Biblio File

New York Times Read Alikes: December 20, 2015

No strangers to the top five this week: Kristin Hannah, Jack Ryan, Alex Cross, Harry Bosch, and John Grisham. Welcome back everyone!

Nightingale

#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, more books about women and WWII:

The Sea Garden by Deborah Lawrenson

Citadel by Kate Mosse

The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene

 

 

 

Tom Clancy Commander in Chief

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Tom Clancy: Commander in Chief by Mark Greaney, more espionage fiction:

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre

 

 

 

Cross Justice

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Cross Justice by James Patterson, mystery/thrillers, and family ties:

Descent by Tim Johnston

Freedom’s Child by Jax Miller

City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg

 

 

 

The Crossing

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Crossing  by Michael Connelly, more stories about the L.A.P.D.

Hollywood Station by Joe Wambaugh

Blue by Joe Domanick

Ghettoside by Jill Leovy

 

 

 

Rouge Lawyer

#5 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

 

 

 

Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your​picks! Tell us what you'd recommend: Leave a comment or email us.