's one of my all time favorite thrillers

[@RileyMarie_]

@@paperbacksandplanners ooh that sounds really good!

[@monikaliane]

All 3 of those r five stars for me so I’m excited to see what u think

[@merce_maidcc]

I finished "Rock, paper, scissors" literally yesterday (narrated by Stephanie Racine AND Richard Armitage!) and LOVED it so much. It kept me on edge all the time and loved all the twists and turns of the story. Also, I heard there's an adaptation coming soon!!! I'd say you should try other books by Alice Feeney. This one is now my favourite but I really liked "Sometimes I lie".

[@kitkatkc9]

The Escape Room! I’m terrified of elevators TERRIFIED so I think that will be a good one for me 😱😱😱 Oh and I don’t think you’ll find a fish bowl setting for 56 Days, they are trapped in an apartment but you also get the cops POV from outside, and flashbacks to the couple meeting

[@toninumber4]

I love thrillers. I haven’t read the passengers, the escape room, of the maidens (I have this one to read) but I read for your own good, Rock Paper Scissors, 56 days, and not a happy family and loved all of them.

[@lindsayjardine3376]

Burning girls is really good by CJ Tudor x

[@beautynbrainzxo]

I love your shirt!

[@OneDisgrace]

I really loved the passengers! I'm definitely intrigued by rock paper scissors now 👀 if you end up liking the passengers, you'll probably like "the one" by the same author

[@necholejacobs6195]

can you tell me when you read Rock, Paper, Scissors if it's worth buying or not. we have a lot of the same tastes lol

[@hannadavis6867]

It has a worthy plot twist tho. Also, has a snowy atmosphere

[@gotbookcitement]

Samantha Downing is so good!!

[@andthatsondana]

I loved this video idea!

[@libbysreadingcorner9564]

Where would I start with thrillers?? I want to get more into them but I have turn the key out right now from my library... But I have no clue where to start after I read that one, help please and thank you

[@RileyMarie_]

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo is one of my favorites! I highly recommend it

[@libbysreadingcorner9564]

@@RileyMarie_ thank you so much I willl try it out

[@faithfergusson4775]

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian was an amazing dark academia book set in college, highly recommend

[@RileyMarie_]

I’ve had my eye on this one!

[@listenwithprecious]

Cool video idea 💡! Really like this video 😂 2nd time watching

[@bryn1826]

I think you would like In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and The One by John Marrs, if you haven’t read that yet ☺️

[@moonkhaleesi]

Haha I love cheating plotlines and idk why. I think it's cuz it's one of those really uncomfortable things and no one wants to get cheated on, and affairs are pretty terrible...but love reading about them or watching them in shows and movies. But I prefer if it's a woman cheating on a man OR if it's the man, then the other woman is a main character and we get her pov. However, I agree with you, I don't like mental health being used as a motive. My favorite thriller probably ever is still Behind her eyes and the netflix adaption was so well done! I can't wait to get to rock paper scissors. And unrealated, I have that same shirt, love schitt's creek!

[@readerontherun7460]

I highly recommend Invisible by James Patterson. His books are usually a hit or miss for me but this one was fantastic! It’s in the POV of the killer and the audiobook is amazing because it has sound effects and music and you can hear victims being murdered in the background 👀

[@RileyMarie_]

Whoa that sounds cool

[@melaniewall3695]

i really enjoyed The Escape Room

[@nikki9808]

i read this book years ago so it might not hold up but, They Never Learn’s premise reminded me of Killer Instinct by S.E. Green. it’s a YA book about a girl who takes revenge on shitty men and studies serial killers bc she thinks she might be one, iirc. it might not hit the way adult thrillers do, since they can /go there/, but at least it’s out there 😅

[@angeladuckett1531]

Thriller recommendations: The Good Lie by AR Torre, The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon, Marrow by Tarryn Fisher (her back list is much better than her newer books).

[@RileyMarie_]

I’m so nervous to read tarryn fishers backlist cause I hated the wives so much but I will give it a try

[@angeladuckett1531]

@@RileyMarie_ I don’t like ANY of her new books. Mudvein and Marrow are my favorites by her and The Opportunist is pretty good too. I also enjoyed Bad Mommy which is a couple years old. That’s probably the last one I have liked.

[@Denis-pk1nd]

Loved this video. You should definitely give a try to "Our last echoes" by Kate Alice Marshall

[@RileyMarie_]

I’ve already read this one! Loved it!

[@siddubois4753]

Rock Paper Scissors is so fkn good!!!!

[@yadhirafuentes6300]

I love ur videos!

[@Cherrylimeade0235]

I've been trying to read thrillers for the longest, and I just can't get into any. I just ... I'm going to keep trying.

[@Cassandrareads]

The passengers sounds so good but I have such a hard time reading books or watching movies when the character in danger is pregnant

[@RileyMarie_]

If it helps, the pregnant character is not the main character or the only person in danger

[@iamthatxx]

The Passengers had a great premise but the writing was not done well. It's just so uninteresting which is a shame because the core idea is so unique. Rock Paper Scissors got 5 stars from me and I'm really, really, really picky. It's fast paced and all chapters ended with a cliffhanger and kept me interested throughout it all

[@maryambatool7127]

i am so glad you won't be reading the maidens. It's terrible. You're one of my favourite KZbinrs and I wouldn't like to see you suffer

[@RileyMarie_]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ambrelicious04]

You are so beautiful