20 Best thriller books like The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel

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The Familiar Dark

By: Amy Engel

3.74

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest f…

"Lo cierto es que no hay forma fácil de ser una mujer en este mundo. Si te expresas, si dices que no, si te mantienes firme, entonces eres una bruja y una arpía y todo lo que te pase es merecido. «Te lo has ganado a pulso». Pero si sonríes, dices que sí, sobrevives a base de buenos modales, eres débil y estás desesperada. Un blanco fácil. Una presa en un mundo de depredadores. No hay opciones seguras para las mujeres, no hay decisiones que no terminen volviéndosenos en contra."

-Amy Engel, The Familiar Dark

If you liked the thriller plot in The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel , here is a list of 20 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

2. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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4. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • 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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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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

8. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Girl, 11

By: Amy Suiter Clarke

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

"Propulsive... Not only is the book difficult to put down, it’s also an adroit exploration of the e… read more

Similar categories in Amy Suiter Clarke's Girl, 11 book and Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel

15. The Familiar Dark

By: Amy Engel

3.74

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest f… read more

Similar categories in Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark book and Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Lo cierto es que no hay forma fácil de ser una mujer en este mundo. Si te expresas, si dices que no, si te mantienes firme, entonces eres una bruja y una arpía y todo lo que te pase es merecido. «Te …"

-Amy Engel, The Familiar Dark

Cover of The Wolf Wants In by Laura McHugh

16. The Wolf Wants In

By: Laura McHugh

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a small town ravaged by the opioid crisis, a woman confronts a dark secret about her brother's s… read more

Similar categories in Laura McHugh's The Wolf Wants In book and Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. No Bad Deed

By: Heather Chavez

3.66

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Driving home one rainy night, Cassie Larkin sees a man and woman fighting on the side of the road. … read more

Similar categories in Heather Chavez's No Bad Deed book and Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Svaber – en vaskeekte detektiv

By: Zahid Ali

3.44

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Forfatterdebuten til komiker Zahid Ali. Wassim har i årevis vasket de samme gangene og toaletten… read more

Similar categories in Zahid Ali's Svaber – en vaskeekte detektiv book and Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • crime
Cover of The Haters by Robyn Harding

19. 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 Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Cover Your Tracks

By: Daco S. Auffenorde

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A Suspense Magazine Best of 2020 for Thriller/Suspense Margo Fletcher, eight months pregnant, is… read more

Similar categories in Daco S. Auffenorde's Cover Your Tracks book and Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Butcher Game (Dr. Wren Muller, #2) by Alaina Urquhart

21. The Butcher Game (Dr. Wren Muller, #2)

By: Alaina Urquhart

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author and co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid c… read more

Similar categories in Alaina Urquhart's The Butcher Game (Dr. Wren Muller, #2) book and Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

20 Best fiction books like The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel

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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The Quiet Tenant

Clémence Michallon

3.85

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20 must-read contemporary books like If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Long Time Gone

Charlie Donlea

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Is Watching

Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

Transform Your Habits

If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

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