Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: January 24, 2016
Did you love Girl on the Train? The Martian? All the Light We Cannot See? We've got some read alikes for you.
#1 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
#2 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
#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 January by Audrey Carlan, more call girl adventures:
The Diary Of Manhattan Call Girl by Tracy Quan
Bell De Jour by Anonymous
White House Call Girl: The Real Watergate Story by Phil Stanford
#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
Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your picks! Tell us what you'd recommend: Leave a comment or email us.
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