Books like Smilla's Sense of Snow
12 books with a reading profile close to Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The River We Remember
thriller, mystery
In 1958, the small community of Jewel, Minnesota, is upended when the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River.
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2
Snap
thriller, mystery
Eleven-year-old Jack Bright is left in a broken-down car on a dark motorway to watch over his two younger sisters while his pregnant mother, Nicola, walks for help.
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3
You Don't Know Me
thriller, mystery
In a London courtroom, an unnamed young black man stands accused of murder.
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4
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
thriller, mystery
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her bunk at an Adirondack summer camp.
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5
The Witch Elm
by Tana French
thriller, mystery
Toby Hennessy is a man defined by luck and privilege until a brutal home invasion leaves him physically broken and mentally fragile.
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6
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
thriller, mystery
In a rural Virginia town, a pressurized oxygen chamber used to treat autism and infertility explodes, killing two people.
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7
Long Bright River
by Liz Moore
thriller, mystery
Mickey is a patrol officer in a Philadelphia neighborhood struggling with high rates of opioid addiction.
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8
Velvet Was the Night
thriller, mystery
Set in 1970s Mexico City during the Dirty War, the narrative follows Maite, a reclusive secretary obsessed with romance comics, and Elvis, a criminal enforcer for a government-sanctioned hit squad.
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9
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio
thriller, mystery
Oliver Marks has just finished a ten-year prison sentence for a murder he may not have committed.
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10
Out
thriller, mystery
In the outskirts of Tokyo, four women working the midnight shift at a boxed-lunch factory become entangled in a gruesome cover-up.
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11
We Begin at the End
thriller, mystery
In Cape Haven, California, thirty years after he killed a young girl, Vincent King returns home following his release from prison.
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12
My Cousin Rachel
thriller, mystery
Philip Ashley, a young Cornish landowner, grows up under the guardianship of his cousin Ambrose.
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