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Books like Then She Was Gone
The best books like Then She Was Gone are The Family Upstairs, The Silent Patient, and The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell is about grief and obsession, missing persons, predation and grooming. 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 Family Upstairs
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Lisa Jewell · Thriller
Libby Jones turns twenty-five and inherits a large Chelsea townhouse — left to her by parents she never knew, because she was raised in the foster system after being found as a baby amid three adult corpses.
A kindred thriller 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 thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
Gavin de Becker · Psychology
Gavin de Becker's central argument is that fear is a gift, not a problem to manage.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Psychopath Test
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Jon Ronson · Psychology
Jon Ronson is a journalist who starts investigating a strange series of anonymous books sent to academics around the world, and ends up spending a year exploring psychopathy, the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, and the question of whether the diagnostic categories psychiatry uses are tools for understanding people or labels that do damage of their own.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Poet
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Michael Connelly · Thriller
Jack McEvoy is a crime reporter in Denver whose twin brother, a homicide detective, apparently kills himself.
Both dig into grief and obsession.
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 Then She Was Gone: quick answers
What are the best books like Then She Was Gone?
The best books like Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell are The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker, The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson, The Poet by Michael Connelly, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Then She Was Gone, such as grief and obsession, missing persons, predation and grooming.
What should I read after Then She Was Gone?
A natural next read after Then She Was Gone is The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker, The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson.
What books are similar to Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell?
Then She Was Gone centers on grief and obsession, missing persons, predation and grooming. Books with a similar feel include The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker, The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson, The Poet by Michael Connelly, A Time to Kill by John Grisham — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
