Omar Hussain Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Omar Hussain is a published American author.

Omar hails from the San Francisco Bay area. Today, he resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended NYU, where he graduated with an MFA in creative writing.

Hussain is known for writing the book A Thousand Natural Shocks.

A Thousand Natural Shocks is a 2025 book by Omar Hussain. It was picked as one of the ‘Most Anticipated Mystery, Thriller, and Crime Books of 2025’ by Murder & Mayhem. It was also selected as a Goodreads Best Thriller & Mystery of 2025. Check out this debut if you want something interesting to read and discover a fresh voice in fiction!

This is a great meditation on themes such as identity, memory, and trauma, all put together in a suspenseful thriller that will have readers staying up late into the night to find out what happens! With intrigue on virtually every page, this is one book that you will find difficult to put down.

Main character Dash works as a reporter out of Monterey, California. Some people are just living their lives, while others are doing everything that they can to run away from the past. Dash is one of those people who will do anything that he can to get away from his past.

In the daytime, he looks into the emergence of a serial killer who has long been dormant. Then in the night, he gets tangled up with a criminal cult that is offering him a pill that has the potential to erase all of his traumatic memory. It seems like the perfect thing to do, and so he takes it.

The pill does work, and Dash starts losing his memories as promised. But he also starts losing his sense of self about who he is. Eventually, he stumbles on to a dark secret about the cult, the type that would shock all of its members.

Things like this usually end up putting a target on the back of those who are actively pursuing them, however. It does not take too long before Dash is doing whatever he can to get away from the cult while also finding the killer and unraveling their true identity for all to know.

He’s going to have to move quickly. Dash is in a race against time itself, and every second that goes by counts. Dash has to deal with his past and attempt to reconcile everything before his memories fade for good. Will he be able to do this as well as find a killer and avoid a cult? Read this suspenseful novel from Omar Hussain to find out!