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Books like Sometimes I Lie

12 books with a reading profile close to Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney. Practical and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

    by A.J. Finn

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Anna Fox is a child psychologist confined to her Harlem townhouse by severe agoraphobia.

  2. 2 The Turn of the Key

    The Turn of the Key

    by Ruth Ware

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Rowan Caine accepts a high-paying live-in nanny position at Heatherbrae House, a remote Scottish Highlands estate owned by the Elincourt family.

  3. 3 Darling Girls

    Darling Girls

    by Sally Hepworth

    Also practical and 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.

  4. 4 Daisy Darker

    Daisy Darker

    by Alice Feeney

    Also practical and 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.

  5. 5 The Girl on the Train

    The Girl on the Train

    by Paula Hawkins

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Rachel Watson lives a fractured life, commuting daily past the suburban house where her ex-husband lives with his new wife.

  6. 6 I Let You Go

    I Let You Go

    by Clare Mackintosh

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    After a hit-and-run accident kills her young son in a rain-slicked Bristol street, Jenna Gray flees to a remote Welsh coastal village to escape her grief.

  7. 7 The Good Sister

    The Good Sister

    by Sally Hepworth

    Also practical and 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.

  8. 8 None of This Is True

    None of This Is True

    by Lisa Jewell

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Alix Summer is a popular podcaster celebrating her forty-fifth birthday when she encounters Josie Fair, a woman born on the same day in the same hospital.

  9. 9 Then She Was Gone

    Then She Was Gone

    by Lisa Jewell

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Ten years after her fifteen-year-old daughter Ellie Mack vanished without a trace, Laurel Mack remains frozen in grief.

  10. 10 Family of Liars

    Family of Liars

    by E. Lockhart

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    Carrie Sinclair is the eldest daughter of a wealthy, prestigious family that spent every summer on Beechwood Island.

  11. 11 Jar of Hearts

    Jar of Hearts

    by Jennifer Hillier

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment

    When high school student Angela Wong disappeared in 1994, her best friend Georgina Shaw carried a secret that eventually sent her to prison fourteen years later.

  12. 12 Final Girls

    Final Girls

    by Riley Sager

    Also practical and 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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