Books like Give Me Your Hand
12 books with a reading profile close to Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Good Sister
Also 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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2
Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell
Also 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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3
The Girl on the Train
Also 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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4
Darling Girls
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Jessica, Norah, and Alicia grew up as foster sisters under the volatile supervision of Miss Crane at Wildwood, a farm in the Australian countryside.
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5
The Whisper Man
by Alex North
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Tom Kennedy and his young son, Jake, move to the village of Featherbank seeking a fresh start after the death of Tom’s wife.
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The Weight of Silence: A Stunning Debut Novel of Domestic Suspense and Missing Children
Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment
On a humid morning in rural Iowa, seven-year-old Calli Clark disappears from her bedroom.
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7
Such a Quiet Place
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Hollow’s Edge is a secluded lakeside community defined by its proximity to neighbors and shared surveillance.
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8
Daisy Darker
by Alice Feeney
Also 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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9
The Woman in the Window
by A.J. Finn
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Anna Fox is a child psychologist confined to her Harlem townhouse by severe agoraphobia.
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10
The Only Survivors
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Ten years after a fatal van accident claimed the lives of several classmates, the remaining survivors gather at a remote North Carolina beach house for their annual commemorative reunion.
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11
The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware
Also 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.
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12
Final Girls
by Riley Sager
Also 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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