Mystery · Similar reads
Books like The Secret in Their Eyes
The best books like The Secret in Their Eyes are Crime and Punishment, The Sympathizer, and In Cold Blood. The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri is about memory and obsession, justice and its failure, argentina under dictatorship. 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.
- Crime and Punishment
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Fyodor Dostoevsky · Literary fiction
Raskolnikov is a former student living in desperate poverty in St.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Sympathizer
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Viet Thanh Nguyen · Literary fiction
The Sympathizer is narrated by a nameless communist spy who is also the aide-de-camp to a South Vietnamese general.
A kindred mystery 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 mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Trial
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Franz Kafka · Literary fiction
On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - 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 mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Virgin Suicides
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Jeffrey Eugenides · Literary fiction
Five sisters.
Both dig into memory and obsession.
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 Secret in Their Eyes: quick answers
What are the best books like The Secret in Their Eyes?
The best books like The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri are Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Trial by Franz Kafka, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Secret in Their Eyes, such as memory and obsession, justice and its failure, argentina under dictatorship.
What should I read after The Secret in Their Eyes?
A natural next read after The Secret in Their Eyes is Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Trial by Franz Kafka.
What books are similar to The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri?
The Secret in Their Eyes centers on memory and obsession, justice and its failure, argentina under dictatorship. Books with a similar feel include Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Trial by Franz Kafka, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
