Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: November 8, 2015
A legal thriller and an intricately plotted gruesome mystery, Grisham and Galbraith join the top five this week.
#1 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
#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith, more intricately plotted gruesome mysteries:
Broken Monsters by Lauren Buekes
Mr. Shivers by Robert Bennett
Nocturnal by Scott Sigler
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed See Me by Nicholas Sparks, more characters with secrets in their pasts:
The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophia Kinsella
Me Before You by Joju Moyes
#4 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
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Survivor by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills, conspiracy theories and government coverups:
The Octopus: secret government and the death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy by L. Fletcher Prouty
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