Biblio File
New York Times Read Alikes: August 28, 2016
Two new titles join this list this week: historical fiction about the Underground Railroad and the newest installment of a popular series of F.B.I. thrillers.
#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Insidious by Catherine Coulter, more F.B.I. thrillers:
The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
The Last Mile by David Baldacci
Saint's Gate by Carla Neggers
#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
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, more historical fiction about fugitive slaves:
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty, more tales of marriage and friendship:
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Another Night, Another Day by Sarah Rayner
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Bullseye by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, more thriller series set in New York City:
The John Corey novels by Nelson DeMille, starting with Plum Island
The Stone Barrington novels by Stuart Woods, starting with New York Dead
The NYPL Red series by James Patterson and Marshall Karp, starting with NYPL Red
Want more? Check out last week's readalikes.
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