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Books like The Apprentice
The best books like The Apprentice are The Surgeon, Blindsighted, and In Cold Blood. The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen is about mentorship and corruption, serial violence and mimicry, professional obsession. 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 Surgeon
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Tess Gerritsen · Thriller
The Surgeon is the first book in Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles series, though it begins primarily as a Jane Rizzoli solo novel.
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 → - 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 Devil in the White City
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Erik Larson · History
The Devil in the White City tells two stories that unfolded simultaneously in Chicago in 1893.
A kindred thriller 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 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.
Both dig into partnership and trust.
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 → - 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.
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Books like The Apprentice: quick answers
What are the best books like The Apprentice?
The best books like The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen are The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen, Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Apprentice, such as mentorship and corruption, serial violence and mimicry, professional obsession.
What should I read after The Apprentice?
A natural next read after The Apprentice is The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
What books are similar to The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen?
The Apprentice centers on mentorship and corruption, serial violence and mimicry, professional obsession. Books with a similar feel include The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen, Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell, In the Woods by Tana French — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
