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Books like Big Little Lies
The best books like Big Little Lies are Nine Perfect Strangers, Normal People, and The Virgin Suicides. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty is about domestic violence and secrecy, female friendship, class performance and pretense. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Nine Perfect Strangers
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Liane Moriarty · Contemporary fiction
Nine Perfect Strangers gathers nine guests at Tranquillum House, an exclusive wellness retreat in the Australian countryside run by the enigmatic Masha — a former Russian corporate executive who had a near-death experience and emerged convinced she can guide others through radical transformation.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Normal People
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Sally Rooney · Literary fiction
Normal People follows Connell and Marianne from their small-town Irish secondary school through their years at Trinity College Dublin.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Virgin Suicides
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson · Thriller
Mikael Blomkvist is a financial journalist in Stockholm who has just lost a libel case brought by a billionaire industrialist.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Firefly Lane
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Kristin Hannah · Contemporary fiction
Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey meet in the summer of 1974 as fourteen-year-olds on Firefly Lane in rural Washington State, and their friendship spans three decades — through high school, college, careers in television journalism, marriages, and heartbreak.
Both dig into female friendship.
Read the summary → - Lessons in Chemistry
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Bonnie Garmus · Contemporary fiction
Elizabeth Zott is a chemist in early 1960s California who is exactly as capable as she knows herself to be and is surrounded by institutions that refuse to acknowledge it.
Both dig into motherhood and identity.
Read the summary → - The Story of the Lost Child
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Elena Ferrante · Literary fiction
The Story of the Lost Child is the fourth and final volume of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, covering roughly thirty years of Elena Greco's life from the late 1970s through the early 2010s.
Both dig into female friendship.
Read the summary → - Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante · Literary fiction
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay is the third novel in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, picking up where The Story of a New Name left off.
Both dig into female friendship.
Read the summary → - A Time to Kill
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John Grisham · Thriller
In Clanton, Mississippi, two white men rape and nearly kill ten-year-old Tonya Hailey.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Along Came a Spider
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James Patterson · Thriller
Along Came a Spider introduces Alex Cross, a Black homicide detective and forensic psychologist working in Washington D.C., in the case that made James Patterson a bestseller.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Angels & Demons
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Dan Brown · Thriller
Physicist Leonardo Vetra is found dead at CERN with a symbol burned into his chest: the Illuminati ambigram.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Blacklands
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Belinda Bauer · Thriller
Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb lives in the shadow of an unresolved disappearance.
A kindred thriller read.
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Books like Big Little Lies: quick answers
What are the best books like Big Little Lies?
The best books like Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty are Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty, Normal People by Sally Rooney, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Big Little Lies, such as domestic violence and secrecy, female friendship, class performance and pretense.
What should I read after Big Little Lies?
A natural next read after Big Little Lies is Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are Normal People by Sally Rooney, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
What books are similar to Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty?
Big Little Lies centers on domestic violence and secrecy, female friendship, class performance and pretense. Books with a similar feel include Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty, Normal People by Sally Rooney, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
