Loved The Hot Zone! Nonfiction that reads like a thriller.

Same here. I have so many books in there and all my bookshelves set up in the particular nitpicky way that I like them that moving all that over to another service is a daunting idea.

This book also didn’t scare me in a traditional way but is definitely one of the most unsettling things I’ve read.

My go-to author when I want something quick, easy to read, that’s not going to be too taxing is Stephen King. He’s so prolific that I think I’ll always have something new of his to read, and I like revisiting some of his works. Not sure how “pulpy” he is though.

I also enjoy Michael Crichton (like you mentioned), Blake Crouch, and Andy Weir for that same kind of thing.

Charlie the Unicorn? Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.