Ya’ll know I love a good book. Like, legit. My favorite way to spend a free hour is wandering aimlessly around a bookstore. They have to be actual books, too. No reading via Kindle or Nook, I want to be able to hold the book and feel the pages as I turn them. We all have our thing and I guess that’s mine!
And while I’m definitely not a genre snob – and will pretty much read anything except horror, I’ve definitely been going through a psychological thriller/suspense phase the last year.
Some of these you may have seen me mention in past blogs, but if they passed the read-test in my book, then they’re definitely worth mentioning again. Without further ado, here are my top 15 picks for psychological thrillers that you should add to your summer reading list!
- No Exit by Taylor Adams
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- The Winter sister by Meg Collins
- Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
- Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
- Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak
- Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
- Before I go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
- The Good Daughter -by Karin Slaughter (trigger warning)
- The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
- The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
- Our Little Secret by Roz Nay
- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
- Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (an oldie but a goodie)

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Natasha Funderburk is a wife, #boymom, NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Consultant, and ACE-Behavior Change Specialist. When not watching her son play baseball, she can be found on various writing platforms, coaching her clients to live their best lives, drinking all the coffee, and conducting living-room dance parties.
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