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New York Times Read Alikes: August 1, 2016

Everything old is new again this week, as a 2003 Nicholas Sparks book regains a spot in the top five.

black widow

#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Black Widow by Daniel Silva, more juicy spy series:

The John Corey series, starting with Plum Island, by Nelson DeMille

The Stone Barrington series, starting with New York Dead, by Stuart Woods

The John Wells series, starting with The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson

 

 

 

girl train

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, more stories told from multiple perspectives:

And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff

 

 

 

me before you

#3 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

 

 

 

before the fall

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, more intricately plotted suspense:

The Whites by Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt

And Then There Were None  by Agatha Christie

What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman

 

 

 

guardian

#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyedThe Guardian by Nicholas Sparks, more romance with a suspenseful twist:

Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann

Prey by Linda Howard

 

 

 

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