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Books like The Likeness
The best books like The Likeness are In the Woods, Gone Girl, and The Maltese Falcon. The Likeness by Tana French is about identity and impersonation, belonging and community, the past's hold on the present. 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.
- 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 mystery 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 mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett · Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade is hired by a woman calling herself Miss Wonderly to find her missing sister — a lie within thirty seconds of the novel opening.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Normal People
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Sally Rooney · Literary fiction
Normal People follows Connell and Marianne from their small-town Irish secondary school through their years at Trinity College Dublin.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Secret History
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Donna Tartt · Literary fiction
The Secret History opens with its ending: the narrator, Richard Papen, tells us on the first page that his friend Bunny is dead, and that he and four other students killed him.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Midnight Hour
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Elly Griffiths · Mystery
The Midnight Hour is the second book in Elly Griffiths's Brighton Mystery series, set in 1965.
Both dig into the past's hold on the present.
Read the summary → - A Fatal Grace
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Louise Penny · Mystery
A Fatal Grace is the second novel in Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, set in the fictional Quebec village of Three Pines.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - A Is for Alibi
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Sue Grafton · Mystery
Kinsey Millhone is a private investigator in Santa Teresa, California — Grafton's fictionalized Santa Barbara — recently divorced for the second time and living alone in a small apartment she describes with genuine affection.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - And Then There Were None
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
Ten strangers are invited to an island off the Devon coast under various pretexts.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Death on the Nile
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
A luxury Nile cruise becomes the setting for one of Agatha Christie's most accomplished locked-room puzzles.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Devil in a Blue Dress
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Walter Mosley · Mystery
Easy Rawlins is a Black World War II veteran living in Watts in 1948.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Don't Look Back
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Karin Fossum · Mystery
A teenage girl, Annie Holland, is found dead beside a mountain lake in a small Norwegian village.
A kindred mystery read.
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Books like The Likeness: quick answers
What are the best books like The Likeness?
The best books like The Likeness by Tana French are In the Woods by Tana French, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Normal People by Sally Rooney, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Likeness, such as identity and impersonation, belonging and community, the past's hold on the present.
What should I read after The Likeness?
A natural next read after The Likeness is In the Woods by Tana French. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Normal People by Sally Rooney.
What books are similar to The Likeness by Tana French?
The Likeness centers on identity and impersonation, belonging and community, the past's hold on the present. Books with a similar feel include In the Woods by Tana French, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Normal People by Sally Rooney, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
