Biblio File

New York Times Read Alikes: November 8, 2015

A legal thriller and an intricately plotted gruesome mystery, Grisham and Galbraith join the top five this week.

Rogue Lawyer Cover

#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham, some enduring legal thrillers:

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver

Defending Jacob by William Landay

 

 

 

Career of Evil Cover

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith, more intricately plotted gruesome mysteries:

Broken Monsters by Lauren Buekes

Mr. Shivers by Robert Bennett

Nocturnal by Scott Sigler

 

 

 

See Me Cover

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed See Me by Nicholas Sparks,  more characters with secrets in their pasts:

The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophia Kinsella

Me Before You by Joju Moyes

 

 

 

The Martian Cover

#4 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 Survivor Cover

#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Survivor by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills, conspiracy theories and government coverups:

The Octopus: secret government and the death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith

The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon

JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy by L. Fletcher Prouty





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