Books like Night Film
12 books with a reading profile close to Night Film by Marisha Pessl. Escapist; a moderate read.
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Strange Pictures
by Uketsu
Also escapist · thriller, horror
An occult blogger receives a series of digital files containing nine seemingly mundane illustrations, ranging from children’s sketches to architectural floor plans.
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The Ice Twins
Also escapist · thriller, horror
A year after the accidental death of their daughter Lydia, Sarah and Angus Moorcroft move to a secluded Scottish island to rebuild their lives with Lydia’s identical twin, Kirstie.
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THE UNKNOWN
by Riley Sager
Also escapist · thriller, horror
A century after some spiritual mediums disappeared from a remote Vermont island, a research trip for a film starts old troubles anew.
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La tabla de Flandes
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Julia, a professional art restorer in Madrid, discovers a hidden inscription while cleaning a fifteenth-century Flemish masterpiece depicting a chess match.
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5
Lock Every Door
by Riley Sager
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Jules Larsen, a young woman facing financial ruin, accepts a high-paying job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, a legendary and secretive Manhattan building.
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Imaginary Friend
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Seven-year-old Christopher vanishes into the woods of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, only to emerge six days later with no memory of his absence but a newfound ability to hear the voice of a "nice man." Under the guidance of…
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The Dark Half
by Stephen King
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Thad Beaumont is a successful novelist who maintains a secret career writing violent crime fiction under the pseudonym George Stark.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist receives an unusual assignment from industrialist Henrik Vanger: solve the forty-year-old disappearance of his niece, Harriet, from the family’s private island.
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10
Strange Weather: Four Short Novels
by Joe Hill
Also escapist · thriller, horror
This collection holds four novellas that each use a different kind of unease.
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Reconstructing Amelia
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Kate Baron is a litigator and single mother whose life shatters when her fifteen-year-old daughter, Amelia, falls to her death from the roof of her Brooklyn private school.
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Hidden Pictures
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Mallory Quinn, a young woman recovering from drug addiction, takes a job as a live-in nanny for the wealthy Maxwell family in the quiet suburbs of Philadelphia.
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