Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: August 16, 2015
Romances are selling big this week—second chance romance, paranormal romance, dominance and submission. If any of these leave you longing for more, here are some read alikes to keep you satisfied.
#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, more Southern gothic:
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor
#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Grey by E.L. James, more novels about sexual dominance and submission:
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
Henry and June by Anais Nin
The Key by Junʼichirō Tanizaki
#3 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
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Thrill Me by Susan Mallery, more second chance at romance:
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Persuasion by Jane Austen
One Day by David Nicholls
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Siren’s Call by Jayne Castle, more paranormal romance:
Lothaire by Kresley Cole
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
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