The Light Between Oceans popped back onto the bestseller list this week, after its movie adaptation opened in theaters across the country.

#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, more stories told from multiple perspectives:

And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff

 

 

 

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, more historical fiction with a super-vivid setting:

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin

The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian

 

 

 

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, more historical fiction about fugitive slaves:

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy

 

 

 

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Sting by Sandra Brown, more romantic stories of suspense:

Broken Bonds by Karen Harper

Cold Ridge by Carla Neggers

300 Days of Sun by Deborah Lawrenson

 

 

 

#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty, more tales of marriage and friendship:

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

Another Night, Another Day by Sarah Rayner

The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

 

 

 

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