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Books like The Last Thing He Told Me
The best books like The Last Thing He Told Me are The Silent Patient, The Woman in the Window, and Gone Girl. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave is about identity and secrets, trust and deception, stepmother-stepdaughter bonds. 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 Silent Patient
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Alex Michaelides · Thriller
Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband five times in the face and then never speaks another word.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Woman in the Window
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A.J. Finn · Thriller
Anna Fox is a child psychologist who hasn't left her Manhattan brownstone in ten months.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - 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 → - Big Magic
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Elizabeth Gilbert · Self-help
Big Magic is Elizabeth Gilbert's manifesto for living a creative life — not as a professional artistic career but as an orientation toward existence.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Turn of the Key
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Ruth Ware · Thriller
Rowan, a young nanny, writes a series of letters from prison to a solicitor she hopes will take her case.
Both dig into trust and deception.
Read the summary → - Bleak House
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Charles Dickens · Classics
Bleak House is organized around the interminable Chancery case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce — a legal dispute over a will that has been grinding through the Court of Chancery for decades, consuming the fortunes and lives of everyone attached to it.
Both dig into identity and secrets.
Read the summary → - The Maid
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Nita Prose · Mystery
Molly Gray is a hotel maid at the Regency Grand, and she is exceptionally good at her job.
Both dig into trust and deception.
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.
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Books like The Last Thing He Told Me: quick answers
What are the best books like The Last Thing He Told Me?
The best books like The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave are The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Last Thing He Told Me, such as identity and secrets, trust and deception, stepmother-stepdaughter bonds.
What should I read after The Last Thing He Told Me?
A natural next read after The Last Thing He Told Me is The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert.
What books are similar to The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave?
The Last Thing He Told Me centers on identity and secrets, trust and deception, stepmother-stepdaughter bonds. Books with a similar feel include The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware, Bleak House by Charles Dickens — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
