• The Best Thrillers of 2022 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
  • The Best Thrillers of 2022 - The Turnout by Megan Abbott
  • The Best Thrillers of 2022 - Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney
  • The Best Thrillers of 2022 - These Toxic Things: A Thriller by Rachel Howzell Hall
  • The Best Thrillers of 2022 - Red Widow by Alma Katsu
  • The Best Thrillers of 2022 - I Am Not Who You Think I Am: A Novel by Eric Rickstad

The Best Thrillers of 2022, recommended by Tosca Lee

Every year, the International Thriller Writers—an honorary organisation of authors—showcases the best new books in the genre at their annual awards. Here, bestselling author and the organisation’s vice-president Tosca Lee talks us through the six-strong shortlist of books, and explains why ‘Southern noir’ writer S.A. Cosby won the title for the best thriller of 2022—only a year on from his last triumph.

  • The Best Post-Soviet Spy Thrillers - Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson
  • The Best Post-Soviet Spy Thrillers - Remembrance Day by Henry Porter
  • The Best Post-Soviet Spy Thrillers - Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
  • The Best Post-Soviet Spy Thrillers - Slow Horses by Mick Herron
  • The Best Post-Soviet Spy Thrillers - To the Lions by Holly Watt

The Best Post-Soviet Spy Thrillers, recommended by Charles Cumming

With the end of the Soviet Union, many thought the spy novel was dead. Within a decade, it was back, with old antagonists back in different guises and a new raft of international flashpoints to keep both fictional and real-life spies busy. Here, British spy novelist Charles Cumming, author of more than ten books, recommends five key post-Soviet spy thrillers and explains how the genre has evolved since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

  • Jeffrey Archer on Bestsellers - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  • Jeffrey Archer on Bestsellers - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • Jeffrey Archer on Bestsellers - The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
  • Jeffrey Archer on Bestsellers - Malgudi Days by R K Narayan
  • Jeffrey Archer on Bestsellers - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Jeffrey Archer on Bestsellers

The best books are the ones that tell great stories, says bestselling author and former British politician Jeffrey Archer. Here, he shares some of his favourites, popular novels that went down well with readers but are sometimes still looked down on by the literary establishment.