Mystery · Similar reads
Books like Don't Look Back
The best books like Don't Look Back are The Bat, The Dry, and The Silent Patient. Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum is about norwegian rural community, adolescence and its dangers, guilt and disclosure. 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.
- The Bat
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Jo Nesbø · Thriller
The Bat is the first Harry Hole novel, published in Norwegian in 1997 and set almost entirely in Sydney, Australia.
A kindred mystery 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 mystery 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 mystery read.
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- 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 mystery read.
Read the summary → - Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
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Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
Agatha Christie · Short stories
Witness for the Prosecution collects some of Agatha Christie's finest short fiction, anchored by the title story: a courtroom thriller in which a barrister defending a man accused of murder finds his confidence undermined by one of the most audacious plot reversals in crime fiction.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - A Fatal Grace
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Louise Penny · Mystery
A Fatal Grace is the second novel in Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, set in the fictional Quebec village of Three Pines.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - A Is for Alibi
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Sue Grafton · Mystery
Kinsey Millhone is a private investigator in Santa Teresa, California — Grafton's fictionalized Santa Barbara — recently divorced for the second time and living alone in a small apartment she describes with genuine affection.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - And Then There Were None
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
Ten strangers are invited to an island off the Devon coast under various pretexts.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Death on the Nile
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
A luxury Nile cruise becomes the setting for one of Agatha Christie's most accomplished locked-room puzzles.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Devil in a Blue Dress
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Walter Mosley · Mystery
Easy Rawlins is a Black World War II veteran living in Watts in 1948.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Faceless Killers
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Henning Mankell · Mystery
Faceless Killers is the first Kurt Wallander novel, published in Swedish in 1991 and translated to English in 1997.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Force of Nature
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Jane Harper · Mystery
Five women from the same financial services firm set off on a corporate team-building hike through the Giralang Ranges in Victoria.
A kindred mystery read.
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Books like Don't Look Back: quick answers
What are the best books like Don't Look Back?
The best books like Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum are The Bat by Jo Nesbø, The Dry by Jane Harper, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Don't Look Back, such as norwegian rural community, adolescence and its dangers, guilt and disclosure.
What should I read after Don't Look Back?
A natural next read after Don't Look Back is The Bat by Jo Nesbø. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are The Dry by Jane Harper, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
What books are similar to Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum?
Don't Look Back centers on norwegian rural community, adolescence and its dangers, guilt and disclosure. Books with a similar feel include The Bat by Jo Nesbø, The Dry by Jane Harper, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
