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Books like Don't Breathe a Word

Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon is about childhood secrets, memory and truth, folklore and reality. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. In Cold Blood
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    In Cold Blood

    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.

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  2. The Devil in the White City
    The Devil in the White City

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    The Devil in the White City

    Erik Larson · History

    The Devil in the White City tells two stories that unfolded simultaneously in Chicago in 1893.

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  3. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
    Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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    Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

    Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry · Memoir

    Helter Skelter is the account of the Tate-LaBianca murders of August 1969 written by Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney who prosecuted Charles Manson, with journalist Curt Gentry.

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  4. The Turn of the Screw
    The Turn of the Screw

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    The Turn of the Screw

    Henry James · Horror

    A young governess is sent to an isolated English country house to care for two children, Miles and Flora, whose guardian — a charming, absent man in London — has made clear he does not want to be bothered.

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  5. A Time to Kill
    A Time to Kill

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    A Time to Kill

    John Grisham · Thriller

    In Clanton, Mississippi, two white men rape and nearly kill ten-year-old Tonya Hailey.

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  6. Along Came a Spider
    Along Came a Spider

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    Along Came a Spider

    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.

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