Books like We Were Liars
12 books with a reading profile close to We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Inward-looking and escapist; an easy read.
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Strange Sally Diamond
by Liz Nugent
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Sally Diamond is a social recluse living in rural Ireland who follows her father's instructions to put him out with the trash after his death.
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2
My Sister, the Serial Killer
thriller, mystery
Korede is a Lagos nurse whose life is defined by cleaning up after her sister, Ayoola.
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3
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
Also escapist · thriller, accessible
When June Hayward witnesses the accidental death of her more successful rival, Athena Liu, she steals Athena’s unfinished manuscript about Chinese laborers in World War I.
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The River We Remember
thriller, mystery
In 1958, the small community of Jewel, Minnesota, is upended when the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River.
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6
Sometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Amber Reynolds is in a coma, unable to move or speak but capable of hearing everything happening around her.
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7
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg
thriller, mystery
In Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a warehouse roof.
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8
Luckiest Girl Alive
Also inward-looking and escapist · thriller, accessible
Ani FaNelli is a successful editor at a prestigious women's magazine who has meticulously engineered a glamorous life in New York City.
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9
Snap
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Eleven-year-old Jack Bright is left in a broken-down car on a dark motorway to watch over his two younger sisters while his pregnant mother, Nicola, walks for help.
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Allegedly
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
Mary Addison was convicted of killing a white infant when she was only nine years old.
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11
Defending Jacob
Also inward-looking · thriller, mystery
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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Big Little Lies
Also escapist · thriller, mystery
In the coastal town of Pirriwee, three mothers find their lives entangled through their children’s kindergarten class.
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