Biblio File

New York Times Read Alikes: October 29, 2016

Two newbies take their places on the list this week: a CIA thriller and a family saga about a medical crisis.

girl on the train

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

And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff



 

flynn

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Vince Flynn: Order to Kill  by Kyle Mills, more thrillers involving the CIA:

The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds

The Mark of the Assassin by Daniel Silva

The Camel Club by David Baldacci

 


 

small great things

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Small Great Things byJodi Picoult, more thoughtful novels involving families and race:

The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

Run by Ann Patchett

 


 

two

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks, more sweet stories about fathers and daughters:

What We Find by Robyn Carr

Fast Track by Julie Garwood

Father's Day by Simon Van Booy

 


 

ove

#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed A Man Called Ove  by Fredrik Backman, more curmudgeon characters in literature:

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Florence Gordon by Brian Morton

 

 

 

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