Books like The most dangerous game
12 books with a reading profile close to The most dangerous game by Richard Connell. Escapist; an easy read.
-
1
Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon
thriller, narrative
Code Name Hélène follows the real-life activities of Nancy Wake, an Australian expat living in France during the 1930s and 40s.
-
2
The Doings of Raffles Haw
Also escapist · narrative, classic literature
Raffles Haw is a reclusive chemist who discovers a method to transmute lead into gold, granting him nearly infinite wealth.
-
3
The Postman Always Rings Twice
thriller, narrative
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.
-
4
When No One Is Watching
by Alyssa Cole
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Sydney Green is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn who watches her neighborhood rapidly transform through aggressive gentrification.
-
5
The Force
by Don Winslow
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Sergeant Denny Malone leads the Manhattan North Special Task Force, an elite NYPD unit authorized to operate with autonomy to disrupt gang violence and drug trafficking.
-
6
The Lost World
Also escapist · narrative, classic literature
Journalist Edward Malone joins an expedition led by the volatile Professor Challenger to a remote South American plateau.
-
7
The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
thriller, narrative
Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother, moves from New York City to the idyllic suburb of Stepford, Connecticut.
-
8
-
9
The Reckoning
by John Grisham
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Pete Banning, a decorated war hero and prominent farmer in Clanton, Mississippi, walks into his pastor’s office in 1946 and shoots him dead.
-
10
Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
On a foggy night, a private jet carrying two influential families and a struggling painter named Scott Burroughs crashes into the Atlantic Ocean.
-
11
Pompeii
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Set in the final days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the narrative follows Marcus Attilius Primus, a young engineer sent to repair the Augusta, the world’s largest aqueduct.
-
12
Small Mercies
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Set in South Boston during the 1974 desegregation busing crisis, the story follows Mary Pat Fennessy, a hardened resident of the Commonwealth housing projects.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
