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Books like Ripley Under Ground
The best books like Ripley Under Ground are The Talented Mr. Ripley, In Cold Blood, and The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time. Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith is about art and fraud, identity maintenance, violence as habit. 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 Talented Mr. Ripley
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Patricia Highsmith · Thriller
Tom Ripley is a small-time con man in New York, barely surviving on petty fraud, when a chance encounter leads a wealthy shipbuilder to hire him as an emissary: go to Italy, find my son Dickie, bring him home.
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 → - The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time
Maria Konnikova · Psychology
Maria Konnikova has a PhD in psychology and writes about it for a wide audience.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou · Business
Bad Blood is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of Theranos, the blood-testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed its proprietary technology could run hundreds of diagnostic tests from a single finger-prick of blood.
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 → - 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.
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 Ripley Under Ground: quick answers
What are the best books like Ripley Under Ground?
The best books like Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith are The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, A Time to Kill by John Grisham, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Ripley Under Ground, such as art and fraud, identity maintenance, violence as habit.
What should I read after Ripley Under Ground?
A natural next read after Ripley Under Ground is The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou.
What books are similar to Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith?
Ripley Under Ground centers on art and fraud, identity maintenance, violence as habit. Books with a similar feel include The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, A Time to Kill by John Grisham, Along Came a Spider by James Patterson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
