Biblio File

New York Times Read Alikes: August 9, 2015

Finished Go Set a Watchman this weekend? Or The Girl On the Train? Looking for more? Here are this week's read alikes. Enjoy!

Go Set a Watchman Cover

#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, more Southern gothic:

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash

The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor

 

 

 

The Girl On the Train Cover

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, more suspense novels told from multiple perspectives:

And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Son by Jo Nesbø

 

 

 

Grey

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Grey by E.L. James, more novels about sexual dominance and submission:

The Lover by Marguerite Duras

Henry and June by Anais Nin

The Key by Junʼichirō Tanizaki

 

 

 

The Good Girl Cover

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Good Girl by Mary Kubica, more novels about amnesia:

Terms & Conditions by Robert Glancy

Bank of the Black Sheep by Robert Lewis

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall

 
 

 

 

All the Light You Cannot See

#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, more titles with blind protagonists.

Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow

How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall

What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

 
 
 
 
 
Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your picks! Tell us what you'd recommend: Leave a comment or email us.