Best historical thriller books according to redditors

Sure. Here's the book. It's complete, published, and exists and everything.

First of all, that's amazing. Great idea for a dice box or dice rolling tray.

Have you considered something like a holder for minis, dice, pens/pencils? Basically little compartments inside for a player kit. I've seen a websites selling custom wooden enclosures for dice, pens, and minis for D&D players but a copy of the Necronomicon for a CoC game would be amazing.

Book ideas:

• There are a lot of collections of HP Lovecraft tales, many of which have great covers. I would particularly look for ones that have especially popular titles on their covers. "Call of Cthulhu and other tales" looks more fun than "Tales of HP Lovecraft." Of course, cool looking covers trumps all. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Cthulhu-Leatherbound-Classics-Collection/dp/1435162552/
  
• King in Yellow (as SamEire93 said)
  
• Necronomicon (as you said)
  
• Der Hexenhammer - an actual book often referenced in CoC and with a really cool name.
  
• Malleus maleficarum - A translation of the Der Hexenhammer which still has a cool name.
  
• The Lesser Key of Solomon - A real book sometimes used in CoC games and which has a cool cover. https://smile.amazon.com/Lesser-Key-Solomon-Aleister-Crowley/dp/0998136417
  
• Book of the Dead (Egyptian version) - An actual book often referenced in CoC and with a really cool name.
  
• The Book of Eibon - I'm not sure there are any decent looking copies that exist, but the concept is good.
  
• Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror - has a cool looking cover: https://www.amazon.com/Penny-Dreadfuls-Sensational-Leatherbound-Collection/dp/1435162765/
  
• Lovecraft Country - Maybe? It's a great book so I'd feel a little weird having it hollowed out, but a fan might really like the idea.

11-22-63 is a complex, creative, interesting book with fine story telling and imo represents King very well.

Carbon Cowboy: A SciFi Harem Adventure Crash Tanner 2018/9/11 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9HZFJ3

Initiate (Animus Book 1) Joshua Anderle and Michael Anderle 2018/9/11 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H997V1F

The FPS Deity: A Fantasy LitRPG Series- Book 1 Cobyboy 2018/9/12 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HB8KDX1

Half-Breed Hunter: Arrival David Aries 2018/9/12 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HB8HSY9

Infinite Exodus: A SciFi LitRPG (Infinite Exodus Book 1) Noah Whitaker and Remy Whitaker 2018/9/12 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9J2NDZ

Live Like a God: big adventure in a tiny world Taylor Kole 2018/9/12 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HBKGRH3

XXX Fantasy Online Part One: A LitRPG Harem Fantasy Adventure John Harem and David Belwick 2018/9/13 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HCQSH6S

XXX Fantasy Online Part Two: A LitRPG Harem Fantasy Adventure John Harem and David Belwick 2018/9/13 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HCRV6FR

The Revived: A MMORPG and LitRPG Online Adventure (Second Age of Retha Book 3) A. M. Sohma 2018/9/14 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H78W9WR

First Song, Book One (Anthem of Infinity 1) Blaise Corvin and Outspan Foster 2018/9/14 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HD2VQ9W

XXX Fantasy Online Part Three: A LitRPG Harem Fantasy Adventure John Harem and David Belwick 2018/9/14 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HD3HP2J

XXX Fantasy Online 4: A LitRPG Harem Fantasy Adventure John Harem and David Belwick 2018/9/14 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HDG91KL

How To Tame Your Dragon I: A Litrpg Harem Adventure Kimiko Petaway 2018/9/14 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HD656JK

Conquer: An Epic Fantasy Harem (Conquering the Kingdom Book 1) Aron Stone and Caterina Kalymniou 2018/9/15 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HDM2VBQ

Eburnean Passage: A LitRPG Mystery Richter Solaire 2018/9/15 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GVQ7MM4

Kill Code: A Gamelit Adventure Jamie Hawke and Justin Sloan 2018/9/16 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HF9KFC9

