11 Top contemporary books like Gone to the Wolves by John Wray

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Gone to the Wolves

By: John Wray

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author John Wray dives deep into the wild, risky world of heavy metal in the 1980…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Gone to the Wolves by John Wray , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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2. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer

3.79

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more

Similar categories in Claire Dederer's Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • audiobook
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."

-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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3. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • music
  • audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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5. Fever House (Fever House, #1)

By: Keith Rosson

4.03

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose … read more

Similar categories in Keith Rosson's Fever House (Fever House, #1) book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • adult
  • audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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8. Silver Nitrate

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.61

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Silver Nitrate book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harvilla's 60 Songs That Explain the '90s book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • music
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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10. The Beast You Are: Stories

By: Paul Tremblay

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of  The Pallbearers Club ,  A He… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's The Beast You Are: Stories book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Gone to the Wolves

By: John Wray

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author John Wray dives deep into the wild, risky world of heavy metal in the 1980… read more

Similar categories in John Wray's Gone to the Wolves book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • music
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Kittentits

By: Holly Wilson

3.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A feral, heart-busting, absurdist debut about Molly, a rambunctious and bawdy ten-year-old searchin… read more

Similar categories in Holly Wilson's Kittentits book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Burn the Negative

By: Josh Winning

3.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Burn the Negative book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the graphic novel horror trilogy The Night Eaters from Marjorie Liu and Sana T… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • adult
  • fiction
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16. Rainbow Black

By: Maggie Thrash

3.96

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Thrash's Rainbow Black book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Say Hello to My Little Friend

By: Jennine Capó Crucet

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to … read more

Similar categories in Jennine Capó Crucet's Say Hello to My Little Friend book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Pay As You Go

By: Eskor David Johnson

4.07

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

New to town and delusionally confident, Slide imagined himself living in a glossy building with doo… read more

Similar categories in Eskor David Johnson's Pay As You Go book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Night and Dana

By: Anya Davidson

3.46

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

A creative coming-of-age story for the climate-change generation Dana Drucker fights boredom in her… read more

Similar categories in Anya Davidson's Night and Dana book and John Wray's Gone to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary

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