12 must-read horror books like The Chain by Adrian McKinty

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The Chain

By: Adrian McKinty

3.79

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

It's something parents do every morning: Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads …

If you liked the horror plot in The Chain by Adrian McKinty , here is a list of 12 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

2. 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

Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's Appetite for Innocence book and Adrian McKinty's The Chain

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3. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • 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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5. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • 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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8. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • 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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9. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Coworker

By: Freida McFadden

3.79

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back Dawn Schif… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Coworker book and Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Never Lie

By: Freida McFadden

4.09

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's Never Lie book and Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"my mother always said that the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead"

-Freida McFadden, Never Lie

"After all, my mother always said that the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead."

-Freida McFadden, Never Lie

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12. Keep It in the Family

By: John Marrs

4.09

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

In this chilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple’s house hides terrible se… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's Keep It in the Family book and Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"...we're only ever our true selves when we think we are alone."

-John Marrs, Keep It in the Family

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13. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Hidden Pictures

By: Jason Rekulak

4.16

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young … read more

Similar categories in Jason Rekulak's Hidden Pictures book and Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)

By: Freida McFadden

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) book and Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • 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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20. 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 Adrian McKinty's The Chain

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Chain

By: Adrian McKinty

3.79

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

It's something parents do every morning: Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads … read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Chain book and Adrian McKinty's The Chain

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

20 Best fiction books like The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Transform Your Habits

Saving Noah

Lucinda Berry

3.56

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Only One Left

Riley Sager

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

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19 Top fiction books like Never Lie by Freida McFadden

Transform Your Habits

Saving Noah

Lucinda Berry

3.56

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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