Best Thriller Book Series

The best thriller book series ranked by average reader rating — the series that deliver tension and surprises from first book to last.

Thriller series are built for binge reading — once you know the protagonist, every new installment ratchets the stakes higher. This list ranks thriller book series by average reader rating across all installments, rewarding the series that stay tense and well-plotted from first book to last.

Every series here has at least 3 books in our catalog. These are the thriller series that readers trust to deliver consistent quality — no filler volumes, no phoned-in sequels.

1

The Senator's Wife

by Jen Lyon

37h 21m total 3 books ★ 4.53 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Senator's Wife, #2 Caught Sleeping, #3 Whistleblower
2

Bear & Mandy Logan

by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

52h 38m total 7 books ★ 4.52 avg

Books in series:

#1 Close to Home, #2 Under the Surface, #3 The Last Stop, #4 Over the Edge, #5 Between the Lies, #6 Caught in the Web, #7 The Marked Daughter
3

Terminal List

by Jack Carr

58h 59m total 4 books ★ 4.42 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Terminal List, #2 True Believer, #6 Only the Dead, #7 Red Sky Mourning
4

Power of the Dog

by Don Winslow

72h 40m total 3 books ★ 4.40 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Power of the Dog, #2 The Cartel, #3 The Border
5

Noah Wolf Series

by David Archer

165h 17m total 7 books ★ 4.40 avg

Books in series:

#1 Noah Wolf Series, Books 1-4: Noah Wolf Boxed Set, #8 Noah Wolf Series: Books 8-10: Noah Wolf Boxed Set, #11 Noah Wolf Series: Books 11-13: Noah Wolf Boxed Set, #17 Noah Wolf Series: Books 17-19: Noah Wolf Boxed Set, #20 Noah Wolf Series: Books 20-22 (Noah Wolf Boxed Set Book 7), #23 Noah Wolf Series: Books 23-25 (Noah Wolf Boxed Set Book 8), #27 Children of the Empire (Noah Wolf Book 27)
6

In Death

by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

92h 4m total 7 books ★ 4.40 avg

Books in series:

#6 Vengeance in Death, #15 Purity in Death, #17 Imitation in Death, #33 New York to Dallas, #35 Delusion in Death, #40 Obsession in Death, #43 Apprentice in Death
7

Noah Wolf

by David Archer

136h 35m total 17 books ★ 4.39 avg

Books in series:

#1 Code Name Camelot, #2 Lone Wolf, #3 In Sheep's Clothing, #4 Hit For Hire, #5 The Wolf's Bite, #6 Black Sheep, #7 Balance of Power, #8 Time To Hunt, #11 Edge of Anarchy, #17 Pack Leader, #18 High Treason, #20 Rogue Intelligence (Noah Wolf Book 20) +5 more
8

Tier One

by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

61h 2m total 5 books ★ 4.38 avg

Books in series:

#1 Spezialeinheit Tier One, #1 Tier One, #2 War Shadows, #3 Crusader One, #8 Ember
9

Harry Bauer Thriller

by Blake Banner

31h 33m total 5 books ★ 4.36 avg

Books in series:

#1 Dead of Night, #2 Dying Breath, #3 The Einstaat Brief, #4 Quantum Kill, #5 Immortal Hate
10

Jack Ryan Universe

by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson, Tom Clancy

81h 36m total 5 books ★ 4.36 avg

Books in series:

#1 Without Remorse, #27 Tom Clancy's Oath of Office (Jack Ryan), #37 Command and Control, #40 Tom Clancy Defense Protocol, #41 Tom Clancy: Line of Demarcation
11

Battle Born

by Jack Stewart

30h 31m total 3 books ★ 4.35 avg

Books in series:

#1 Unknown Rider, #2 Outlaw, #3 Bogey Spades
12

Mitch Rapp

by Vince Flynn

216h 55m total 18 books ★ 4.33 avg

Books in series:

#1 American Assassin, #2 Kill Shot, #3 Transfer of Power, #4 The Third Option, #5 Separation Of Power, #6 Executive Power, #7 Memorial Day, #8 Consent to Kill, #9 Act of Treason, #10 Protect and Defend, #11 Extreme Measures, #12 Pursuit of Honor +6 more
13

Rogue Team International

by Jonathan Maberry

59h 15m total 3 books ★ 4.30 avg

Books in series:

#3 Cave 13, #4 Burn to Shine, #5 Red Empire
14

Orphan X

by Gregg Hurwitz

91h 45m total 7 books ★ 4.29 avg

Books in series:

#1 Orphan X, #2 The Nowhere Man, #3 Hellbent, #8 The Last Orphan, #9 Lone Wolf, #10 Nemesis, #11 Antihero
15

