🎙️ BOOK SLAYERS: 4 SLAYS. 4 DECAYS. ZERO MERCY.

We’ve reached that dangerous point in the year where we look back at everything we’ve read so far and ask the question:

Which thrillers actually slayed… and which ones should have been left at the crime scene? 🔪

In this episode of Book Slayers, we’re handing out our Slays & Decays of the Year So Far.

Each of us picked:

🔪 2 SLAYS — our favourite thrillers of 2026 so far 💀 2 DECAYS — our least favourite reads of the year so far

That means 8 books enter the courtroom.

Some earned their place on our best-of-the-year list.

Some made us question our life choices.

And yes… we absolutely have opinions.

We’re talking thrillers, suspense, twists, characters, pacing, WTF moments, disappointments, surprises, and the books that had us saying “OH HELL YES” versus “WHY DID I FINISH THIS?”

But here’s the real question:

👇 Do you agree with our Slays and Decays?

Tell us: What is YOUR best thriller of 2026 so far? And more importantly…

💀 What’s your biggest book disappointment of the year?

Because we know somebody is about to come into the comments swinging. 😂

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