19 must-read suspense books like The Woods are Waiting by Katherine Greene

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The Woods are Waiting

By: Katherine Greene

3.43

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware, Katherine Greene’s debut thriller is a dark descent …

If you liked the suspense plot in The Woods are Waiting by Katherine Greene , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Mister Lullaby by J.H. Markert

1. Mister Lullaby

By: J.H. Markert

3.60

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

From J. H. Markert, the author Peter Farris calls the "clear heir to Stephen King," Mister Lullaby … read more

Similar categories in J.H. Markert's Mister Lullaby book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. Don't You Dare

By: Jessica Hamilton

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When Hannah and Scarlett meet Thomas in college—the chemistry is instantaneous. They grow closer wh… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Hamilton's Don't You Dare book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. What the Neighbors Saw

By: Melissa Adelman

3.35

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Adelman's What the Neighbors Saw book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. The Night It Ended

By: Katie Garner

3.37

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Finding the truth seems impossible when her own dark past has her seeing lies everywhere she looks…… read more

Similar categories in Katie Garner's The Night It Ended book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Why would someone do this to me? Why? I've done nothing wrong to anyone. Lie... I've been a good mom. Lie... A good wife. Lie... A good doctor. Lie."

-Katie Garner, The Night It Ended

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5. Her Father's Daughter

By: T.M. Dunn

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Skillfully weaving together domestic suspense, a desperate police investigation, a love affair, and… read more

Similar categories in T.M. Dunn's Her Father's Daughter book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Dead of Winter

By: Darcy Coates

3.85

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness t… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Coates's Dead of Winter book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Woods are Waiting by Katherine  Greene

7. The Woods are Waiting

By: Katherine Greene

3.43

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware, Katherine Greene’s debut thriller is a dark descent … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. My Darling Girl

By: Jennifer McMahon

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mot… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer McMahon's My Darling Girl book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Stranger Upstairs

By: Lisa M. Matlin

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A social media influencer with a secret past buys a murder house to renovate, but finds more than s… read more

Similar categories in Lisa M. Matlin's The Stranger Upstairs book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Bones of the Story

By: Carol Goodman

3.68

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

A locked-room mystery about a group of former classmates trapped on their college campus—with a mur… read more

Similar categories in Carol Goodman's The Bones of the Story book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. A Good House for Children

By: Kate Collins

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time Orla was: a woman, a painter, a lover. Now she is a mother and a wife, and when he… read more

Similar categories in Kate Collins's A Good House for Children book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Let Him In

By: William Friend

3.36

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

William Friend’s haunting debut Let Him In is a creeping, gothic psychological suspense about a you… read more

Similar categories in William Friend's Let Him In book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"They say that grief numbs, but I still feel everything and mostly it hurts."

-William Friend, Let Him In

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13. Gone Tonight

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.82

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's Gone Tonight book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Hemlock Island

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.45

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Laney Kilp… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Hemlock Island book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am sca…"

-Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

Cover of Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2) by Megan Goldin

15. Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2)

By: Megan Goldin

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though investigators … read more

Similar categories in Megan Goldin's Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2) book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Have You Seen Her

By: Catherine McKenzie

3.59

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling and timely novel about three women with dark secrets whose lives intersect in the pictu… read more

Similar categories in Catherine McKenzie's Have You Seen Her book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Thicker Than Water by Megan  Collins

17. Thicker Than Water

By: Megan Collins

3.43

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

Julia and Sienna Larkin are sisters-in-law, connected by Julia's husband and Sienna's brother, Jaso… read more

Similar categories in Megan Collins's Thicker Than Water book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. What Waits in the Woods

By: Terri Parlato

3.61

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting thriller from a new master of suspense, a young dancer’s homecoming is marred by a… read more

Similar categories in Terri Parlato's What Waits in the Woods book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave the Lights On by Liv Andersson

19. Leave the Lights On

By: Liv Andersson

3.19

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Cape Morgan, Maine, is the utopian ideal for a charmed life, and Beatrice Wicker knows it. The mult… read more

Similar categories in Liv Andersson's Leave the Lights On book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of I Know What You Did by Cayce Osborne

20. I Know What You Did

By: Cayce Osborne

3.50

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

When a bestselling novel fictionalizes the death of her childhood best friend—and accuses her of th… read more

Similar categories in Cayce Osborne's I Know What You Did book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You’re too young yet to realize that weird is good. Weirdos become the most interesting adults."

-Cayce Osborne, I Know What You Did

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21. Find Them

By: Julia Ash

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

LOT 16 WAS NEVER TO BE SOLD. Generations pass and the estate's directive is overturned. Situ… read more

Similar categories in Julia Ash's Find Them book and Katherine Greene's The Woods are Waiting

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Evil gets bored when we won't let it in."

-Julia Ash, Find Them

"Sisters may walk on different paths, but they're never farther than a heartstring."

-Julia Ash, Find Them

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