Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: July 24, 2016
If you are among the many readers who read one of The New York Times top five fiction titles and want more of the same adventure or romance or thrills, we have some suggestions for you.
#1 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
#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Trial by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, more impossible to put down books you can read in a few hours:
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Hound of Baskervilles by Conan Doyle
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Magic by Danielle Steel, more romantic suspense novels with international settings:
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Ex-Libris by Ross King
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed First Comes Love by Emily Giffin, more novels about women’s lives and relationships:
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Night Blindness by Susan Strecker
The Summer Wind by Mary Alice Monroe
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan, more suspense with a sports theme:
The Ascent: A Novel of Survival by Ronald Malfi
Hangman’s Game by Bill Syken
Bleachers by John Grisham
Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in formats for patrons with print disabilities.
Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our Staff Picks browse tool for more recommendations!
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