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New York Times Read Alikes: September 6, 2015

A couple of popular suspense series enter the top five this week with new additions, including a Jack Reacher short story by Lee Child.

Friction Cover

#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Friction by Sandra Brown, some enduring legal thrillers:

The Firm by John Grisham

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver

 

 

 

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 Nesbo

 

 

 

The Martian Cover

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Martian by Andy Weir, more survival stories:

Annihilation by Jeff Vadermeer

The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro

Lock In by John Scalzi

 

 

 

Go Set a Watchman Cover

#4 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

 

 

 

#5 Recommendations for readers who like Jack Reacher (Small Wars by Lee Child), you may also enjoy:

Jim Lasiter from Zane Grey’s Riders of the Purple Sage

Parker in Richard Stark’s The Hunter

The Gunslinger in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower

 

 

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New York Times Read Alikes: September 6, 2015

This is a great list.