12 Best thriller books like In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French

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In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD 2008 FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the…

If you liked the thriller plot in In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Woman in Cabin 10

By: Ruth Ware

3.73

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The Woman in Cabin 10 book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Tiger fallen immer auf die Füße"

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

"This place felt like a tomb. Maybe it was mine."

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

"For a travel journalist I’m worryingly bad at geography."

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

"But I did feel violated. My little flat felt ruined–soiled and unsafe. Even describing it to the police had felt like an ordeal…"

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

Cover of In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

2. In a Dark, Dark Wood

By: Ruth Ware

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French

3. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD 2008 FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • ireland
Cover of The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

4. The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)

By: Jane Harper

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for t… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

5. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

By: J.K. Rowling , Robert Galbraith

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym … read more

Similar categories in J.K. Rowling's The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) by Louise Penny

6. Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)

By: Louise Penny

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Chief Inspector Arm… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

By: Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue. A Sensati… read more

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8. Dark Places

By: Gillian Flynn

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

From The #1 New York TimesBestselling Author OfGone Girl Libby Day was seven when her mother and tw… read more

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9. Gone Girl

By: Gillian Flynn

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anni… read more

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10. The Girl on the Train

By: Paula Hawkins

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every day the same Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she ratt… read more

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11. Sharp Objects

By: Gillian Flynn

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment:… read more

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12. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • fiction
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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13. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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14. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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15. 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 Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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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16. Zero Days

By: Ruth Ware

3.65

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller about a woman in a race against time to clea… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's Zero Days book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The wall around the perimeter was child's play."

-Ruth Ware, Zero Days

"... they were just one part of a vast dark web of unseen players ... And yes, they could be fought, maybe some individuals might even be arrested, but you might as well try to prosecute cancer. They …"

-Ruth Ware, Zero Days

"If I shut my eyes, I could picture him... The thought gave me a kind of peace, the idea that he could be out there somewhere-just beyond my reach. But it was a dishonest peace, and I knew that as muc…"

-Ruth Ware, Zero Days

Cover of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

17. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • fiction
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

Cover of The Fury by Alex Michaelides

18. The Fury

By: Alex Michaelides

3.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneo… read more

Similar categories in Alex Michaelides's The Fury book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Character is fate"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Love is mutual respect, and constancy- and friendship"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Do not despair at being different. For that very difference, initially such a source of shame, so humiliating, and painful, will one day become a badge of honor and pride"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"I'd never seen Lana lose control. I won't say it wasn't frightening; but then, uncontained emotion is always distressing to be around, isn't it? Particularly when it's from someone you love."

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

Cover of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) by Robert Galbraith

19. The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.61

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Wace's charm and ease of manner, his smile, his warmth, had vanished. Once before, Strike had faced a killer whose eyes, under the stress and excitement of hearing his crimes described, had become as…"

-Robert Galbraith, The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

Cover of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James   McBride

20. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
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21. The Woman in the Window

By: A.J. Finn

3.95

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

Anna Fox lives alone, a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends he… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Finn's The Woman in the Window book and Tana French's In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"No family, happy or unhappy, is quite like any other. Tolstoy was chock-fullo’shit. Remember that."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

"Something I’ve noticed: In the absence of others, I swear more often and more loudly. Ed would be appalled. I’m appalled."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

"Sometimes I’ve got too many thoughts at once. It’s like there’s a four-way intersection in my brain where everyone’s trying to go at the same time."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

"The definition of insanity, Fox, Wesley used to remind me, paraphrasing Einstein, is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different result."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

16 Top fiction books like In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French

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Ruth Ware

3.73

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In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware

4.57

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In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

Tana French

4.12

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The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)

Jane Harper

4.32

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20 must-read fiction books like Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) by Louise Penny

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Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)

Louise Penny

3.42

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Amanda Peters

4.14

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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