10 Best thriller books like Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth

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Ghosted

By: Jenn Ashworth

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One ordinary morning, Laurie's husband Mark vanishes, leaving behind his phone and wallet. For week…

If you liked the thriller plot in Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Our Wives Under the Sea

By: Julia Armfield

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ende… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Our Wives Under the Sea book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"El océano profundo es una casa embrujada: un lugar donde se mueven en la oscuridad cosas que no deberían existir."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

"She refused almost every aspect of my help, the way women will when they've been bred to accept little more than the baset civility."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

"I don't know why I expected you to read my mind,' I say, when I call back to leave her a message, 'I was just doing what I always do, assuming the world revolves around me."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

"The space around us is a claw half grasped, holding tight without quite crushing, and I wish, in the idle way I always wish these days, that I felt more confident in my ability to breathe."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

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2. 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 Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"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

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3. The Odyssey

By: Lara Williams

3.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning author of Supper Club comes a wickedly funny and slyly poignant new satire o… read more

Similar categories in Lara Williams's The Odyssey book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • novels
  • adult
"I guess it should have made me more protective of myself or something. More cautious with what I give away. But I actually do the opposite. Give people more than what they ask for. To get it over wit…"

-Lara Williams, The Odyssey

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4. Children of Paradise

By: Camilla Grudova

3.49

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

When Holly applies for a job at the Paradise - one of the city's oldest cinemas, squashed into the … read more

Similar categories in Camilla Grudova's Children of Paradise book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
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5. Death of a Bookseller

By: Alice Slater

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague. R… read more

Similar categories in Alice Slater's Death of a Bookseller book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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6. I'm a Fan

By: Sheena Patel

3.32

Format: 207 pages, None

In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Patel's I'm a Fan book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
"It is toxic. I am familiar"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

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7. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nolan's Ordinary Human Failings book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

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8. What a Shame

By: Abigail Bergstrom

3.49

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Bergstrom's What a Shame book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
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9. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Milk Teeth

By: Jessica Andrews

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the award-winning Saltwater comes a beautifully told love story set across Engla… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Andrews's Milk Teeth book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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11. Wet Paint

By: Chloë Ashby

3.79

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Since the death of her best friend Grace, twenty-six-year-old Eve has learned to keep everything an… read more

Similar categories in Chloë Ashby's Wet Paint book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • mental health
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12. Boy Parts

By: Eliza Clark

3.77

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for … read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Boy Parts book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
"Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was?"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

"My mam always used to tell me that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And Eddie from Tesco is a fly, but he's got a taste for vinegar. It's like vinegar is all he's ever had from peop…"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

"You want to think you're not like other women, but you are, you know. You're still... that's still how the rest of the world, how men are going to see you. Like, I know you hate labels, but you like.…"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

"Do you like it rough? I think so. I think I must. Men are rough, aren't they? Have I always had a taste for rough stuff, or did I acquire that? In the back of Lesley's car, on the floor of a friend's…"

-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

Cover of Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth

13. Ghosted

By: Jenn Ashworth

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One ordinary morning, Laurie's husband Mark vanishes, leaving behind his phone and wallet. For week… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
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14. The Silence Project

By: Carole Hailey

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their … read more

Similar categories in Carole Hailey's The Silence Project book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Weirdo

By: Sara Pascoe

3.28

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Weirdo book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
Cover of Stargazer by Laurie Petrou

16. Stargazer

By: Laurie Petrou

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer 1995. Diana and Aurelle are inseparable, living together in Diana's parents' cottage on the … read more

Similar categories in Laurie Petrou's Stargazer book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
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17. Deliver Me

By: Elle Nash

3.95

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

At a meatpacking facility in the Missouri Ozarks, Dee-Dee and her co-workers kill and butcher 40,00… read more

Similar categories in Elle Nash's Deliver Me book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
"I loved him like I loved a root canal: something painful but necessary. Like life was more painful without him."

-Elle Nash, Deliver Me

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18. Fragile Animals

By: Genevieve Jagger

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Jagger's Fragile Animals book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou

19. Sister of Mine

By: Laurie Petrou

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

*Globe & Mail Globe 100 Book. A debut novel of domestic suspense in the vein of Liane Moriarty, Sh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Petrou's Sister of Mine book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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20. My Name is Monster

By: Katie Hale

3.62

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

After the Sickness has killed off her parents, and the bombs have fallen on the last safe cities, M… read more

Similar categories in Katie Hale's My Name is Monster book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"…not speaking can sometimes be just as loud as saying words."

-Katie Hale, My Name is Monster

"I found that thinking was easier when there was someone to talk at."

-Katie Hale, My Name is Monster

"…it is easier to think about hating people than about wanting them."

-Katie Hale, My Name is Monster

"I say my story starts here because endings are always a kind of beginning."

-Katie Hale, My Name is Monster

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21. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

5 Best mystery thriller books like Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth

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Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

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Death of a Bookseller

Alice Slater

3.48

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Ghosted

Jenn Ashworth

3.52

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Stargazer

Laurie Petrou

3.72

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20 Top fiction books like Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

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Acts of Desperation

Megan Nolan

3.74

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Rouge

Mona Awad

3.56

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Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield

3.78

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