Books like The Last House on Needless Street
12 books with a reading profile close to The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. Inward-looking and open-ended; a moderate read.
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
by Iain Reid
Also inward-looking and open-ended · thriller, horror
The story begins with a young woman traveling with her boyfriend, Jake, to meet his parents at their secluded farmhouse.
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These Violent Delights
Also inward-looking · thriller, psychology
In 1970s Pittsburgh, Paul Fleischer, a solitary college student mourning his father's suicide, meets the charismatic and affluent Julian Loscalzo.
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The Silent Wife
Also inward-looking · thriller, psychology
Todd and Jodi share an affluent life in Chicago, maintaining a twenty-year domestic partnership built on silence and denial.
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A Certain Hunger
Also inward-looking · thriller, horror
Dorothy Daniels is a high-profile food critic in New York whose sophisticated palate demands absolute sensory fulfillment.
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The Dinner
by Herman Koch
Also inward-looking · thriller, psychology
In an upscale Amsterdam restaurant, two couples meet for a multi-course meal to discuss a horrific crime committed by their teenage sons.
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The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
Also inward-looking · thriller, psychology
Lou Ford is a deputy sheriff in Central City, Texas, who presents himself to the town as a polite, slow-talking, and dull-witted lawman.
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Invisible Monsters
Also inward-looking and open-ended · thriller, psychology
Shannon McFarland is a rising fashion model until a gunshot destroys her jaw, leaving her unable to speak and hiding her face behind a veil.
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Confessions
by Kanae Minato
Also inward-looking · thriller, psychology
Yuko Moriguchi, a middle school teacher, announces her resignation following the death of her four-year-old daughter, Manami.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Also inward-looking · horror, psychology
Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, investigates the connection between his respected friend Dr.
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The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
thriller, horror
Frank Cauldhame is a sixteen-year-old living on a remote Scottish island, where he maintains a series of elaborate, violent rituals involving animal sacrifice and makeshift explosives.
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In the Miso Soup
by Ryū Murakami
thriller, horror
Kenji is a young man in Tokyo who offers nightlife tours to foreign visitors through the sex clubs and bars of Kabukicho.
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