15 best-selling crime books like Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell

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Kill All Your Darlings

By: David Bell

3.66

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

After years of struggling to write following the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Conn…

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1. Soulmates

By: Jessica Grose

2.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"For anyone who has ever suspected something sinister lurking behind the craze of new-age spiritual… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Grose's Soulmates book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. The After Wife

By: Gigi Levangie Grazer

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Gigi Levangie Grazer, the New York Timesbestselling author of The Starter Wife, returns with a hila… read more

Similar categories in Gigi Levangie Grazer's The After Wife book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. 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 David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. No One Can Know

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.68

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's No One Can Know book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A pregnancy wasn’t a promise."

-Kate Alice Marshall, No One Can Know

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5. 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 David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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 David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • 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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7. It's One of Us

By: J.T. Ellison

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Everybody lies. Even the ones you think you know best of all . . . Olivia Bender designs exquisite … read more

Similar categories in J.T. Ellison's It's One of Us book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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 David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Daughter of Mine

By: Megan Miranda

3.95

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The new thrilling novel from Megan Miranda, the instant New York Times bestselling author of All th… read more

Similar categories in Megan Miranda's Daughter of Mine book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. 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 David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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11. 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 David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. House of Shades

By: Lianne Dillsworth

3.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this dark, immersive tale steeped in atmosphere and drama, the author of Theatre of Marvels retu… read more

Similar categories in Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Kind Worth Saving (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #2)

By: Peter Swanson

3.69

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

In this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson—featuring th… read more

Similar categories in Peter Swanson's The Kind Worth Saving (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #2) book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Perfect Family

By: Robyn Harding

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Thomas and Viv Adler are the envy of their neighbors: attractive, successful, with well-mannered ch… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Perfect Family book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. A Twisted Love Story

By: Samantha Downing

3.21

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller about a young co… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Downing's A Twisted Love Story book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Personal Assistant

By: Kimberly Belle

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the … read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Belle's The Personal Assistant book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Gone Tonight

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.82

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's Gone Tonight book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3)

By: Peter Swanson

3.61

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

A newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer—in this spectacularl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Swanson's A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3) book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners

By: Gretchen Anthony

3.51

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

A formidable matriarch learns the hard way that no family is perfect in this witty, sparkling debut… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Anthony's Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Kill All Your Darlings

By: David Bell

3.66

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

After years of struggling to write following the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Conn… read more

Similar categories in David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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21. Like a Mother

By: Mina Hardy

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Writing as Mina Hardy, New York Times bestselling author Megan Hart delivers a nail-biting psycholo… read more

Similar categories in Mina Hardy's Like a Mother book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. Leave No Trace

By: Mindy Mejia

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the “compelling” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) and critically acclaimed Everything… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Mejia's Leave No Trace book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. A Woman Alone

By: Nina Laurin

3.47

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A high-stakes, pulse-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen. A year af… read more

Similar categories in Nina Laurin's A Woman Alone book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. The Haters

By: Robyn Harding

3.67

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Party and The Drowning Woman returns with a twisted tale of fame, obs… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Haters book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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25. Friend Like Me

By: Jamie Millen

3.87

Format: 550 pages, Paperback

Your worst enemy is closer than you think. Someone is watching Amy when she starts a new life i… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Millen's Friend Like Me book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Champions

By: Kara Thomas

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybro… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's The Champions book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato"

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"No matter how many stories I know that have ended the same way, it's still impossible to accept."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"He delivers the verdict with a gravity that suggests I asked to cook crystal meth in the back office."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

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27. Wordhunter

By: Stella Sands

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ab… read more

Similar categories in Stella Sands's Wordhunter book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. Only the Guilty Survive

By: Kate Robards

3.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A podcaster digs into strange connections between a cult’s mass suicide and the murder of a local b… read more

Similar categories in Kate Robards's Only the Guilty Survive book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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29. Lies He Told Me

By: James Patterson

4.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She’s in love―with a liar. An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband’s secret life—and… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Lies He Told Me book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery thriller
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30. Trouble in Queenstown

By: Delia Pitts

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

With Trouble in Queenstown , Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful… read more

Similar categories in Delia Pitts's Trouble in Queenstown book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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31. The Outlier

By: Elisabeth Eaves

3.45

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

An audaciously twisty psychological thriller in which finding the killer is only one of two mysteri… read more

Similar categories in Elisabeth Eaves's The Outlier book and David Bell's Kill All Your Darlings

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

31 best-selling fiction books like Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell

Transform Your Habits

Soulmates

Jessica Grose

2.99

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The After Wife

Gigi Levangie Grazer

4.20

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Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

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No One Can Know

Kate Alice Marshall

3.68

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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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Only If You're Lucky

Stacy Willingham

3.56

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