17 Best thriller books like What July Knew by Emily Koch

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What July Knew

By: Emily Koch

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Summer, 1995. July Hooper knows eighteen things about her mother. Like number thirteen: she …

If you liked the thriller plot in What July Knew by Emily Koch , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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2. All of Us Are Broken

By: Fiona Cummins

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been a long time since the Hardwicke family has been on holiday. But thirteen-year-old Galen h… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Cummins's All of Us Are Broken book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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3. In a Thousand Different Ways

By: Cecelia Ahern

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Finding your way is never a simple journey… Alice sees the worst in people. She also sees the… read more

Similar categories in Cecelia Ahern's In a Thousand Different Ways book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. 73 Dove Street

By: Julie Owen Moylan

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The page-turning and evocative new novel set in 1950s London from the author of That Green Eyed Gir… read more

Similar categories in Julie Owen Moylan's 73 Dove Street book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Other Women

By: Emma Flint

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A husband. A wife. A lover. Each has a secret they’d kill to protect . . . From the author of Li… read more

Similar categories in Emma Flint's Other Women book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. No One Saw a Thing

By: Andrea Mara

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Mara's No One Saw a Thing book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. Frank and Red

By: Matt Coyne

4.57

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming. Frank and Red are a mess. F… read more

Similar categories in Matt Coyne's Frank and Red book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. The Only Suspect

By: Louise Candlish

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLIN… read more

Similar categories in Louise Candlish's The Only Suspect book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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9. The Silence Project

By: Carole Hailey

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their … read more

Similar categories in Carole Hailey's The Silence Project book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Day One

By: Abigail Dean

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Marty seems to do no wrong. Trent can’t seem to get things right. When they are thrown together by … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Dean's Day One book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
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11. The Vintage Shop of Second Chances

By: Libby Page

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something… read more

Similar categories in Libby Page's The Vintage Shop of Second Chances book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Story Collector

By: Iris Costello

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

THREE LOST SOULS.A LONG-BURIED SECRET.THE TRUTH THAT COULD SET THEM FREE...-----London, 1915: Tarot… read more

Similar categories in Iris Costello's The Story Collector book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. If I Let You Go

By: Charlotte Levin

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

*RICHARD and JUDY Book Club pick 2023* If I Let You Go by Charlotte Levin is a deeply moving and… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Levin's If I Let You Go book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Are You Happy Now

By: Hanna Jameson

3.47

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

At a New York City wedding, on a sweltering summer night, four people are trying to be happy.Yun ha… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Jameson's Are You Happy Now book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"He wondered if a love not properly expressed mutated into something jagged and unwieldy like metal, something that could kill you."

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Oh shit, because it was never a good time to realize you really liked someone. Realizing you really liked someone meant knowing on some level it was going to hurt."

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Deep down, people know just how unlikely their unhappiness is. The only thing we can at least be honest about is we want things to work out, and that's what these stories are really about. It's not a…"

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Yun wanted to collapse under the weight, the unbearable weight of knowing he had to carry on moving, continue to try, to wake up day after day and do this, do everything. He didn’t want to die, he ju…"

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

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15. The Lifeline

By: Libby Page

4.19

Format: 391 pages, ebook

Everybody needs saving sometimes… For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alon… read more

Similar categories in Libby Page's The Lifeline book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Becky

By: Sarah May

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Becky Sharp is determined. Determined to get away from the dead-end town where she grew up, determi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah May's Becky book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The truth changes everything. There's such an awful intimacy to it, a banality even. Perhaps this is why the one time I actually, publically, tell the truth, and not just to this room of forty or so …"

-Sarah May, Becky

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17. What July Knew

By: Emily Koch

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Summer, 1995. July Hooper knows eighteen things about her mother. Like number thirteen: she … read more

Similar categories in Emily Koch's What July Knew book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Every Happy Family by Sarah Stovell

18. Every Happy Family

By: Sarah Stovell

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and Bert are over the moon to have their three grown-up children home for the first time in … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stovell's Every Happy Family book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Make Me Clean

By: Tina Baker

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

She will leave your surfaces sparkling. But she may well leave you dead... Maria is a good woma… read more

Similar categories in Tina Baker's Make Me Clean book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. The Ugly Truth

By: L.C. North

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Melanie Lange has disappeared. Her father, Sir Peter Lange, says she is a danger to herself and … read more

Similar categories in L.C. North's The Ugly Truth book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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21. Lucky Day

By: Beth Morrey

3.82

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of SAVING MISSY, comes a fierce, joyful and uplifting nove… read more

Similar categories in Beth Morrey's Lucky Day book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The People Watcher

By: Sam Lloyd

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Mercy Lake likes to fix things. To fix people. Trapped inside during daylight hours, hostage to her… read more

Similar categories in Sam Lloyd's The People Watcher book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Wilderness Retreat by Jennifer     Moore

23. The Wilderness Retreat

By: Jennifer Moore

3.27

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I release myself from the shackles of the outside world and embrace the wilderness within. As Be… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Moore's The Wilderness Retreat book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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24. End of Story

By: Louise Swanson

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Too much imagination can be a dangerous thing It's the year 2035 and fiction has been banned b… read more

Similar categories in Louise Swanson's End of Story book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Mother's Day by Abigail Burdess

25. Mother's Day

By: Abigail Burdess

3.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She gave you life. What if she wants it back? Perfect for fans of MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER, MA… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Burdess's Mother's Day book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • thriller
Cover of The Dead Friend Project by Joanna  Wallace

26. The Dead Friend Project

By: Joanna Wallace

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone needs a hobby... Things haven't been going well for Beth. Her husband has left her for … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Wallace's The Dead Friend Project book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Library Suicides by Fflur Dafydd

27. The Library Suicides

By: Fflur Dafydd

2.91

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

You can get in. But you can't get out. Welcome to the library... Twins Ana and Nan are lost afte… read more

Similar categories in Fflur Dafydd's The Library Suicides book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Trials of Marjorie Crowe by C.S. Robertson

28. The Trials of Marjorie Crowe

By: C.S. Robertson

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you solve a murder when everyone thinks you're guilty? Marjorie Crowe lives in Kilgoyne, … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Robertson's The Trials of Marjorie Crowe book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Sincerely, Me by Julietta Henderson

29. Sincerely, Me

By: Julietta Henderson

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Danny is the definition of a man who 'could do better'. He drinks more than he should, currently li… read more

Similar categories in Julietta Henderson's Sincerely, Me book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. Probably Nothing

By: Lauren Bravo

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryony doesn’t mind being single. Which is why she doesn’t understand why she keeps seeing (ok, sle… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Bravo's Probably Nothing book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of I Died on a Tuesday by Jane Corry

31. I Died on a Tuesday

By: Jane Corry

4.00

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE’S THE STORY EVERYONE BELIEVES . . . The victim: Eighteen-year-old Janie leaving home for … read more

Similar categories in Jane Corry's I Died on a Tuesday book and Emily Koch's What July Knew

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction

30 best-selling fiction books like What July Knew by Emily Koch

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

All of Us Are Broken

Fiona Cummins

4.08

Transform Your Habits

In a Thousand Different Ways

Cecelia Ahern

4.09

Transform Your Habits

73 Dove Street

Julie Owen Moylan

3.95

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19 best-selling fiction books like The Vintage Shop of Second Chances by Libby Page

Transform Your Habits

Found in a Bookshop

Stephanie Butland

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Best Days of Our Lives

Lucy Diamond

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Way Back

Sara Cox

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Invisible Women’s Club

Helen Paris

4.07

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