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Thanks to BookTok, finding gripping books to read is easier than ever. With creators making videos everyday that reveal some of their favorite reads, its easy to see which titles get the most attention and which ones are best to skip.
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Now that the weather is getting colder, it is a perfect time to get your fall reading list in order with some seriously hard-to-put-down mysteries, thrillers and fantasy novels. What’s better than curling up on a cold night with a chilling mystery that you can’t pull yourself away from?
Titles such as Mexican Gothic have TikTok in a tailspin as they attempt to keep up with the twists and turns of the book. That book, in particular, is guaranteed to be a household name soon thanks to the 2020 announcement that Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos were gearing up to produce a 10 episode Hulu series based on the book.
Though we’re still eagerly awaiting an update on when the show is coming to screens, we’re happy to settle for reading the book at a discounted price for now.
Today, Amazon is offering some exclusive deals on these fantasy, thriller and mystery books that means you can get titles for up to 65% off and some of our favorites cost less than $10.
The deals are on offer to everyone but Amazon Prime members can look forward to extra savings so sign up for Prime below to see the additional price drop.
‘Mexican Gothic’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon This soon-to-be Hulu show is sweeping TikTok thanks to its gripping plot with many twists and turns. In it, glamorous debutante Noemí travels to a grand home in the Mexican countryside after receiving a frantic letter from her newly-married cousin who is in need of rescuing.
She must learn not to fear her cousin’s menacing husband and use her sleuthing skills to unearth the dark history of the house and the family who occupies it.
'Mexican Gothic'$10.06, -47%Buy now
‘The Wife Upstairs’ by Rachel Hawkins
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon Dubbed one of the most highly anticipated books of 2021, The Wife Upstairs was an instant best-seller upon its release.
Set in Alabama, it follows the mysterious Jane who encounters even more mystery when she moves to an affluent area to work as a dog-walker.
She becomes captivated by Eddie Rochester, a rich widower, but soon becomes haunted by the suspicious death of his wife who had her own rags to riches story that eats away at Jane.
'The Wife Upstairs'$7.66, -57%Buy now
‘The Thursday Murder Club’ by Richard Osman
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon Osman’s debut novel, and the first of four books in the Thursday Murder Club series, is beloved by BookTok. It is also set to become a Steven Spielberg movie.
Four unlikely friends in a retirement village meet weekly to solve unsolved crimes but find themselves in the midst of a real-life mystery when a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph by his side.
'The Thursday Murder Club'$8.92, -50%Buy now
‘Local Woman Missing’ by Mary Kubica
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon A peaceful community is thrown into turmoil when Shelby Tebow goes missing shortly followed by the disappearance of Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah.
A search leads to more questions than answers and the case eventually goes cold. Then, eleven years later, Delilah returns and it is finally time for answers.
'Local Woman Missing'$9.53, -47%Buy now
‘What Lies in the Woods’ by Kate Alice Marshall
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon Naomi, Cassidy and Olivia were just 11 years old when the sent a man to prison for the murders of six women after Naomi miraculously survived 17 stab wounds following an attack in the forest where the girls spent their summer. They were hailed as heroes but they were liars.
Now, at 22, Olivia wants to reveal the truth so Naomi returns to find out what really happened in the woods that day.
'What Lies in the Woods'$18.29, -37%Buy now
‘The Guest’ by Emma Cline
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon When 22-year-old Alex gets kicked out of her rich older lover’s Long Island home after embarrasing him at a dinner party, she plots to walk back into his life at a Labor Day party.
All she has to do is figure out a way to spend five days with few resources, a waterlogged phone and a barely suppressed desire to wreak havoc on the lives of people in this upper class New York neighborhood.
'The Guest'$17.49, -38%Buy now
‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon In a distant universe there lives a library that hold an infinite number of books with answers to the questions that plague us. One book tells the story of your life as it is, another book reveals the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life.
Nora Seed is faced with numerous life-altering decisions during her experience with the library. Does she change careers, undo an old breakup, or follow her dreams?
'The Midnight Library'$10.87,Buy now
‘The House in the Pines’ by Ana Reyes
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon This Reese Witherspoon-approved book was the actress’s book club pick in January.
Seven years after her best friend dropped dead suddenly in front of a man they had been spending their summer with, Maya is still reeling from her traumatic senior year and attempting to kick the addiction she used to cope with it.
When she comes across a YouTube video of a woman keeling over and dying in a diner while sitting opposite that same man, Frank, Maya is compelled to return to her Berkshires home and attempt to make sense of the mystery that has shaped her life.
'The House in the Pines'$11.77, -56%Buy now
‘The Maid’ by Nita Prose
Image Credit: Courtesy Amazon Lovable oddball Molly Gray struggles to understand the world as much as it struggles to understand her. She lacks social skills and has a hard time navigating her life but loves her job as a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel.
However, when she stumbles upon a murder scene in one of the guest’s bedrooms, Molly becomes a suspect and has to use skills she never knew she had to untangle a web of lies and catch the real killer.
'The Maid'$11.52, -36%Buy now
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