Thriller Book Recommendations by Trope (locked room, dystopian, and more!) pt 2

[@KatieColson]

This is so well thought out and covers so many tropes. Loved it

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

Thanks, Katie! 🫶🏻

[@ramen8760]

In terms of serial killer thrillers, I recently absolutely loved the Butcher and Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier. Also I’m thinking of picking up The Angel Maker at some point soon, so hopefully I enjoy that too. Great video!

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

I still haven’t read from Hillier yet! I’ve gotta check her out

[@ramen8760]

@@ashleyslittlelibrary I absolutely love all of her books that I’ve read! Well except for Things We Do in The Dark (we can just ignore that one) 😃.

[@ankur-chauhan]

Really like this theme based recommendation and choice of themes. I would suggest few more for next video : mystery meets comedy, super dark thrillers, horror touch in mystery, friends group based thrillers, very well written (literary) mystery thriller. Also I am picking The house in pines. Seems interesting

[@RociosLibrary]

one of my fave closed indoor thrillers is An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

[@ReadAndThrift]

I just finished Behind Closed Doors today and loved it! Such a page turner, so frustrating but you just can’t stop reading 😂. So good.

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

Exactly!!

[@tubeguito9555]

Hi, I have always followed your advice. I was really struck by the beauty of "Motion Detection", a thriller book that I found by chance on Amz while looking for a new book. The cover intrigued me, it's an unusual book with a spectacular ending, I highly recommend it!

[@literarylove123]

I had so much fun reading The Writing Retreat. It was such a fast read.

[@outroseok]

I've always been a romance (and minor fantasy/dystopian) reader but have always wanted to get into thrillers/murder mysteries. I read The Inmate by Freida McFadden and absolutely DEVOURED it! this video definitely helps give me more recommendations.

[@cassiehumphreys1222]

I am so glad to hear you recommend the drift i bought it and then only heard bad things so haven't wanted to pick it up until now

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

It’s one of those stories with a lot of characters that you have to pay attention to which I think turns some people off but I liked it! I read it for Reading Wryly’s book club and we have a discussion on her channel if you’d like to learn more 😊

[@christinacampbellbooks]

So many books here already on my TBR - The Drift, The Angel Maker, The Soulmate. I've read books by all three of these authors and really enjoyed them. I'm even more excited to read them now after hearing you talk about them! Just added The Writing Retreat to my ever-expanding TBR ☺

[@zobookish]

It's good to hear someone recommend Perfect Days! I loved that one.

[@WhitneyYadonArt]

Just picked up Going Dark and House in the Pines has been on my TBR for a few months! Excited to read both! I guess not really a trope but it'd be interesting to see books with the wildest plot twist, Frienemies ( The writing Retreat ^.^), or haunted house thillers? Great recs as always!

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

Love all those ideas!

[@dessertcomes1st]

I love detective or crime procedurals aka the serial killer trope. My author recos for readers like me: Jeffery Deaver, Chris Carter, Steve Cavanagh, Jilliane Hoffman. Also Ashley, maybe you'd like to read some books by African and Asian authors? I just finished *Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei* and it was excellent. Also reading The Missing American by Kwei Quartey, yet another terrific author.

[@copascribe7472]

I just borrowed The House in the Pines! Behind Closed Doors and The Burning Girl were great, but I hated The Book Of Cold Cases! It was the first book I ever returned to Audible 😂.

[@britalyson7180]

Great video and great recs! I absolutely love marriage issues in my thrillers, or secrets in a marriage so Behind Closed Doors was a favorite of mine. I also enjoy cults as well, so I'll Be You was a favorite too. Rich women drama is always something I love in thrillers too.

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

Have you checked out Good Rich People? That’s a fun one with messy rich people 😂

[@britalyson7180]

@@ashleyslittlelibrary yes, loved it!!

[@Booknerd1]

I have The House on The Pines and Behind Closed Doors on my Tbr love your recommendations

[@shayedkin5027]

I really enjoyed Local Woman Missing for a missing person thriller !

[@Artfully_J]

Thanks for the great thriller recs. C.J. Tudor seems right up my alley, books with both suspense and paranormal elements sound so intriguing.

[@cc-pk2fs]

Would you do a recommendation video with only „uncovering the past“ type of thrillers? If you haven‘t already 😊 would love to see it!

[@virginia7324]

Loved this video! I've added three books to my TBR. Cool concept and really good editing!

[@dustyhayes9569]

I will definitely be trying a new of these books out starting with The Soulmate! I put several others on my TBR as well!!

[@jaelazanas8433]

I bought the new neighbour after watching this video, had to get it shipped from America and was extremely disappointed. Didnt make it past 83 pages. Punctuation mistakes, missing full stops and the word BAM repeated 30 times as protag hits the punching bag. Something was missing from this book including smooth dialogue. I realise why it wasnt stocked anywhere in Australia

[@marlenerichardson4429]

Dear Ashley, I have also just read Behind Closed Doors and couldn’t put it down. I’ve addd Soulmate to my TBR x Thankyou for brilliant recommendations x

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

Hope you enjoy!

[@scotthacker2265]

Enjoyed The Writing Retreat.

[@claudianoble-cotten2942]

Thanks Ashley! Recently found your channel and saw the previous video. This was a great ‘refresh’ video!! 😃

[@heidi4780]

Love these videos!

[@rebecca_is_book-hooked]

For serial killers I highly recommend: You Can Run by Rebecca Zanetti The Mindf*ck series by S T Abby

[@kolibrisway]

I've reserved Writing Retreat and The Soulmate from the library!

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

Some fantastic recommendations here, not that I need to extend my tbr in any way lol

[@clearestlittlekid]

Omg thanks for this 🫶🫶🫶

[@rustiqjoy]

House of the Pines sounds great.

[@filoaraujo8426]

I really love your recommendations, thank you

[@SashasStory]

Yes!! So excited for this❤

[@ybell10]

love it!!

[@littlemiss131]

Loooove the time line stamps!!!😅😅

[@matejadjedovic]

Great recommendations but the trope you are describing is not locked room thrillers. A locked room thriller or an impossible mystery involves a crime in a scenario which makes it appear impossible for the perpatrator to have left/entered the scene of the crime. For instance "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" in which the attacker disappears from a room in which all the windows are barred and the door is guarded. Other great examples are "The Hollow Man" in which the killer similarly seems to vanish in front of the eyes of the witnesses and "Rim of the Pit" in which the killer disappears without leaving any footprints in the fresh snow. See also the brilliant "Tokyo Zodiac Murders" and Agatha Christie's "They Do it with Mirrors". What you are describing - a thriller about a group of people in a secluded place - is called a closed circle mystery. The most famous example being "And Then There Were None". It is often mistaken for a locked room mystery except there are no impossibilities or... well, a murder in a locked room.

[@desertwitch9608]

Anything by Mo Hayder is excellent. It upsets me that she doesn’t get the recognition she deserves

[@jackpenberton1750]

Dystopian Novel : The End Of Silence by George Ernest

[@forevermoodreading]

Going Dark was so good! Very gggtm

[@lilofthisa688]

I love locked room - it's why I clicked.

[@scotthacker2265]

Also enjoyed Everyone in my family has killed some one

[@karik726]

I didn’t like House in the Pines. It was slow and boring and maybe I missed the twist. Spoiler Alert! Hypnosis and fake cabin seems a stretch. Felt like the cult books we don’t like!

[@thepussycat66]

New subscriber here. ❤ Loved this video!

[@ashleyslittlelibrary]

Welcome! 👋 and thank you!