Books like

Books like Out

12 books with a reading profile close to Out by Natsuo Kirino. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Mystic river

    Mystic river

    by Dennis Lehane

    thriller, narrative

    Three childhood friends in a working-class Boston neighborhood, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle, are permanently altered after a stranger abducts one of them.

  2. 2 Long Bright River

    Long Bright River

    by Liz Moore

    thriller, narrative

    Mickey is a patrol officer in a Philadelphia neighborhood struggling with high rates of opioid addiction.

  3. 3 The Witch Elm

    The Witch Elm

    by Tana French

    thriller, narrative

    Toby Hennessy is a man defined by luck and privilege until a brutal home invasion leaves him physically broken and mentally fragile.

  4. 4 The Searcher

    The Searcher

    by Tana French

    thriller, narrative

    Cal Hooper, a retired Chicago police officer, moves to a remote Irish village seeking a quiet life after a divorce and a taxing career.

  5. 5 We Begin at the End

    We Begin at the End

    by Chris Whitaker

    thriller, narrative

    In Cape Haven, California, thirty years after he killed a young girl, Vincent King returns home following his release from prison.

  6. 6 You Don't Know Me

    You Don't Know Me

    by Imran Mahmood

    thriller, narrative

    In a London courtroom, an unnamed young black man stands accused of murder.

  7. 7 The God of the Woods

    The God of the Woods

    by Liz Moore

    thriller, narrative

    In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her bunk at an Adirondack summer camp.

  8. 8 If We Were Villains

    If We Were Villains

    by M.L. Rio

    thriller, narrative

    Oliver Marks has just finished a ten-year prison sentence for a murder he may not have committed.

  9. 9 Defending Jacob

    Defending Jacob

    by William Landay

    thriller, narrative

    Andy Barber, a respected Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts, finds his life dismantled when his fourteen-year-old son, Jacob, is indicted for the murder of a classmate.

  10. 10 Miracle Creek

    Miracle Creek

    by Angie Kim

    thriller, narrative

    In a rural Virginia town, a pressurized oxygen chamber used to treat autism and infertility explodes, killing two people.

  11. 11 Fingersmith

    Fingersmith

    by Sarah Waters

    narrative, mystery

    Set in the smog-laden streets of Victorian London, the story follows Sue Trinder, an orphan raised among a family of petty thieves and fences.

  12. 12 I Have Some Questions for You

    I Have Some Questions for You

    by Rebecca Makkai

    narrative, mystery

    Bodie Kane, a successful film scholar and podcaster, returns to Granby School, the New Hampshire boarding school where she spent four uncomfortable years.

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