21 must-read fiction books like A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

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A History of Wild Places

By: Shea Ernshaw

3.93

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, …

"Because love is madness and blindness and deception."

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

"Because love is madness and blindness and deception."

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

"...and I wonder if the things we keep from one another will break us apart. I wonder if the things we don’t say are worse than the lies we do. Like the illness, they will rot us from the inside out."

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

"...and I wonder if the things we keep from one another will break us apart. I wonder if the things we don’t say are worse than the lies we do. Like the illness, they will rot us from the inside out."

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

If you liked the fiction plot in A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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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2. The Cartographers

By: Peng Shepherd

3.63

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

What is the purpose of a map? Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her f… read more

Similar categories in Peng Shepherd's The Cartographers book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Grief can raze a face far worse than ten times as many years. (Romi's chapter, Libby @p735/921)."

-Peng Shepherd, The Cartographers

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3. The Collective

By: Alison Gaylin

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of Never Look Back and If I Die Tonight pl… read more

Similar categories in Alison Gaylin's The Collective book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. A Flicker in the Dark

By: Stacy Willingham

3.99

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's A Flicker in the Dark book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The idea of him burying a body before returning home and kissing me goodnight ad meade me want to crawl out of my ski and live somwher relse. Somewhere far away."

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

"Inside, a single firefly glows bright, its body pulsing with life. I stare at it for a while, my forehead pressed against my clenched fingers. I watch it radiate up close, flickering in my grasp, thi…"

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

"When people get hurt physically, you can see it in the bruises and the scars, but when they’re hurt emotionally, mentally, it runs deeper than that. You can see every sleepless night in the reflectio…"

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

"More often that not, it's just the thought of them that calms my nerves. I once told a claustrophobic patient to carry a single Xanax in her purse every time she boards a plane, its mere presence str…"

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

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5. What Lies in the Woods

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.96

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy an… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Nothing good comes from digging up old trouble."

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

"But why should she be able to leave the woods, when I never had?"

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

"Don't worry. She does this. She likes to go out to the woods to think."

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

"When it comes to relationships, if you could take it or leave it, leaving is always the right choice"

-Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

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6. Weyward

By: Emilia Hart

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's Weyward book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

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7. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's Starling House book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

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8. Darling Girl

By: Liz Michalski

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Book of The Month Club pick  In this beautiful dive into the world of J. M. Barrie’s classic, … read more

Similar categories in Liz Michalski's Darling Girl book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"They stay with us, you know. The friends you lost...They're still here. ... In this moment, they are alive to her, all of them. She lets the memories in, lets them settle everywhere. In her heart, in…"

-Liz Michalski, Darling Girl

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9. The Hacienda

By: Isabel Cañas

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Cañas's The Hacienda book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Colonialism carved the landscapes of our homes with ghosts, It left gaping wounds that still weep"

-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda

"Of course he did not question. Men do not trouble themselves with women's bodies, save when they can be of use to serve or to sate them."

-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda

"Instead, he described the way the sun set in the valley of Apan: first rich golden, deepening to amber, and then, with a swift, sure strike, night overtook the sun like the extinguishing of a candle.…"

-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda

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10. 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 Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Unmaking of June Farrow

By: Adrienne Young

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance,… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Young's The Unmaking of June Farrow book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"[He] was the kind of handsome that was carved from forests and rivers. He had the look of someone who'd spent his life in the sun, hands in the dirt. Every color, curve, and angle of him was shaped w…"

-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

"I didn't care that this crossed the line of keeping my distance or confusing boundaries. In that moment, I needed there to be no space between the three of us. I needed to feel us together, with no b…"

-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

"My eyes focused on the chart that hung on the wall behind him. It was a diagram of the human heart, with detailed renderings of the muscle and tissue, and I immediately thought how fortunate I would …"

-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

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14. Reckless Girls

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs comes a deliciously wicked gothic s… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's Reckless Girls book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Wilderwomen

By: Ruth Emmie Lang

3.50

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Ohioana Book Award finalist Ruth Emmie Lang returns with a new cast of ordinary characters with ext… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Emmie Lang's The Wilderwomen book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. A History of Wild Places

By: Shea Ernshaw

3.93

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, … read more

Similar categories in Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • magical realism
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Because love is madness and blindness and deception."

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

"...and I wonder if the things we keep from one another will break us apart. I wonder if the things we don’t say are worse than the lies we do. Like the illness, they will rot us from the inside out."

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

"No matter where you go, there are cracks in the plaster, nails coming loose, you just have to decide where you want to piece yourself back together. Where the ground feels sturdiest beneath your feet."

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

"I crave things I've forgetten how to get. An old life, maybe. That's what it really is: a need for something I've lost long ago. A life that's good and decent and void of the bone-breaking pain that …"

-Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

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17. Sign Here

By: Claudia Lux

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Lux's Sign Here book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"To breathe is miraculous."

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

"Does it count as staying if leaving is always on the mind? How much lying does a marriage need to survive?"

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

"It was the greatest irony of her life: how much she hated her body and how much she lived for the attention it garnered."

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

"Love is one of these things humans experience, twist to fit their cage of mortality, and then claim to have invented. I'm not blaming you, far from it. Love was made to be coveted, and humans are not…"

-Claudia Lux, Sign Here

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18. Spells for Forgetting

By: Adrienne Young

3.87

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Young's Spells for Forgetting book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There are spells for breaking and spells for mending, but there are no spells for forgetting."

-Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting

"There were tales that only the island knew. Ones that had never been told. I knew, because I was one of them."

-Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting

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19. 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 Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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

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20. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Golden Couple

By: Greer Hendricks

3.98

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

The next electrifying novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind The Wife Betwe… read more

Similar categories in Greer Hendricks's The Golden Couple book and Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There is more than just infidelity here. Marissa’s cheating is a symptom, not the source of their fundamental breakdown."

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

"Grief is a shape-shifter, it defies logic, sneaking up on you when you least expect it and leaving you empty-handed and hollow when you go searching for it."

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

"Grief isn’t linear, it isn’t logical. There’s no structure or civility to it. It grabs you when you least expect it and it digs in its nails until you succumb."

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

"Time is a chameleon. It's ever changing, cannily adapting to circumstances. It stretches out some tiny moments for an eternity. Then it shifts course and swallows up whole days, years even, as if the…"

-Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple

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3.63

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Alison Gaylin

3.91

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Stacy Willingham

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None of This Is True

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