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Books like The Girl Before
The best books like The Girl Before are The Virgin Suicides, The Turn of the Screw, and In Cold Blood. The Girl Before by JP Delaney is about control and obsession, architecture and identity, grief and manipulation. 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 Virgin Suicides
- The Turn of the Screw
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Henry James · Horror
A young governess is sent to an isolated English country house to care for two children, Miles and Flora, whose guardian — a charming, absent man in London — has made clear he does not want to be bothered.
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.
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- 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 → - The Midnight Library
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Matt Haig · Contemporary fiction
Nora Seed is thirty-five and done.
Both dig into parallel lives.
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.
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Books like The Girl Before: quick answers
What are the best books like The Girl Before?
The best books like The Girl Before by JP Delaney are The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Girl Before, such as control and obsession, architecture and identity, grief and manipulation.
What should I read after The Girl Before?
A natural next read after The Girl Before is The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre.
What books are similar to The Girl Before by JP Delaney?
The Girl Before centers on control and obsession, architecture and identity, grief and manipulation. Books with a similar feel include The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, A Time to Kill by John Grisham — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
