Books like The Maidens
12 books with a reading profile close to The Maidens by Alex Michaelides. Practical, growth-minded and escapist; an easy read.
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Who Is Maud Dixon?
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Florence Darrow is a low-level publishing assistant in New York who feels entitled to a literary career she hasn’t earned.
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Into the Water
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
In the English village of Beckford, residents have long died in a stretch of the river known as the Drowning Pool.
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3
Her Every Fear
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Kate Priddy, a Londoner struggling with a history of trauma and panic attacks, attempts to reset her life by swapping apartments with her distant cousin, Corbin Dell.
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4
The Writing Retreat
by Julia Bartz
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Struggling author Alex receives an exclusive invitation to a month-long writing intensive at the isolated estate of Roza Vallo, a feminist horror icon.
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5
I Know Who You Are
by Alice Feeney
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Aimee Sinclair is a well-known actress whose life relies on pretending to be other people.
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6
They Wish They Were Us
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Jill Newhouse is a senior at an elite Long Island prep school, where she belongs to the Players, a secret group of privileged students who run the place.
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7
Only If You're Lucky
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Lucy Sharpe is a reserved college student who finds herself drawn into a charismatic social circle led by the vibrant and unpredictable Margot Adams.
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8
Daughter of Mine
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Hazel Sharp returns to Mirror Lake after her father, a long-serving local detective, passes away.
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9
Black-Eyed Susans
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
At sixteen, Tessa Cartwright was discovered in a Texas field, breathing but buried among the skeletal remains of several other girls.
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10
Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Wren Greenlee, a woman in her thirties, is on an online date with a man named Adam Ford, who vanishes after a few dates and is later reported missing.
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11
Emma in the Night
by Wendy Walker
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Three years after disappearing from their suburban home, Cass Tanner returns to her mother’s doorstep alone, claiming she and her sister Emma were held captive on a remote island.
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The Secrets She Keeps
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Meghan Shaughnessy and Agatha Fyfe are both pregnant and due at the same time, but their lives occupy opposite ends of the social spectrum.
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