Joe Ledger

by Jonathan Maberry

158h 36m total 10 books ★ 4.28 avg

Books in series:

#1 Patient Zero, #2 The Dragon Factory, #3 The King of Plagues, #4 Assassin's Code, #5 Extinction Machine, #6 Code Zero, #7 Predator One, #8 Kill Switch, #9 Dogs of War, Joe Ledger: Secret Missions Volume One and Two
16

Callahan & McLane

by Kendra Elliot

28h 3m total 3 books ★ 4.27 avg

Books in series:

#1 Vanished, #2 Bridged, #3 Spiraled
17

Rain City Legal

by Stephen Penner

28h 13m total 4 books ★ 4.27 avg

Books in series:

#1 Burden of Proof, #2 Trial By Jury, #3 The Survival Rule, #4 Double Jeopardy
18

Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers

by John Ellsworth

47h 43m total 6 books ★ 4.26 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Defendants, #2 Beyond A Reasonable Death, #6 The Mental Case: A Legal Thriller (Thaddeus Murfee Thrillers), #8 The Trial Lawyer: A Legal Thriller (Thaddeus Murfee Thrillers), #8 The Trial Lawyer, A Young Lawyer's Story
19

Scot Harvath

by Brad Thor

242h 22m total 21 books ★ 4.25 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Lions of Lucerne, #2 Path of the Assassin, #3 State of the Union, #4 Blowback, #5 Takedown, #6 The First Commandment, #7 The Last Patriot, #8 The Apostle, #9 Foreign Influence, #10 Full Black, #11 Black List, #12 Hidden Order +9 more
20

Gabriel Allon

by Daniel Silva

219h 47m total 20 books ★ 4.25 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Kill Artist, #2 The English Assassin, #3 The Confessor, #4 A Death in Vienna, #5 Prince of Fire, #6 The Messenger, #7 The Secret Servant, #10 The Rembrandt Affair, #11 Portrait of a Spy, #12 The Fallen Angel, #13 The English Girl, #14 The Heist +8 more
21

Billy Cunningham

by James Swain

30h 34m total 3 books ★ 4.24 avg

Books in series:

#1 Take Down, #2 Bad Action, #3 Super Con
22

Millennium Series

by Stieg Larsson

55h 11m total 3 books ★ 4.23 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, #2 The Girl Who Played with Fire, #3 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
23

Kyle Swanson Sniper

by Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis

82h 13m total 8 books ★ 4.22 avg

Books in series:

#1 Kill Zone, #2 Dead Shot, #3 Clean Kill, #5 Running the Maze, #7 On Scope, #8 Night of the Cobra: A Sniper Novel, #9 Long Shot, #10 In the Crosshairs
24

Trident Deception

by Rick Campbell

48h 7m total 4 books ★ 4.22 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Trident Deception, #2 Empire Rising, #3 Ice Station Nautilus, #4 Blackmail
25

Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller

by Eva Hudson

69h 47m total 8 books ★ 4.21 avg

Books in series:

#1 Fresh Doubt, #2 Kill Plan, #3 Deep Hurt: An International FBI Thriller (Ingrid Skyberg Book 3), #4 Shoot First, #5 Below Zero: An International FBI Thriller (Ingrid Skyberg Book 5), #6 Final Offer, #7 Flight Risk, #8 Look Twice
26

Women's Murder Club

by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

36h 54m total 5 books ★ 4.20 avg

Books in series:

#1 1st To Die, #13 Unlucky 13, #22 22 Seconds, #25 25 Alive (WMC #25): A Women's Murder Club Thriller, #26 26 Beauties
27

Will Robie

by David Baldacci

48h 36m total 4 books ★ 4.19 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Innocent, #2 The Hit, #3 The Target, #4 The Guilty
28

Presidential Agent

by W.E.B. Griffin

131h 52m total 8 books ★ 4.19 avg

Books in series:

#2 The Hostage, #3 The Hunters, #4 The Shooters, #5 Black Ops, #6 The Outlaws, #7 Covert Warriors, #8 Hazardous Duty, #10 W. E. B. Griffin Direct Action (Presidential Agent Novel, 10)
29

Jack Ryan

by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson, Tom Clancy

297h 33m total 11 books ★ 4.18 avg

Books in series:

#1 Patriot Games, #2 Red Rabbit, #3 The Cardinal of the Kremlin, #3 The Hunt for Red October, #5 Clear and Present Danger, #6 The Sum of All Fears, #7 Debt of Honor, #8 Executive Orders, #10 Full Force and Effect, #19 Tom Clancy Act of Defiance, #21 Tom Clancy Executive Power
30

Detective Erika Foster

by Robert Bryndza

38h 19m total 4 books ★ 4.17 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Girl in the Ice, #2 The Night Stalker, #4 Last Breath, #5 Cold Blood

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