XXX Fantasy Online 5: A LitRPG Harem Fantasy Adventure John Harem and David Belwick 2018/9/17 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HFMLW7N

Hero's Dungeon: A Superhero Dungeon Core Novel Nick Ryder 2018/9/17 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HFZ2F7F

The Wang is the Hardest Part (Caverns and Creatures) Robert Bevan and Joan Reginaldo 2018/9/17 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HGLWJ4L

Welcome to Gorgoth (How To Avoid Death On A Daily Basis Book 7) V. Moody 2018/9/17 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2R2L3Q

Vampire Hunter (Superheroes Online Book 2) Dante Steel 2018/9/18 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HH3K64Q

Southern Kingdom: Evolution Online II D. L. Harrison 2018/9/18 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FZ7DPFT

The Great Game J. Conrad Matthews 2018/9/18 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HHM4MT6

The New Magic (The Outworlders Book 2) Joseph Malik 2018/9/18 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GCVHZGW

Bunker Core (Core Control Book 1) Andrew Seiple and Amelia Parris 2018/9/20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HKV8BRN

Cavern of Spirits: A LitRPG and GameLit Adventure (Stonehaven League Book 3) Carrie Summers 2018/9/20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HB6L6X9

Killdozer (Arbiter Core Book 1) Cory Gaffner 2018/9/20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HK54JHL

Blademage Shadowstalker (Blademage Book 3) Deck Davis 2018/9/20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HKT1PZ6

Enthralled: Book 4: System Ascension Prax Venter 2018/9/20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HDQ796C

The Handsome Menace: A LitRPG Adventure (Scar Tours Book 1) S.R.R. Saint 2018/9/20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HH511H6

Ok so it's not exactly what the other poster said but the books is called The last Templar

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Templar-Raymond-Khoury/dp/1409118568

Check out the description, you might like it

This article gives a pretty good overview of the form: https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/penny-dreadfuls

The article will give you a few titles to search for, but the originals sell for a lot of money because they are collectible. I'm guessing you can find some reproductions online if you look hard enough, but there is also this Barnes & Noble collection that looks very nice: https://www.amazon.com/Penny-Dreadfuls-Sensational-Leatherbound-Collection/dp/1435162765/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498318847&sr=1-1&keywords=penny+dreadfuls

I believe the term you are looking for is more along the line of lewd, licentious or unfaithful, since "whore" is generally used to refer to people who sell sexual favours.


Going by your description and the tags on Amazon, it sounds like there's a fair bit of romantic drama. If love triangles are not your thing, you might be better off putting down the book and read something with less focus on complicated interpersonal entanglements and more adventure and fighting, like Conan or the Drenai Saga. Or you could try Bloodstone by Karl Edward Wagner, which has both adventure, fighting and romantic (more or less) complications.


https://www.amazon.com/Bloodstone-Kane-Book-Edward-Wagner-ebook/dp/B00KAEXWLU

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• The Tetradome Run by Spencer Baum
  
  
• Agent Zero by Jack Mars

There was one about the Casse from Europa Barbarorum that I really enjoyed. It was told from the perspective of one of the people in the family tree, about his adventures and the domestic drama and politics of the Casse themselves. It actually got published.

Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick.

The Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer.

West of Eden by Harry harrison.

Dinosaur Planet by Anne McCaffrey.

Bloodgood Messiah. A mix of Sci-fi, historical fiction, and religion. Nothing out there like it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KKQ21CT

The Somnambulist

Infinite Jest

"Two were dark and one was fair..." They became known as the Brides of Dracula. You know his story. Read theirs here.

Daughters of Shadow and Blood - Book I: Yasamin

Daughters of Shadow and Blood - Book II: Elena

definitely cowboy angels its new and not terribly well known but its very good and has a lot of movie potential.

It is this one

Thanks for the help!

You might check out The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes.