Books like The Breakdown
12 books with a reading profile close to The Breakdown by B.A. Paris. Practical, growth-minded and escapist; an easy read.
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The Girl Before
by J.P. Delaney
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Jane Foley and Emma Matthews live in One Folgate Street at different times, both bound by an exhaustive list of rules mandated by the architect, Edward Monkford.
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2
Saving Noah
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Adrienne and James O'Connell struggle to maintain their family after their teenage son, Noah, is arrested and convicted for several counts of sexual assault against children.
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3
The Perfect Child
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Christopher and Hannah Bauer, a surgeon and a nurse, adopt Janie, a severely neglected six-year-old girl abandoned at their hospital.
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4
The Other Mrs.
by Mary Kubica
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Sadie and Will Foust move their family from Chicago to a remote island off the coast of Maine after Will’s sister dies by suicide, leaving them to care for their orphaned niece.
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5
The Drowning Woman
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Lee Gulliver is a homeless woman living in her car in Seattle, fleeing a failed business and a dangerous creditor.
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6
The Stillwater Girls
by Minka Kent
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Wren and Sage Stillwater live in total isolation in a remote cabin, hidden from a modern society they believe has collapsed.
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7
The Villa
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Emily and Chess, childhood friends with a strained relationship, travel to Villa Aestas in Italy to reset their lives and careers.
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8
Reckless Girls
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Lux McAllister lives on a broken-down sailboat in Hawaii with her boyfriend, Nico, until two wealthy strangers hire them to sail to Meroe Island.
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9
An Anonymous Girl
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Jessica Farris, a struggling makeup artist in New York City, signs up for a psychological study on ethics conducted by the mysterious Dr.
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10
Survive the Night
by Riley Sager
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Set in 1991, the story follows Charlie Jordan, a college student mourning her best friend’s murder by the "Campus Killer." Suffering from movie-induced hallucinations, Charlie hitches a ride home to Ohio with Josh Baxte…
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11
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
The story centers on a woman whose life is upended following the sudden death of her husband.
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12
My Lovely Wife
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Millicent and her husband live in a pristine suburb with their two children, maintaining the appearance of a standard upper-middle-class life.
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