Books like They Wish They Were Us
12 books with a reading profile close to They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
Her Every Fear
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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2
Black-Eyed Susans
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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3
Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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4
This Book Will Bury Me
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Deep in the Texas wilderness, a former journalist uncovers a vintage manuscript that implicates a high-profile political dynasty in a decades-old disappearance.
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5
Emma in the Night
by Wendy Walker
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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6
The Collective
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Camille Gardner remains trapped in grief five years after her daughter’s death, an incident involving a privileged young man who escaped legal consequences.
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7
The Maidens
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Mariana Andros is a group therapist grieving her late husband when her niece calls from Cambridge University following the murder of a classmate.
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8
The Secrets She Keeps
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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9
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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10
Let Me Lie
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
One year after her mother and father died in apparent suicides at Beachy Head, Anna Ballard receives an anonymous note claiming their deaths were not what they seemed.
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11
The Golden Spoon
Also practical and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Six amateur bakers gather at Grafton Manor, the secluded Vermont estate of legendary cookbook author Betsy Goodman, to film the tenth season of a prestigious televised baking competition.
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12
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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