21 Top suspense books like Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

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Nine Lives

By: Peter Swanson

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. Nothing else, just a list of name…

"Just because my boot was tapping didn't mean I liked the song"

-Peter Swanson, Nine Lives

"Just because my boot was tapping didn't mean I liked the song"

-Peter Swanson, Nine Lives

"Just because my boot was tapping didn't mean I liked the song"

-Peter Swanson, Nine Lives

If you liked the suspense plot in Nine Lives by Peter Swanson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Good Bad Girl

By: Alice Feeney

3.66

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Alice Feeney, ret… read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Good Bad Girl book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Everyone Here Is Lying

By: Shari Lapena

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.William Wooler is a family man, on… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's Everyone Here Is Lying book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Everyone Is Watching

By: Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants hav… read more

Similar categories in Heather Gudenkauf's Everyone Is Watching book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The New Couple in 5B

By: Lisa Unger

3.63

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this binge-worthy thriller from the Ne… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's The New Couple in 5B book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We're always drawn back to our family of origin, aren't we? No matter how much pain they've caused, no matter how far we've run from them."

-Lisa Unger, The New Couple in 5B

"I remember wondering if anything was real, anything was true or if every place, every reality, was just another story you choose to believe."

-Lisa Unger, The New Couple in 5B

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6. Insomnia

By: Sarah Pinborough

3.70

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, mind-bending thriller from the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, Emma Averell … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinborough's Insomnia book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Everything feels wrong at night. Pieces out of place in my head. No straight edges in the jigsaw to anchor me."

-Sarah Pinborough, Insomnia

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7. If Something Happens to Me

By: Alex Finlay

3.79

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open… read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's If Something Happens to Me book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. One Perfect Couple

By: Ruth Ware

3.68

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Runtime: 14 hours and 9 minutes Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The House Across the Lake

By: Riley Sager

3.60

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

The New York Times best-selling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his most … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The House Across the Lake book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. What Have We Done

By: Alex Finlay

3.54

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In this thriller from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and … read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's What Have We Done book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The Midnight Feast

By: Lucy Foley

3.64

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin... It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Foley's The Midnight Feast book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Stay Awake

By: Megan Goldin

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s… read more

Similar categories in Megan Goldin's Stay Awake book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Nine Lives by Peter  Swanson

13. Nine Lives

By: Peter Swanson

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. Nothing else, just a list of name… read more

Similar categories in Peter Swanson's Nine Lives book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Just because my boot was tapping didn't mean I liked the song"

-Peter Swanson, Nine Lives

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14. The Long Weekend

By: Gilly Macmillan

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Three couples. Two bodies. One secret. Dark Fell Barn is a “perfectly isolated” retreat, or so s… read more

Similar categories in Gilly Macmillan's The Long Weekend book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Murder Road

By: Simone St. James

3.72

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deser… read more

Similar categories in Simone St. James's Murder Road book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Things We Do in the Dark

By: Jennifer Hillier

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hillier's Things We Do in the Dark book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

By: Lisa Unger

3.45

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling lo… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The whole catalogue of humanity was online, feeling entitled to their opinions and to their right to share. It could be brutal."

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

"From where I stand, hidden, watching them through the glass, they are the picture of the perfect family. But I know better. What people show the world is rarely the whole truth, especially these days…"

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

"...there is nothing certain in life but death. We may labour under the delusion that we know what the day ahead of us holds, what the hour holds. But we do not. We may think our death, our very certa…"

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

"Privilege. A word that suddenly inspired jealousy, resentment, rage. Some people were born with it, that beautiful ease, that aura of never worrying about making it, surviving. Some stood on the othe…"

-Lisa Unger, Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

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18. The Night Shift

By: Alex Finlay

3.91

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators p… read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's The Night Shift book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She leans in and their lips touch. She feels electricity through every part of her. When they pull away, he has a dopey look on his face. He inhales through his nose, like he's taking in the moment. …"

-Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

"What did Vince say about the girl?" "Pardon?" Chris says. "That night. You said Vince was talking about a girl. What did he say?".... "He said she was special. She smelled different." "Smelled?" He n…"

-Alex Finlay, The Night Shift

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19. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Middle of the Night book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Book of Cold Cases

By: Simone St. James

3.78

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, w… read more

Similar categories in Simone St. James's The Book of Cold Cases book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Daisy Darker

By: Alice Feeney

3.77

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists returns…with a family reunion that leads to murder. … read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Daisy Darker book and Peter Swanson's Nine Lives

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Don’t spend all of your ambition on other people’s dreams."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

"Sometimes people don't know they're in love until they're not."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

"A mother's least favourite child always knows that's what they are."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

"People are not the same but different, they are different but the same."

-Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

21 Best fiction books like Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

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Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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Everyone Is Watching

Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

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21 best-selling suspense books like The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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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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Only If You're Lucky

Stacy Willingham

3.56

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