20 must-read fiction books like The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean

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The Last Thing to Burn

By: Will Dean

4.04

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her…

"What saves me is people. Strangers. Old women. Shopkeepers. Young lovers and milkmen doing their rounds and window cleaners with ladders fixed on top of their vans. Individuals oblivious to one another and yet, in a way, they act like insurance. An invisible web. Nothing too bad will happen on the street of a small town like this because people are everywhere. If something heinous occurs, then it's likely to be short-lived. Terrible acts are more difficult to conceal in a place like this. Someone will eventually step in or call the police. Horrors can still take place, but people look after people even though they might never think of it that way."

-Will Dean, The Last Thing to Burn

If you liked the fiction plot in The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Saving Noah

By: Lucinda Berry

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

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Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's Saving Noah book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

2. Appetite for Innocence

By: Lucinda Berry

3.90

Format: 216 pages,

Be careful what you post online. Your next check-in might lead him right to you... A serial rapist … read more

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3. She's Not Sorry

By: Mary Kubica

3.81

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller. Megha… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's She's Not Sorry book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's Home Is Where the Bodies Are book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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6. The Quiet Tenant

By: Clémence Michallon

3.85

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate New Yo… read more

Similar categories in Clémence Michallon's The Quiet Tenant book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I’m sorry,"

-Clémence Michallon, The Quiet Tenant

"This is the story I tell myself. No one’s around to tell me it doesn’t make sense. It starts out as a tribute and ends in selfishness. It isn’t about her. Not really. It’s about me and the parts of m…"

-Clémence Michallon, The Quiet Tenant

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7. The Drowning Woman

By: Robyn Harding

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Drowning Woman book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

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9. Strange Sally Diamond

By: Liz Nugent

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father… read more

Similar categories in Liz Nugent's Strange Sally Diamond book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Stranger in Her House

By: John Marrs

3.97

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A stranger has infiltrated your family…and now he’s taking over. Paul’s just here to help, or so… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The Stranger in Her House book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • dark
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Keep It in the Family

By: John Marrs

4.09

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

In this chilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple’s house hides terrible se… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's Keep It in the Family book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"...we're only ever our true selves when we think we are alone."

-John Marrs, Keep It in the Family

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12. One of Our Own

By: Lucinda Berry

3.93

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

A suicide prevention hotline volunteer answers a call that turns her world upside down in this edge… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's One of Our Own book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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13. Kill for Me, Kill for You

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.20

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological th… read more

Similar categories in Steve Cavanagh's Kill for Me, Kill for You book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Last Thing to Burn

By: Will Dean

4.04

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her… read more

Similar categories in Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • dark
  • crime
  • audiobook
"What saves me is people. Strangers. Old women. Shopkeepers. Young lovers and milkmen doing their rounds and window cleaners with ladders fixed on top of their vans. Individuals oblivious to one anoth…"

-Will Dean, The Last Thing to Burn

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15. We Used to Live Here

By: Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original m… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. Nightwatching

By: Tracy Sierra

3.86

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The Fallon Spring Reads Book Club Pick A mother is forced to the breaking point when her life an… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Sierra's Nightwatching book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Family Experiment

By: John Marrs

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and bril… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The Family Experiment book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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18. Look Closer

By: David Ellis

4.21

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"Simon and Vicky couldn't seem more a wealthy Chicago couple with a stable, if unexciting, marriag… read more

Similar categories in David Ellis's Look Closer book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The brilliance of the law is that it's not concerned with one person but with a system applicable to all. It protects the guilty so it can protect the innocent."

-David Ellis, Look Closer

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19. Gray After Dark

By: Noelle W. Ihli

4.26

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape. When a tragic accident sidelines… read more

Similar categories in Noelle W. Ihli's Gray After Dark book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • dark
  • crime
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20. That's Not My Name

By: Megan Lally

4.12

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

She thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It was a mistake to trust him. Shivering and … read more

Similar categories in Megan Lally's That's Not My Name book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. If You Tell a Lie

By: Lucinda Berry

3.54

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Lucinda Berry serves up a haunting thriller about four friends sworn to secrecy … read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's If You Tell a Lie book and Will Dean's The Last Thing to Burn

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

19 Top audiobook books like The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean

Transform Your Habits

Saving Noah

Lucinda Berry

3.56

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Stranger in Her House by John Marrs

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Drowning Woman

Robyn Harding

4.07

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