Books like I'm Thinking of Ending Things
12 books with a reading profile close to I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid. Inward-looking and open-ended; a moderate read.
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The Last House on Needless Street
Also inward-looking and open-ended · thriller, horror
In a boarded-up house at the end of a dead-end street, Ted Corden lives in isolation with his daughter, Lauren, and his religious cat, Olivia.
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The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
In a remote estate in Essex, a young governess takes charge of two orphaned siblings, Miles and Flora.
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These Violent Delights
Also inward-looking · thriller, literary
In 1970s Pittsburgh, Paul Fleischer, a solitary college student mourning his father's suicide, meets the charismatic and affluent Julian Loscalzo.
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The Collector
by John Fowles
Also inward-looking and open-ended · thriller, literary
Frederick Clegg, a socially isolated clerk who spends his time identifying and pinning butterfly specimens, wins a large sum of money and uses it to purchase a secluded country estate.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, investigates the connection between his respected friend Dr.
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The Silent Wife
Also inward-looking · thriller, literary
Todd and Jodi share an affluent life in Chicago, maintaining a twenty-year domestic partnership built on silence and denial.
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The Dinner
by Herman Koch
Also inward-looking · thriller, literary
In an upscale Amsterdam restaurant, two couples meet for a multi-course meal to discuss a horrific crime committed by their teenage sons.
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Invisible Monsters
Also inward-looking and open-ended · thriller, literary
Shannon McFarland is a rising fashion model until a gunshot destroys her jaw, leaving her unable to speak and hiding her face behind a veil.
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The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
Also inward-looking · thriller, literary
Lou Ford is a deputy sheriff in Central City, Texas, who presents himself to the town as a polite, slow-talking, and dull-witted lawman.
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story follows an unnamed woman confined to a nursery in a rented colonial mansion.
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