Books like Darling Girls
12 books with a reading profile close to Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth. Practical and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Girl on the Train
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Rachel Watson lives a fractured life, commuting daily past the suburban house where her ex-husband lives with his new wife.
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2
The Good Sister
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Fern Castle is a librarian who relies on a rigid routine and the guidance of her twin sister, Rose, to navigate a world that often feels overwhelming due to Fern's sensory processing struggles.
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3
Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Ten years after her fifteen-year-old daughter Ellie Mack vanished without a trace, Laurel Mack remains frozen in grief.
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4
Daisy Darker
by Alice Feeney
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
The Darker family gathers at Seaglass, a crumbling Victorian estate on a tidal island in Cornwall, to celebrate the eightieth birthday of leur matriarch, Nana.
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5
The Woman in the Window
by A.J. Finn
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Anna Fox is a child psychologist confined to her Harlem townhouse by severe agoraphobia.
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6
The Turn of the Key
by Ruth Ware
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Rowan Caine accepts a high-paying live-in nanny position at Heatherbrae House, a remote Scottish Highlands estate owned by the Elincourt family.
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7
Sometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Amber Reynolds is in a coma, unable to move or speak but capable of hearing everything happening around her.
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8
None of This Is True
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Alix Summer is a popular podcaster celebrating her forty-fifth birthday when she encounters Josie Fair, a woman born on the same day in the same hospital.
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9
Such a Quiet Place
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Hollow’s Edge is a secluded lakeside community defined by its proximity to neighbors and shared surveillance.
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10
Jar of Hearts
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
When high school student Angela Wong disappeared in 1994, her best friend Georgina Shaw carried a secret that eventually sent her to prison fourteen years later.
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11
Final Girls
by Riley Sager
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Ten years ago, Quincy Carpenter survived a mass slaying at Pine Cottage, earning her the media label of Final Girl alongside two other women, Sam and Lisa, who survived similar horror-movie scenarios.
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12
The Last Time I Lied
by Riley Sager
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Emma Davis, a professional painter, remains haunted by the disappearance of her three cabin mates from Camp Nightingale fifteen years ago.
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