18 must-read thriller books like The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

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The Ingenue

By: Rachel Kapelke-Dale

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

My Dark Vanessa meets The Queen's Gambit in this new novel of suspense about the bonds of family, t…

"You can love a dog like you loved people when you were a child. Without fear. Only this happens for opposite reasons: as a child, you love without knowledge and thus the threat of death; with a dog, you love despite death's ever-presence. Because each dog (except, perhaps, your last dog) will die before you, you can love them fully and accept their coming death fully, both simultaneously. Not can: have to. The pairing of these truths forces you into the present tense; and so, in the meantime, joy."

-Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Ingenue

If you liked the thriller plot in The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. With My Little Eye

By: Joshilyn Jackson

3.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The hair-raising story of a mother who moves herself and her daughter across the country to lose a … read more

Similar categories in Joshilyn Jackson's With My Little Eye book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Stone Cold Fox

By: Rachel Koller Croft

3.67

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

A compelling debut novel about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mo… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Koller Croft's Stone Cold Fox book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Beware the Woman

By: Megan Abbott

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott, an eerie and prescient novel… read more

Similar categories in Megan Abbott's Beware the Woman book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. What Have We Done

By: Alex Finlay

3.54

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In this thriller from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and … read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's What Have We Done book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. My Last Innocent Year

By: Daisy Alpert Florin

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An incisive, deeply resonant debut novel about a nonconsensual sexual encounter that propels one wo… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Alpert Florin's My Last Innocent Year book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. I Have Some Questions for You

By: Rebecca Makkai

3.61

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions for You book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The House Guest

By: Hank Phillippi Ryan

3.29

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which cha… read more

Similar categories in Hank Phillippi Ryan's The House Guest book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. You Can Trust Me

By: Wendy Heard

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her plac… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's You Can Trust Me book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Gone Tonight

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.82

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's Gone Tonight book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Writing Retreat

By: Julia Bartz

3.43

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

A young author is invited to an exclusive writer’s retreat that soon descends into a pulse-pounding… read more

Similar categories in Julia Bartz's The Writing Retreat book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"At thirteen I learned from Roza's stolen book that girls don't have to be sweet little creatures, that they could in fact be angry and dark and sexual."

-Julia Bartz, The Writing Retreat

"Where did one's power lie in a world that stripped it from you, over and over again? How could we reclaim it when dominant forces dangled it over our heads, shouting, "only the strong survive?"

-Julia Bartz, The Writing Retreat

"That was the way of the world: if you were a woman, then you had a job to do, and that was to pretend to love everyone else walking all over your body, leaving imprints on your face. You were suppose…"

-Julia Bartz, The Writing Retreat

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11. The Last Invitation

By: Darby Kane

3.40

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

Darby Kane, the author of the critically acclaimed and #1 International Bestseller Pretty Little Wi… read more

Similar categories in Darby Kane's The Last Invitation book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Widowmaker (Black Harbor, #2)

By: Hannah Morrissey

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

10 hours, 39 minutes A wealthy family shrouded in scandal; a detective tasked with solving an i… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Morrissey's The Widowmaker (Black Harbor, #2) book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Winterland

By: Rae Meadows

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfection has a cost . . . Reminiscent of Maggie Shipstead’s Astonish Me and Julia Phillips’s Disa… read more

Similar categories in Rae Meadows's Winterland book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Regrets Only

By: Kieran Scott

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In a fast-paced new novel in the vein of Big Little Lies , a single mom goes undercover to investig… read more

Similar categories in Kieran Scott's Regrets Only book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Locust Lane

By: Stephen Amidon

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Stephen Amidon… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Amidon's Locust Lane book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Off the Air

By: Christina Estes

3.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introdu… read more

Similar categories in Christina Estes's Off the Air book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"My serial killer radar starts screaming."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"His eyes conduct a polygraph of my face."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Might I interest you in murder and a meal?"

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Attention is the drug of choice in local news."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

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17. The Villa

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.64

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, s… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's The Villa book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"People are never just gone, after all. There are always marks, always signs."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Villa

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18. Someone Had to Do It

By: Amber Brown

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

SOMEONE HAD TO MAKE HIM PAY. SOMEONE HAD TO TAKE HER DOWN. Brandi Maxwell is living the dream as… read more

Similar categories in Amber Brown's Someone Had to Do It book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

19. The Ingenue

By: Rachel Kapelke-Dale

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

My Dark Vanessa meets The Queen's Gambit in this new novel of suspense about the bonds of family, t… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can love a dog like you loved people when you were a child. Without fear. Only this happens for opposite reasons: as a child, you love without knowledge and thus the threat of death; with a dog, …"

-Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Ingenue

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20. The Lightning Bottles

By: Marissa Stapley

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a love letter… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Stapley's The Lightning Bottles book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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21. Showmance

By: Chad Beguelin

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"Showmance is ready for the big time...Beguelin crafts a story you never want to end.” —Steven Rowl… read more

Similar categories in Chad Beguelin's Showmance book and Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

21 Best fiction books like The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

Transform Your Habits

With My Little Eye

Joshilyn Jackson

3.32

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Stone Cold Fox

Rachel Koller Croft

3.67

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Beware the Woman

Megan Abbott

3.29

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What Have We Done

Alex Finlay

3.54

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Widowmaker (Black Harbor, #2) by Hannah Morrissey

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Only If You're Lucky

Stacy Willingham

3.56

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No One Can Know

Kate Alice Marshall

3.68

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

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One Perfect Couple

Ruth Ware

3.68

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