Go Set a Watchman returns to the No. 1 spot this week, but two newcomers appear lower on the list. Read on!

#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 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

 

 

 

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber, more romances set in small towns:

On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah

The Next Always by Nora Roberts

Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas

 

 

 

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner, more stories of love and families:

Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos

Days of Awe by Lauren Fox

Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper

 

 

 

#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Grey by E.L. James, more novels about sexual dominance and submission:

The Submissive by Tara Sue Me

Bared to You by Sylvia Day

Beautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuire

 

 

 

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