13 best-selling thriller books like The Ruins by Phoebe Wynne

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The Ruins

By: Phoebe Wynne

3.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A suspenseful, feminist Gothic coming-of-age tale with shades of Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca, and A…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Ruins by Phoebe Wynne , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. Fifty Grand

By: Adrian McKinty

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This knockout punch of a thriller from a critically acclaimed author follows a young Cuban detectiv… read more

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2. Witch Hunt

By: Syd Moore

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

A chilling, haunting ghost story that delves into the dark past of the 16th century Essex witch tri… read more

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3. The Cloisters

By: Katy Hays

3.41

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

On the wheel of fortune, who will emerge on top... and who will die? When Ann Stilwell arrives i… read more

Similar categories in Katy Hays's The Cloisters book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Life after parents is like a clean slate. [Rachel Mondray]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"...time made it possible to revisit even the hardest places. [Ann Stilwell]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"And I searched my memory -- that thin, imperfect archive -- for where might have seen it before. [Ann Stilwell]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"Era difícil no notar el peso del pasado a nuestro alrededor. Al fin de cuentas, ¿los museos no eran en realidad mausoleos?"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

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4. The Glow

By: Jessie Gaynor

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A desperate young publicist tries to save her career by turning the charismatic leader of a grungy … read more

Similar categories in Jessie Gaynor's The Glow book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • contemporary
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • horror
"Everyone agreed that he was brilliant, but he wore his intelligence like his perfect jean jacket- I stole it from my mom, he'd confessed on their first date- an effortless afterthought."

-Jessie Gaynor, The Glow

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5. The House in the Orchard

By: Elizabeth Brooks

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

1945: War widow Peggy is grateful to have inherited Orchard House from her husband’s Aunt Maude; sh… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
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6. Love and Other Human Errors

By: Bethany Clift

4.22

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The convention of a book synopsis is fundamentally ridiculous. How can I adequately convey in 150 w… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Clift's Love and Other Human Errors book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare

7. Sugar, Baby

By: Celine Saintclare

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Luster and Queenie , an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of th… read more

Similar categories in Celine Saintclare's Sugar, Baby book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's so deeply entrenched in me, the Fear of God, so much more strongly than the belief."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"The thought of having a relationship with my kids like the one I have with my mum, a scam on both sides, makes me want to vomit."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"It is all beginning to make sense; the gifts he gives like offerings, the golden temple of a Miami house. Oracles, orgies, lusty Greek and Roman gods, apples and pomegranates. Ceremonial robes as des…"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"You're young and that counts for a lot,' she says. 'And you're pretty. It's like currency, like...a bunch of casino chips in the game of life. You can keep them locked up in the back of a drawer and …"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

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8. The Things We Do to Our Friends

By: Heather Darwent

3.20

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Edinburgh, Scotland: a moody city of labyrinthine alleyways, oppressive fog, and buried history—the… read more

Similar categories in Heather Darwent's The Things We Do to Our Friends book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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9. All the White Spaces

By: Ally Wilkes

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determin… read more

Similar categories in Ally Wilkes's All the White Spaces book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. The Shamshine Blind

By: Paz Pardo

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A beguiling blend of noir detective story and science fiction perfect for fans of Michael Chabon an… read more

Similar categories in Paz Pardo's The Shamshine Blind book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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11. The Skeleton Key

By: Erin Kelly

3.78

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART... Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insist… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kelly's The Skeleton Key book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1) by Katy  Watson

12. The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1)

By: Katy Watson

3.77

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Three rival actresses team up to solve a murder at the stately home of the author who made them fam… read more

Similar categories in Katy Watson's The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1) book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"It's not for us to say what is motive enough for a person. what might be a minor annoyance to us could mean murder to someone else..."

-Katy Watson, The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1)

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13. The Flames

By: Sophie Haydock

4.00

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Set in the extravagant, Bohemian art world of early 20th century Vienna, the electrifying untold st… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Haydock's The Flames book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Gulf

By: Rachel Cochran

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the he… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Cochran's The Gulf book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Blackhouse by Carole Johnstone

15. The Blackhouse

By: Carole Johnstone

3.45

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A richly atmospheric thriller set on an isolated Scottish island where nothing is as it seems and s… read more

Similar categories in Carole Johnstone's The Blackhouse book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Ruins by Phoebe Wynne

16. The Ruins

By: Phoebe Wynne

3.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A suspenseful, feminist Gothic coming-of-age tale with shades of Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca, and A… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • feminism
  • france
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd

17. The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby

By: Ellery Lloyd

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Some women won't be painted out of history . . . Everybody knows that in 1938, runaway heiress a… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Lloyd's The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. The Girls of Summer

By: Katie Bishop

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"That place has been my whole life. Everything I thought I knew about myself was constructed in tho… read more

Similar categories in Katie Bishop's The Girls of Summer book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Favorites by Rosemary Hennigan

19. The Favorites

By: Rosemary Hennigan

3.28

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

An edgy, feminist campus novel about justice, gender, and power, following a woman who enrolls in l… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Hennigan's The Favorites book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery thriller
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Oracle of Maracoor (Another Day, #2) by Gregory Maguire

20. The Oracle of Maracoor (Another Day, #2)

By: Gregory Maguire

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The enchanting second novel in the series Another Day, returning to the world first created in Wick… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Maguire's The Oracle of Maracoor (Another Day, #2) book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • fiction
Cover of The Rule of Three by E.G.   Scott

21. The Rule of Three

By: E.G. Scott

3.25

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From E. G. Scott, the utterly gripping tale of three couples whose game night goes horribly wrong. … read more

Similar categories in E.G. Scott's The Rule of Three book and Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction

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