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Books like Blacklands
The best books like Blacklands are Rubbernecker, The Silent Patient, and The Dry. Blacklands by Belinda Bauer is about childhood and danger, grief and its inheritance, the banality of evil. 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.
- Rubbernecker
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Belinda Bauer · Thriller
Patrick Fort is a student with autism spectrum disorder studying anatomy at Cardiff University.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Silent Patient
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Alex Michaelides · Thriller
Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband five times in the face and then never speaks another word.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Dry
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Jane Harper · Mystery
Federal agent Aaron Falk returns to the drought-ravaged farming town of Kiewarra, Victoria, for the first time in twenty years, drawn back by the apparent murder-suicide of his childhood friend Luke Hadler.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Crime and Punishment
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Fyodor Dostoevsky · Literary fiction
Raskolnikov is a former student living in desperate poverty in St.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote · Memoir
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas — and of the investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock — is the founding document of the true crime genre and one of the most admired works of American nonfiction of the twentieth century.
A kindred thriller read.
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 → - Big Little Lies
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Liane Moriarty · Thriller
Big Little Lies begins with a death at a school trivia night and then spends its entire length working backward to explain how it happened.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Blindsighted
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Karin Slaughter · Thriller
Blindsighted is Karin Slaughter's debut novel, published in 2001, and the first book in the Grant County series set in fictional Heartsdale, Georgia.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Dark Places
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Gillian Flynn · Thriller
Libby Day survived the Kansas farmhouse massacre that killed her mother and two sisters when she was seven.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Die Trying
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Lee Child · Thriller
Jack Reacher is in the wrong place at the wrong time in Chicago — helping a woman with dry cleaning when she is snatched off the street.
A kindred thriller read.
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Books like Blacklands: quick answers
What are the best books like Blacklands?
The best books like Blacklands by Belinda Bauer are Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Dry by Jane Harper, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Blacklands, such as childhood and danger, grief and its inheritance, the banality of evil.
What should I read after Blacklands?
A natural next read after Blacklands is Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Dry by Jane Harper, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
What books are similar to Blacklands by Belinda Bauer?
Blacklands centers on childhood and danger, grief and its inheritance, the banality of evil. Books with a similar feel include Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Dry by Jane Harper, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Time to Kill by John Grisham — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
