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Books like Tell No One
The best books like Tell No One are The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, and In Cold Blood. Tell No One by Harlan Coben is about grief and denial, secrets and identity, marriage and unknowability. 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 Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre · History
Ben Macintyre tells the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who became the most important British spy of the Cold War.
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 → - 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 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 thriller read.
Read the summary → - Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
Ben Macintyre · History
Eddie Chapman was a safecracker, con man, and professional criminal who became Britain's most remarkable double agent during World War II.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Pelican Brief
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John Grisham · Thriller
Two Supreme Court justices are assassinated in a single night.
Both dig into institutional corruption.
Read the summary → - The Power of the Dog
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Don Winslow · Thriller
The Power of the Dog is Don Winslow's epic of the American drug war, covering roughly three decades from the 1970s to the early 2000s and tracing the rise of the Sinaloa cartel through the lives of a DEA agent, a priest, a hitman, a cartel boss, and several other figures whose fates are bound together by money, faith, violence, and the specific kind of corruption that a war without exit produces.
Both dig into institutional corruption.
Read the summary → - Night Watch
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Terry Pratchett · Fantasy
Night Watch is the twenty-ninth Discworld novel and the one many readers consider Pratchett's masterpiece.
Both dig into institutional corruption.
Read the summary → - The Alienist
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Caleb Carr · Historical fiction
The Alienist is set in 1896 New York City, where Dr.
Both dig into institutional corruption.
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.
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Books like Tell No One: quick answers
What are the best books like Tell No One?
The best books like Tell No One by Harlan Coben are The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Bat by Jo Nesbø, Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Tell No One, such as grief and denial, secrets and identity, marriage and unknowability.
What should I read after Tell No One?
A natural next read after Tell No One is The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Bat by Jo Nesbø.
What books are similar to Tell No One by Harlan Coben?
Tell No One centers on grief and denial, secrets and identity, marriage and unknowability. Books with a similar feel include The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Bat by Jo Nesbø, Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre, The Pelican Brief by John Grisham — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
