More horror than thriller, but “The Twisted Ones” and “What Moves the Dead” by T Kingfisher has some vibes like these
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– **Wayward Pines** trilogy by Blake Crouch. A secret service agent is dispatched to a small, idyllic Idaho town to investigate the disappearance of two FBI agents. The town seems nice enough, but when the MC has a car accident, he wakes up in the local hospital and no one seems to believe anything he says. You’re kept guessing pretty much the entire first book about what the heck is going on.
– **Silo** trilogy by Hugh Howey. I’m not sure you can say everything is “fine” at first, but humanity has, for generations, lived in a giant underground silo that holds 10,000 people. The reasons for this have been lost over time and over many generations, but they have jobs and schools and communities and live a fairly normal life, to them at least. The one thing you can never do here is ask why you can’t go outside. Each of the three books has a giant mystery you are dying to get to in order to widen the scope on this story. Really brilliantly told. I got this series after watching a few episodes of the new Silo series on Apple Plus. The first (and currently only) season covers approximately half the first book, so you could watch it for an episode or two to see if you want to get the books.
– **House at the End of the World** by Dean Koontz. A woman moves to a beautiful secluded island to escape traumas in her past. By the time she’s unwound herself enough to exhale and enjoy the peace, some strange and intimidating men start coming by asking weird questions but refusing to give her any context. Obviously something dangerous is afoot, and, by the title of the book, you can probably guess what.
– **The Girl With All The Gifts** by Mike Carey. This book focuses on a bright, happy, creative little girl whose favorite part of every day is class with her favorite teacher. You can’t help but be excited with her, until you realize that, while in class, her arms and legs are strapped to a wheelchair, she wears a muzzle on her face, and there is always at least one soldier pointing a gun at her at all times. I think there’s a second book too but I haven’t gotten around to it.
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More horror than thriller, but “The Twisted Ones” and “What Moves the Dead” by T Kingfisher has some vibes like these
Giver by Lois Lowry
– **Wayward Pines** trilogy by Blake Crouch. A secret service agent is dispatched to a small, idyllic Idaho town to investigate the disappearance of two FBI agents. The town seems nice enough, but when the MC has a car accident, he wakes up in the local hospital and no one seems to believe anything he says. You’re kept guessing pretty much the entire first book about what the heck is going on.
– **Silo** trilogy by Hugh Howey. I’m not sure you can say everything is “fine” at first, but humanity has, for generations, lived in a giant underground silo that holds 10,000 people. The reasons for this have been lost over time and over many generations, but they have jobs and schools and communities and live a fairly normal life, to them at least. The one thing you can never do here is ask why you can’t go outside. Each of the three books has a giant mystery you are dying to get to in order to widen the scope on this story. Really brilliantly told. I got this series after watching a few episodes of the new Silo series on Apple Plus. The first (and currently only) season covers approximately half the first book, so you could watch it for an episode or two to see if you want to get the books.
– **House at the End of the World** by Dean Koontz. A woman moves to a beautiful secluded island to escape traumas in her past. By the time she’s unwound herself enough to exhale and enjoy the peace, some strange and intimidating men start coming by asking weird questions but refusing to give her any context. Obviously something dangerous is afoot, and, by the title of the book, you can probably guess what.
– **The Girl With All The Gifts** by Mike Carey. This book focuses on a bright, happy, creative little girl whose favorite part of every day is class with her favorite teacher. You can’t help but be excited with her, until you realize that, while in class, her arms and legs are strapped to a wheelchair, she wears a muzzle on her face, and there is always at least one soldier pointing a gun at her at all times. I think there’s a second book too but I haven’t gotten around to it.