Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: January 10, 2015
A repeat of last week, except The Girl on the Train and All the Light We Cannot See swapped spots. The top five still held strong throughout the holiday shopping.
#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 The Martian by Andy Weir, more survival stories:
Annihilation by Jeff Vadermeer
The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro
Lock In by John Scalzi
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Cross Justice by James Patterson, mystery/thrillers and family ties:
Descent by Tim Johnston
Freedom’s Child by Jax Miller
City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
#4 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
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, more titles with blind protagonists.
Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
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