8 best-selling contemporary books like The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett

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The Bus on Thursday

By: Shirley Barrett

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this wickedly funny, dark novel about one woman’s post-cancer r…

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Cover of Security by Gina Wohlsdorf

1. Security

By: Gina Wohlsdorf

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

"Original and imaginative . . . Ripping suspense, sheer terror, and a wrenching love story." --Sand… read more

Similar categories in Gina Wohlsdorf's Security book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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2. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gran's Come Closer book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

Cover of The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight, Leroy Kettle

3. The Fungus

By: Harry Adam Knight , Leroy Kettle

3.56

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

Book by Knight, Harry Adam read more

Similar categories in Harry Adam Knight's The Fungus book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror

4. Within These Walls

By: Ania Ahlborn

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From indie horror author and bestselling sensation Ania Ahlborn, this brand-new supernatural thrill… read more

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5. This Thing Between Us

By: Gus Moreno

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It was Vera's idea to buy the Itza. The "world's most advanced smart speaker!" didn't interest Thia… read more

Similar categories in Gus Moreno's This Thing Between Us book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You were you and I was me and there was this thing between us."

-Gus Moreno, This Thing Between Us

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6. Your Shadow Half Remains

By: Sunny Moraine

3.38

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

One look can kill. Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No fac… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Moraine's Your Shadow Half Remains book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more

Similar categories in Elliott Gish's Grey Dog book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. The Ones You Trust

By: Caroline Overington

3.52

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The new gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author Caroline Overington, author of The … read more

Similar categories in Caroline Overington's The Ones You Trust book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Seven Sisters

By: Katherine Kovacic

3.92

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Men get away with murder all the time. Now it's our turn ... A twisty, intriguing crime novel for f… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Kovacic's Seven Sisters book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Lost in the Garden

By: Adam S. Leslie

3.73

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more

Similar categories in Adam S. Leslie's Lost in the Garden book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
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11. The Thing in the Snow

By: Sean Adams

3.34

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of The Heap, a thought-provoking and wryly funny novel—equal p… read more

Similar categories in Sean Adams's The Thing in the Snow book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Mend a Broken Heart by Rachael Johns

12. How to Mend a Broken Heart

By: Rachael Johns

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Summer in New Orleans means hot days, long nights, spooky stories and surprising new beginnings. … read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's How to Mend a Broken Heart book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. And Then I Woke Up

By: Malcolm Devlin

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

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14. Rabbit Hunt

By: Wrath James White

3.61

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Six college kids go into the woods to drop acid, eat mushrooms, smoke weed, commune with nature, an… read more

Similar categories in Wrath James White's Rabbit Hunt book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. Queen of Teeth

By: Hailey Piper

3.83

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award Within forty-eight hours, Yaya Betancourt will go from discoveri… read more

Similar categories in Hailey Piper's Queen of Teeth book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Cat from Hell by Stephen        King

16. The Cat from Hell

By: Stephen King

3.70

Format: 20 pages, ebook

None read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Cat from Hell book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

17. Follow Me to Ground

By: Sue Rainsford

3.54

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A haunted, surreal debut novel about an otherworldly young woman, her father, and her lover that cu… read more

Similar categories in Sue Rainsford's Follow Me to Ground book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett

18. The Bus on Thursday

By: Shirley Barrett

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this wickedly funny, dark novel about one woman’s post-cancer r… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer by Ilsa Evans

19. The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer

By: Ilsa Evans

3.87

Format: 460 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Two women abduct and hide out with their four-year-old granddaughter Avery, who they suspect is bei… read more

Similar categories in Ilsa Evans's The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • australia
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. 17 Years Later

By: J.P. Pomare

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Is the truth sometimes best left buried? A crime masterpiece by bestselling author J. P. Pomare… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's 17 Years Later book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford

21. Beyond Fear

By: Jaye Ford

3.70

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

At seventeen, Jodie Cramer survived a terrifying assault at the hands of three strangers. Now thirt… read more

Similar categories in Jaye Ford's Beyond Fear book and Shirley Barrett's The Bus on Thursday

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • fiction

20 must-read fiction books like The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett

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Security

Gina Wohlsdorf

4.40

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Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

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The Fungus

Harry Adam Knight , Leroy Kettle

3.56

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This Thing Between Us

Gus Moreno

3.74

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12 must-read fiction books like The Cat from Hell by Stephen King

Transform Your Habits

Blaze

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.76

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The Bachman Books

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.14

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Lost Hearts

M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

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Throttle

Stephen King , Joe Hill

3.75

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