Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: September 13, 2015
The twenty-fourth installment of the Kinsey Millhone detective series enters the top 5 this week, along with a new mystery set in Three Pines, and some romance for a single mom in the town of Thunder Point.
#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed X by Sue Grafton, more sociopathic serial killers:
Jackaby by William Ritter
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
#2 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 Nesbo
#3 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
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny, mysteries with a strong sense of setting:
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (Sweden)
Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey (Ghana)
Death of A Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong (Shanghai)
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Wildest Dreams by Robyn Carr, more romance for single moms.
Close to Home by Lisa Jackson
Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce
All We Had by Annie Weatherwax
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