Books like The Getaway
12 books with a reading profile close to The Getaway by Jim Thompson. Escapist; a moderate read.
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1
The Postman Always Rings Twice
thriller, literary
Frank Chambers, a driftless traveler, stops at a California roadside diner and begins a volatile affair with Cora, the young wife of the proprietor, Nick Papadakis.
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2
The Comedy of Errors
literary, classic literature
The play follows two sets of identical twins, both named Antipholus and Dromio, who were separated during a shipwreck in infancy.
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3
Three Sunsets and Other Poems
literary, classic literature
Published posthumously in 1898, this collection gathers Lewis Carroll's serious and romantic verse, moving away from the nonsense rhyme found in his famous novels.
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4
The Quiet American
thriller, literary
Set in 1950s Saigon during the First Indochina War, the narrative follows Thomas Fowler, a cynical British journalist, and Alden Pyle, an idealistic American undercover agent.
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5
Snap
Also escapist · thriller, literary
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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The most dangerous game
Also escapist · thriller, classic literature
Sanger Rainsford, a celebrated big-game hunter, falls overboard while traveling to the Amazon and washes ashore on Ship-Trap Island.
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7
When No One Is Watching
by Alyssa Cole
Also escapist · thriller, literary
Sydney Green is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn who watches her neighborhood rapidly transform through aggressive gentrification.
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8
Lucky Jim
literary, classic literature
Jim Dixon is a junior history lecturer at a provincial British university who detests his job, his pedantic department head Professor Welch, and the stifling social expectations of 1950s academia.
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9
Brighton Rock
thriller, literary
Pinkie Brown is a seventeen-year-old sociopath leading a small-time criminal gang in the seaside town of Brighton.
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10
The Demolished Man
Also escapist · thriller, classic literature
In twenty-fourth-century New York City, telepaths known as Peepers have eliminated premeditated murder by reading criminal intent before any blood is spilled.
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Blacktop Wasteland
by S.A. Cosby
Also escapist · thriller, literary
Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a mechanic in rural Virginia struggling to keep his family business afloat while facing mounting household debts.
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