20 Best adult books like The Ocean Above Me by Kevin Sites

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The Ocean Above Me

By: Kevin Sites

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Trapped undersea in a capsized shrimping trawler, a damaged former war correspondent is forced to c…

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1. Fatal

By: John Lescroart

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting standalone novel about the unexpe… read more

Similar categories in John Lescroart's Fatal book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. Happiness Falls

By: Angie Kim

3.75

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more

Similar categories in Angie Kim's Happiness Falls book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"

-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls

Cover of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

3. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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4. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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5. The Playground

By: Michelle Frances

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Looking to escape her old life, Nancy and her ten-year-old daughter Lara move to Ripton. A quiet, p… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Frances's The Playground book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. The Silence in Her Eyes

By: Armando Lucas Correa

3.18

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

This fresh take on classic psychological suspense centers on a young woman with a rare neurological… read more

Similar categories in Armando Lucas Correa's The Silence in Her Eyes book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"My sleep improves. I’m getting nine hours a night …"

-Armando Lucas Correa, The Silence in Her Eyes

"It’s time to resume my usual routine: read, write, take photos, post online …"

-Armando Lucas Correa, The Silence in Her Eyes

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7. Before You Found Me

By: Brooke Beyfuss

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Is it ever alright to kidnap a child? With breath-taking suspense, Before You Found Me emotionally … read more

Similar categories in Brooke Beyfuss's Before You Found Me book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. The Last Lifeboat

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.33

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's The Last Lifeboat book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • survival
  • war
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Death of Us by Lori Rader-Day

9. The Death of Us

By: Lori Rader-Day

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of Death at Greenway and The Lucky One comes a chilling suspense nove… read more

Similar categories in Lori Rader-Day's The Death of Us book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Bad Tourists

By: Caro Carver

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Three tight-knit friends embark on an extravagant divorce trip to the Maldives where they can unwin… read more

Similar categories in Caro Carver's Bad Tourists book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Her default setting is to say no to any offers of help, that she’s fine, even when she’s not."

-Caro Carver, Bad Tourists

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11. Pete and Alice in Maine

By: Caitlin Shetterly

3.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in New York Cit… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Shetterly's Pete and Alice in Maine book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Very Inconvenient Scandal by Jacquelyn Mitchard

12. A Very Inconvenient Scandal

By: Jacquelyn Mitchard

3.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a thrilling family drama that ex… read more

Similar categories in Jacquelyn Mitchard's A Very Inconvenient Scandal book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Reaper Follows (Amy Larson & Hunter Forrest #4) by Heather    Graham

13. The Reaper Follows (Amy Larson & Hunter Forrest #4)

By: Heather Graham

3.71

Format: 341 pages, ebook

Death comes for everyone. Deep in the Florida Everglades, the body of a woman is discovered in p… read more

Similar categories in Heather Graham's The Reaper Follows (Amy Larson & Hunter Forrest #4) book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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14. A Good House for Children

By: Kate Collins

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time Orla was: a woman, a painter, a lover. Now she is a mother and a wife, and when he… read more

Similar categories in Kate Collins's A Good House for Children book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Missing Pieces by Laura   Pearson

15. Missing Pieces

By: Laura Pearson

4.14

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the one thing that kept you together was breaking you apart? All Linda wants to do is sl… read more

Similar categories in Laura Pearson's Missing Pieces book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Radiant Heat

By: Sarah-Jane Collins

3.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman’s hometown, she thinks she is lucky to h… read more

Similar categories in Sarah-Jane Collins's Radiant Heat book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

By: Amy Hill Hearth

3.78

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

"Sharks are as timid as rabbits." So says a superintendent of the Coast Guard, dismissing the possi… read more

Similar categories in Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan

18. We Meant Well

By: Erum Shazia Hasan

4.05

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who de… read more

Similar categories in Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • war
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz  Grossman

19. A Fire So Wild

By: Sarah Ruiz Grossman

3.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

With the emotional echoes of  Little Fires Everywhere  and the lush atmosphere of  Disappearing Ear… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruiz Grossman's A Fire So Wild book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

20. Lucky Red

By: Claudia Cravens

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The heart wants what it wants. Saddle up, ride out, and claim it. A vibrant and cinematic debut… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Cravens's Lucky Red book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Midnight Witness (Louise Rick #1) by Sara Blaedel

21. The Midnight Witness (Louise Rick #1)

By: Sara Blaedel

3.33

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSara Blaedel returns with another thrilling novel in her series featurin… read more

Similar categories in Sara Blaedel's The Midnight Witness (Louise Rick #1) book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

Similar categories in Lou Berney's Dark Ride book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

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23. Old Cowboys Never Die

By: William W. Johnstone

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

You’re never too old to fight for justice in a new trailblazing series from legendary national best… read more

Similar categories in William W. Johnstone's Old Cowboys Never Die book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Seams like Murder (Grace Designs Mysteries, #1) by Tilly Wallace

24. Seams like Murder (Grace Designs Mysteries, #1)

By: Tilly Wallace

3.93

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

There are two things that can’t talk—moving pictures and dead showgirls… 1920, Wellington, New Z… read more

Similar categories in Tilly Wallace's Seams like Murder (Grace Designs Mysteries, #1) book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. Small Town Sins

By: Ken Jaworowski

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing th… read more

Similar categories in Ken Jaworowski's Small Town Sins book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe  Benjamin

26. The Anatomy of Dreams

By: Chloe Benjamin

3.38

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Discover the award-winning debut novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Benjamin's The Anatomy of Dreams book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Red River Road by Anna Downes

27. Red River Road

By: Anna Downes

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what… read more

Similar categories in Anna Downes's Red River Road book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ocean Above Me by Kevin Sites

28. The Ocean Above Me

By: Kevin Sites

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Trapped undersea in a capsized shrimping trawler, a damaged former war correspondent is forced to c… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • mystery thriller
  • survival
  • war
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bump by Sidney Karger

29. The Bump

By: Sidney Karger

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poig… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's The Bump book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Boy Who Failed Dodgeball by Jordan Sonnenblick

30. The Boy Who Failed Dodgeball

By: Jordan Sonnenblick

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Sixth grade is the worst... and also the best, as Jordan rides the ups and downs of middle-school l… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Sonnenblick's The Boy Who Failed Dodgeball book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • audiobook
Cover of The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna  Johnston

31. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

By: Anna Johnston

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a warm, life-affirming… read more

Similar categories in Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife book and Kevin Sites's The Ocean Above Me

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Mary Kubica

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