Books like We Begin at the End
12 books with a reading profile close to We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Long Bright River
by Liz Moore
thriller, narrative
Mickey is a patrol officer in a Philadelphia neighborhood struggling with high rates of opioid addiction.
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2
The Witch Elm
by Tana French
thriller, narrative
Toby Hennessy is a man defined by luck and privilege until a brutal home invasion leaves him physically broken and mentally fragile.
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3
You Don't Know Me
thriller, narrative
In a London courtroom, an unnamed young black man stands accused of murder.
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4
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
thriller, narrative
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her bunk at an Adirondack summer camp.
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5
Out
thriller, narrative
In the outskirts of Tokyo, four women working the midnight shift at a boxed-lunch factory become entangled in a gruesome cover-up.
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6
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
thriller, narrative
In a rural Virginia town, a pressurized oxygen chamber used to treat autism and infertility explodes, killing two people.
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7
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio
thriller, narrative
Oliver Marks has just finished a ten-year prison sentence for a murder he may not have committed.
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8
Mystic river
thriller, narrative
Three childhood friends in a working-class Boston neighborhood, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle, are permanently altered after a stranger abducts one of them.
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9
Defending Jacob
thriller, narrative
Andy Barber, a respected Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts, finds his life dismantled when his fourteen-year-old son, Jacob, is indicted for the murder of a classmate.
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10
The Searcher
by Tana French
thriller, narrative
Cal Hooper, a retired Chicago police officer, moves to a remote Irish village seeking a quiet life after a divorce and a taxing career.
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11
Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim
narrative, mystery
When Mia Parkson’s father disappears during a morning hike in Virginia, the only witness is her younger brother, Eugene, who has autism and a rare genetic condition called Angelman syndrome.
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12
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
narrative, mystery
In a small Mississippi town, two boys grew up on opposite sides of a divide: Larry Ott, a white loner whose father owned a garage, and Silas Jones, a Black boy who became friends with him.
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