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Books like Sharp Objects
The best books like Sharp Objects are Gone Girl, Dark Places, and In the Woods. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn is about maternal violence, self-harm and the body, small-town suffocation. 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.
- Gone Girl
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Gillian Flynn · Thriller
On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Dunne disappears from her home in Missouri.
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 → - In the Woods
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Tana French · Mystery
Dublin detective Rob Ryan is called to investigate a child's murder at an archaeological dig in Knocknaree — the same woods where, twenty years earlier, two of his childhood friends vanished without a trace and Rob was found clinging to a tree, bloodied and with no memory of what happened.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Virgin Suicides
- Beloved
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Toni Morrison · Literary fiction
Beloved is set in post-Civil War Ohio, where Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman, lives with her daughter Denver in a house shadowed by the ghost of a baby she killed rather than let be taken back into slavery.
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 → - 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 Sharp Objects: quick answers
What are the best books like Sharp Objects?
The best books like Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn are Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, In the Woods by Tana French, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, Beloved by Toni Morrison, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Sharp Objects, such as maternal violence, self-harm and the body, small-town suffocation.
What should I read after Sharp Objects?
A natural next read after Sharp Objects is Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, In the Woods by Tana French, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.
What books are similar to Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn?
Sharp Objects centers on maternal violence, self-harm and the body, small-town suffocation. Books with a similar feel include Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, In the Woods by Tana French, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, Beloved by Toni Morrison, A Time to Kill by John Grisham — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
