The Best Books for Heart-Pounding Thrills

What are your favorite books? What novel is so intense you stay up reading it deep into the night?

I picked my top five novels for an intense read, and you can see my list here.

Shepherd.com

Shepherd.com gives readers fun new ways to find their next book. You can see what your favorite authors are interested in, or browse by a topic, like with this deep-dive Good & Evil bookshelf.

There are some great lists and interesting topic areas on there!

The Firefighter Thriller Novel

Humans have a primal fascination with fire. The popping logs, glowing embers, and flickering flames of a hearth or campfire bring a fundamental sense of comfort and provide simple but satisfying entertainment. Uncontrolled flames, on the other hand, strike fear, and to survive their hungry spread is to experience a life-affirming rush of adrenalin. The firefighter thriller is a novel fueled by this rush.

Anthony DeCapite, for Mystery & Suspense

Check out the article I wrote for Mystery and Suspense Magazine on the power of this small but exciting subgenre. Click here or on the image below for the full article.

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Image from the Mystery and Suspense article.