Biblio File

New York Times Read Alikes: October 11, 2015

A novel centered around a wedding among the suspense titles in the top 5 this week. 

The Martian Cover

#1 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

 

 

 

Make Me Cover

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Make Me by Lee Child, more cool “Reacheresque” characters:

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

 

 

 

The Girl In the Spider Web Cover

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Girl In the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz, more Swedish crime fiction:

The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

 

 

 

Come Rain Or Shine Cover

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Come Rain Or Shine by Jan Karon, more novels centered around a wedding:

Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella

The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

 

 

 

The Girl On the Train Cover

#5 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

 
 
 
 
 
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