7 best-selling thriller books like The Dinner by Herman Koch

Cover of The Dinner by Herman Koch

The Dinner

By: Herman Koch

3.21

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition can be found here An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly …

"Non bisogna sempre sapere tutto l’uno dell’altro. I segreti non ostacolano la felicità"

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"Non bisogna sempre sapere tutto l’uno dell’altro. I segreti non ostacolano la felicità"

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"When people get a chance to come close to death without having it touch them personally, they never miss the opportunity."

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"When people get a chance to come close to death without having it touch them personally, they never miss the opportunity."

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

If you liked the thriller plot in The Dinner by Herman Koch , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of De passievrucht by Karel Glastra van Loon

1. De passievrucht

By: Karel Glastra van Loon

3.29

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

De passievrucht is de ontroerende en indringende bestseller van Karel Glastra van Loon over de zoek… read more

Similar categories in Karel Glastra van Loon's De passievrucht book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Om te zien wat er in de wereld voor ons gebeurt hebben we anderen nodig, zoals blinden een geleidenhond"

-Karel Glastra van Loon, De passievrucht

Cover of Joe Speedboot by Tommy Wieringa

2. Joe Speedboot

By: Tommy Wieringa

3.70

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

Joe Speedboot is een roman over liefde en rivaliteit, over een verlosser zonder belofte en een hero… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Wieringa's Joe Speedboot book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"De absolute prijsbok van het schoolplein."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

"In tijden van droogte sterven de bloemen als eerste."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

"Het was groot machtsvertoon, de alfadieren op hun best."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

"Angst en overmoed, dat is de motor van de geschiedenis."

-Tommy Wieringa, Joe Speedboot

Cover of Het smelt by Lize Spit

3. Het smelt

By: Lize Spit

3.67

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for 9789082410617 Wat als je wraak kunt nemen op een heel do… read more

Similar categories in Lize Spit's Het smelt book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Spijt moet je niet hebben’, zegt hij. Ik knik. ‘Heb je me wel gehoord, Eva?’ Ik knik opnieuw. ‘Wat zei ik dan?’ ‘Dat je nooit spijt moet hebben,’ zeg ik. ‘Ik versta je niet.’ ‘Spijt moet je nooit heb…"

-Lize Spit, Het smelt

Cover of The Assault by Harry Mulisch, Claire Nicolas White, None, None

4. The Assault

By: Harry Mulisch , Claire Nicolas White , None , None

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

It is the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II in occupied Holland. A Nazi collaborat… read more

Similar categories in Harry Mulisch's The Assault book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • fiction
Cover of Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef

5. Hersenschimmen

By: J. Bernlef

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

Maarten Klein verliest langzaam maar zeker zijn greep op de werkelijkheid. Hij kan heden en verlede… read more

Similar categories in J. Bernlef's Hersenschimmen book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • fiction
Cover of Tirza by Arnon Grunberg

6. Tirza

By: Arnon Grunberg

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

De vrijheid mag lonken, maar liefst niet de hele dag; wanneer de vrijheid uitsluitend tijdens de zo… read more

Similar categories in Arnon Grunberg's Tirza book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Kom hier dat ik u kus by Griet Op de Beeck

7. Kom hier dat ik u kus

By: Griet Op de Beeck

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Kom hier dat ik u kusis een roman over Mona, als kind, als vierentwintigjarige, en als vijfendertig… read more

Similar categories in Griet Op de Beeck's Kom hier dat ik u kus book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • fiction
  • contemporary

8. Het gouden ei

By: Tim Krabbé

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Rex Hofmans vriendin verdwijnt spoorloos bij een Frans TOTAL benzinestation, terwijl ze met Rex een… read more

Similar categories in Tim Krabbé's Het gouden ei book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Een schitterend gebrek by Arthur Japin

9. Een schitterend gebrek

By: Arthur Japin

3.91

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In zijn memoires vermeldt Casanova terloops dat Lucia een van de weinige vrouwen is die hij ooit on… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Japin's Een schitterend gebrek book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • fiction

10. Bonita Avenue

By: Peter Buwalda

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"Dazzling...Critics hailed Buwalda as 'The Dutch answer to Jonathan Franzen', but his brilliance is… read more

Similar categories in Peter Buwalda's Bonita Avenue book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

