Best Susan Hill Books

The best books by Susan Hill — 16 titles spanning Horror, Thriller, Mystery, averaging 3.87 BLT stars.

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Susan Hill occupies a rare position in British fiction — equally at home conjuring dread and dissecting the procedural. The Woman in Black is her landmark achievement, a ghost story of almost unbearable atmospheric tension that reads like the English countryside itself has turned malevolent. Her Simon Serrailler crime series, beginning with The Various Haunts of Men, is quieter but no less unsettling — Hill writes police work with a melancholy realism, more interested in the weight grief places on communities than in puzzle mechanics. Her prose is lean and weather-worn, every scene saturated with place. Readers who want cozy crime will find Serrailler too bleak; readers who want pure horror will find it too restrained. That in-between space is exactly where Hill excels — and where her most loyal readers live.

Susan Hill's highest-rated book in our collection is The Woman in Black (4.23 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    The Woman in Black

    by Susan Hill, John Lawrence

    ★ 4.23 BLT Score (83.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (83.2K)
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    The Shadows in the Street

    Simon Serrailler • Book 5

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 4.11 BLT Score (6.6K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (6.6K)
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    The Soul of Discretion

    Simon Serrailler • Book 8

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 4.07 BLT Score (5.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (5.0K)
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    The Vows of Silence

    Simon Serrailler • Book 4

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 4.01 BLT Score (6.3K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (6.3K)
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    A Question of Identity

    Simon Serrailler • Book 7

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.99 BLT Score (6.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (6.1K)
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    The Risk of Darkness

    Simon Serrailler • Book 3

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.96 BLT Score (7.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (7.0K)
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    The Benefit of Hindsight: A Simon Serraillier Case: A Simon Serrailler Case

    Simon Serrailler • Book 10

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.95 BLT Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (4.3K)
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    A Change of Circumstance

    Simon Serrailler • Book 11

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.95 BLT Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (3.6K)
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    The Comforts of Home

    Simon Serrailler • Book 9

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.94 BLT Score (4.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (4.4K)
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    The Betrayal of Trust

    Simon Serrailler • Book 6

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.91 BLT Score (6.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (6.6K)
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    The Pure in Heart

    Simon Serrailler • Book 2

    by Susan Hill, Yolande Ligterink

    ★ 3.81 BLT Score (8.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (8.3K)
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    The Small Hand

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.72 BLT Score (7.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (7.6K)
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    The Various Haunts of Men

    Simon Serrailler • Book 1

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.69 BLT Score (15.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (15.2K)
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    Hero: A Simon Serrailler Short Story

    Simon Serrailler #8.6

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.57 BLT Score (902 ratings)
    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (902)
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    A Breach of Security

    Simon Serrailler #8.5 • Book 8

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.49 BLT Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.62 Goodreads (1.4K)
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    Printer's Devil Court

    by Susan Hill

    ★ 3.46 BLT Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.21 Goodreads (2.4K)
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