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12 books with a reading profile close to Family of Liars by E. Lockhart. Practical and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Mother-in-Law

    The Mother-in-Law

    by Sally Hepworth

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Lucy has always struggled to bridge the cold emotional distance between herself and her mother-in-law, Diana.

  2. 2 I Found You

    I Found You

    by Lisa Jewell

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Alice Fane, a single mother living in an English seaside town, discovers a man sitting on the beach during a rainstorm with no memory of his identity.

  3. 3 None of This Is True

    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.

  4. 4 Little Secrets

    Little Secrets

    by Jennifer Hillier

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Marin Machado’s life collapses during a crowded Christmas market when her four-year-old son, Sebastian, vanishes while she is distracted by a phone call.

  5. 5 The Fury

    The Fury

    by Alex Michaelides

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Lana Farrar, a retired movie star, invites a small group of friends to her private Greek island, Aura, to escape the London damp.

  6. 6 All the Missing Girls

    All the Missing Girls

    by Megan Miranda

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    When Nicolette Farrell returns to her rural North Carolina hometown to care for her ailing father, she is forced to confront the disappearance of her friend Corinne a decade prior.

  7. 7 Everyone Here Is Lying

    Everyone Here Is Lying

    by Shari Lapena

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    In the affluent neighborhood of Stanhope, nine-year-old Avery Wooler goes missing shortly after her father, William, returns home in a rage following the end of his extramarital affair.

  8. 8 I Let You Go

    I Let You Go

    by Clare Mackintosh

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    After a hit-and-run accident kills her young son in a rain-slicked Bristol street, Jenna Gray flees to a remote Welsh coastal village to escape her grief.

  9. 9 Not a Happy Family

    Not a Happy Family

    by Shari Lapena

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Fred and Sheila Merton are found brutally murdered in their upscale Brecken Hill home the night after a tense Easter dinner with their three adult children.

  10. 10 The Lying Game

    The Lying Game

    by Ruth Ware

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    The plot follows four former boarding school friends—Isa, Fatima, Thea, and Kate—who reunite at a coastal reach in Salten after a human bone surfaces in the tidal marshes.

  11. 11 All Good People Here

    All Good People Here

    by Ashley Flowers

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Journalist Margot Davies returns to her small hometown of Wakarusa, Indiana, to care for her ailing uncle, but she quickly becomes preoccupied with a cold case from her childhood.

  12. 12 Such a Quiet Place

    Such a Quiet Place

    by Megan Miranda

    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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