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11. De engelenmaker

By: Stefan Brijs

3.90

Format: 429 pages, Paperback

Op 13 oktober 1984 keert na een afwezigheid van bijna twintig jaar Doktor Victor Hoppe terug naar z… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Brijs's De engelenmaker book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • thriller
  • fiction

12. Turks Fruit

By: Jan Wolkers

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Turks Fruit, het hartverscheurende verhaal van de gepassioneerde maar onmogelijke liefde tussen Olg… read more

Similar categories in Jan Wolkers's Turks Fruit book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

13. De helaasheid der dingen

By: Dimitri Verhulst

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

In De helaasheid der dingenkeert de schrijver terug naar zijn geboortegrond in Reetveerdegem. We ma… read more

Similar categories in Dimitri Verhulst's De helaasheid der dingen book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

Cover of De donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik Hermans

14. De donkere kamer van Damokles

By: Willem Frederik Hermans

3.80

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

De donkere kamer van Damokles vertelt het verhaal van Henri Osewoudt, sigarenhandelaar te Voorschot… read more

Similar categories in Willem Frederik Hermans's De donkere kamer van Damokles book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • fiction
"Waarom zal ik mij moreel gedragen, als ik toch in ieder geval de doodstraf krijg? Iedereen krijgt nou eenmaal de doodstraf en iedereen weet het."

-Willem Frederik Hermans, De donkere kamer van Damokles

Cover of A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

15. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

Similar categories in Steven L. Peck's A Short Stay in Hell book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • adult
  • fiction
"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

Cover of I Who Have Never Known Men by Ros Schwartz, Jacqueline Harpman

16. I Who Have Never Known Men

By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more

Similar categories in Ros Schwartz's I Who Have Never Known Men book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • adult
  • fiction
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

Cover of My Husband by Maud Ventura

17. My Husband

By: Maud Ventura

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obse… read more

Similar categories in Maud Ventura's My Husband book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When it comes to love, I’ve learned nothing: I love too intensely and I’m consumed by my own love (analysis, jealousy, doubt)—so much that when I’m in love, I always end up slightly extinguished and …"

-Maud Ventura, My Husband

Cover of Penance by Eliza  Clark

18. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

Cover of Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

19. Big Swiss

By: Jen Beagin

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is … read more

Similar categories in Jen Beagin's Big Swiss book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"¿Habla más de un idioma?"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"You bullied other bullies,"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"she’d always been less of a shit-talker and more of a shit-thinker"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"At least I know where the hell I am and what’s happening. Which way is north?"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

Cover of The Dinner by Herman Koch

20. The Dinner

By: Herman Koch

3.21

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition can be found here An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly … read more

Similar categories in Herman Koch's The Dinner book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
"Non bisogna sempre sapere tutto l’uno dell’altro. I segreti non ostacolano la felicità"

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"When people get a chance to come close to death without having it touch them personally, they never miss the opportunity."

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"Ik dacht aan de tijd, de verstrijkende tijd om precies te zijn, hoe onmetelijk, hoe onafzienbaar, hoe lang en donker en leeg één uur kan zijn. Wie zo denkt heeft helemaal geen lichtjaren nodig."

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

"You sometimes hear about people who have lost their sense of smell and taste: for those people, a plate of the most delicious food means nothing at all. That was how I looked at life sometimes, as a …"

-Herman Koch, The Dinner

Cover of The Body in Question by Jill Ciment

21. The Body in Question

By: Jill Ciment

3.59

Format: 6 pages, Audiobook

The place: central Florida. The situation: a sensational murder trial, set in a courthouse more Sov… read more

Similar categories in Jill Ciment's The Body in Question book and Herman Koch's The Dinner

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

18 best-selling fiction books like The Dinner by Herman Koch

Transform Your Habits

De passievrucht

Karel Glastra van Loon

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Joe Speedboot

Tommy Wieringa

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Het smelt

Lize Spit

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Assault

Harry Mulisch , Claire Nicolas White , None , None

4.01

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14 must-read fiction books like Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef

Transform Your Habits

De passievrucht

Karel Glastra van Loon

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Joe Speedboot

Tommy Wieringa

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Karakter

F. Bordewijk

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Kaas

Willem Elsschot , A.P. Grové

3.87

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