29 Top mystery thriller books like They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

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They Never Learn

By: Layne Fargo

3.93

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the “raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless” (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling …

"You're next, motherfucker."

-Layne Fargo, They Never Learn

"All the cutest girls are bi, didn’t you get the memo?"

-Layne Fargo, They Never Learn

"Reading was my most reliable escape in childhood, the one way I could get away from my father while still trapped in the same space with him."

-Layne Fargo, They Never Learn

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in They Never Learn by Layne Fargo , here is a list of 29 books like this:

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1. Saving Noah

By: Lucinda Berry

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

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Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's Saving Noah book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. The Kind Worth Killing

By: Peter Swanson

3.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintne… read more

Similar categories in Peter Swanson's The Kind Worth Killing book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

3. Confessions

By: Kanae Minato , Stephen Snyder

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

Her pupils killed her daughter. Now, she will have her revenge. After an engagement that ended in t… read more

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4. Appetite for Innocence

By: Lucinda Berry

3.90

Format: 216 pages,

Be careful what you post online. Your next check-in might lead him right to you... A serial rapist … read more

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5. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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7. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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8. The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Ho… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The Only One Left book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever."

-Riley Sager, The Only One Left

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9. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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12. Only If You're Lucky

By: Stacy Willingham

3.56

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, wh… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's Only If You're Lucky book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...with an entire year lost since I lost Eliza, I don't just need to be saved anymore. I need to be resuscitated."

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"How interesting: that female instinct to duck, to hide, like prey catching sight of glowing eyes in the night. Something inherent in our very genes, our very DNA"

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"She's all the way in the front, perched on the bow like a figurehead pulling us forward. Or maybe a siren, seductive and dangerous, her little lies fooling us all."

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

"And if Eliza was adrenaline, that makes Lucy something even more. Something more addicting, more dangerous. Something I probably shouldn't be dabbling in -- but at the same time, something impossible…"

-Stacy Willingham, Only If You're Lucky

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13. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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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14. The Drowning Woman

By: Robyn Harding

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Drowning Woman book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

Similar categories in Carissa Orlando's The September House book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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16. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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17. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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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18. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Midnight Is the Darkest Hour

By: Ashley Winstead

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Beware of the dark. You might like what you find... Ruth Collier has always felt like an outside… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Winstead's Midnight Is the Darkest Hour book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Nature doesn't know good or evil. All nature knows is survival."

-Ashley Winstead, Midnight Is the Darkest Hour

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22. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. The Last Word

By: Taylor Adams

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the a… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Adams's The Last Word book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Being seen burdens you with an image you have to maintain."

-Taylor Adams, The Last Word

"Far worse things can happen to you than some stranger hurting your feelings on the internet."

-Taylor Adams, The Last Word

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24. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. Look Closer

By: David Ellis

4.21

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"Simon and Vicky couldn't seem more a wealthy Chicago couple with a stable, if unexciting, marriag… read more

Similar categories in David Ellis's Look Closer book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The brilliance of the law is that it's not concerned with one person but with a system applicable to all. It protects the guilty so it can protect the innocent."

-David Ellis, Look Closer

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27. Gray After Dark

By: Noelle W. Ihli

4.26

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape. When a tragic accident sidelines… read more

Similar categories in Noelle W. Ihli's Gray After Dark book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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28. 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 Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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29. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. They Never Learn

By: Layne Fargo

3.93

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the “raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless” (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Layne Fargo's They Never Learn book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
"You're next, motherfucker."

-Layne Fargo, They Never Learn

"All the cutest girls are bi, didn’t you get the memo?"

-Layne Fargo, They Never Learn

"Reading was my most reliable escape in childhood, the one way I could get away from my father while still trapped in the same space with him."

-Layne Fargo, They Never Learn

Cover of Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli

31. Ask for Andrea

By: Noelle W. Ihli

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Meghan, Brecia, and Skye have just one thing in common. They were all murdered by the same man. … read more

Similar categories in Noelle W. Ihli's Ask for Andrea book and Layne Fargo's They Never Learn

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction

29 Best fiction books like They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

Transform Your Habits

Saving Noah

Lucinda Berry

3.56

Transform Your Habits

The Kind Worth Killing

Peter Swanson

3.09

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

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20 best-selling fiction books like The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

Transform Your Habits

Saving Noah

Lucinda Berry

3.56

Transform Your Habits

The Kind Worth Killing

Peter Swanson

3.09

Transform Your Habits

Sometimes I Lie

Alice Feeney

3.91

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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