Biblio File

New York Times Read Alikes: October 18, 2015

A story about a house with a horrific past and the follow up to wildly popular Me Before You join 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

 

 

 

The Murder House

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Murder House by James Patterson and David Ellis, more creepy houses:

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Shining by Stephen King (technically a hotel)

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

 

 

 

After You Cover

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed After You by Jojo Moyes, more character-driven romance:

Shopgirl by Steve Martin

One Day by David Nicholls

P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

 

 

 

Make Me Cover

#4 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's Web

#5 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

 
 
 
 
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