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New York Times Read Alikes: April 10, 2016
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#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben, more thrillers about secrets and lies:
Die for You by Lisa Unger
Everything to Lose by Andrew Gross
The Pardon series by James Grippando
#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Private Paris, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan, more mysteries set in the City of Lights:
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
Confessions: The Paris Mysteries by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (more from the man himself!)
The Jules Maigret series by George Simenon
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, more fiction about complicated relationships between siblings:
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
Run by Ann Patchett
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, more British love stories:
Other People's Children by Joanna Trollope
One Day by David Nicholls
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Property of a Noblewoman by Danielle Steel, more stories of family secrets:
Safekeeping by Jessamyn Hope
Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
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Comments
fiction with an older women (over 50) as the protagonist
Submitted by carolyn (not verified) on April 23, 2016 - 11:23am