Thriller & Suspense: word count & book length

High stakes, a ticking clock and constant forward pressure. Thrillers trade puzzle-solving for danger: the question is less 'who did it' than 'will they survive it'.

• Short chapters increase page count slightly because every chapter starts on a new page.
• Bold condensed sans-serif titles dominate thriller covers — test thumbnails at 150 px wide.

Thriller is a genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime, horror, and detective fiction. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving their audiences heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. This genre is well suited for making thriller films and television programs. A thriller generally keeps its audience on the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. The cover-up of important information is a common element. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists, unreliable narrators, and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is often a villain-driven plot, whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist or hero must overcome.

From the Wikipedia article “Thriller (genre)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.