7 Best contemporary books like Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness

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Throw Me to the Wolves

By: Patrick McGuinness

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and a neighbor,…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of De historie van mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart by Betje Wolff, Aagje Deken

1. De historie van mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart

By: Betje Wolff , Aagje Deken

3.03

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

Ruim 200 jaar geleden verscheen de eerste editie van de roman in brieven De historie van Mejuffrouw… read more

Similar categories in Betje Wolff's De historie van mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
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2. Warenar

By: P.C. Hooft

2.50

Format: 105 pages,

Blijspel. read more

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  • fiction
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3. A Heart So White

By: Javier Marías , Margaret Jull Costa

4.02

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Javier Marías's A Heart So White chronicles w… read more

Similar categories in Javier Marías's A Heart So White book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"No es fácil saber por qué se mata la gente, ni los más próximos, todo el mundo está trastornado, todo el mundo las pasa putas, a veces sin causa y casi siempre en secreto, la gente vuelve cara contra…"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

"Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing what’s going on, our ears don’t have lids that can instinctively close against the words…"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

"Casi todo el mundo se avergüenza de su juventud, no es muy cierto que se añore como se dice, más bien se relega o rehúye y con facilidad o esfuerzo se confina el origen a la esfera de los malos sueño…"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

"I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if it’s one of the innumerable languages I don’t know, even if …"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

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4. Hernani

By: Victor Hugo , John J. Janc

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • fiction
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5. Sanctuary Line

By: Jane Urquhart

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Told through delicate and masterful narration, Jane Urquhart's new novel, Sanctuary Line, seamlessl… read more

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  • fiction

6. Lucifer

By: Noel Clark , Joost van den Vondel

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

An influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch li… read more

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7. Gulliver’s Travels

By: Louis Rhead , Jonathan Swift , William Dean Howells , Robert DeMaria Jr.

3.58

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and… read more

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  • fiction
"Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"we neither of us are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"... a wife should be always a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

8. Lijmen / Het Been

By: Willem Elsschot

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

'Nu ja, lijmen. De mensen bepraten en dan doen tekenen. En als zij getekend hebben, krijgen zij het… read more

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9. Sense and Sensibility

By: Jane Austen , Tony Tanner , Ros Ballaster

4.08

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662 'The more I know of the world, the more am I convi… read more

Similar categories in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
"to hope was to expect"

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"She was stronger alone…"

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"Sense will always have attractions for me."

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself."

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

10. Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

By: Multatuli , Eduard Douwes Dekker , None , None

4.06

Format: 255 pages,

Max Havelaar - a Dutch civil servant in Java - burns with an insatiable desire to end the ill treat… read more

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11. Becoming Ted

By: Matt Cain

3.90

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A charmingly joyful, surprising story about love, acceptance, and self-expression from the acclaime… read more

Similar categories in Matt Cain's Becoming Ted book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9)

By: John Banville

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Booker Prize winner and “Irish master” (The New Yorker) John Banville’s most ambitious crime novel … read more

Similar categories in John Banville's The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9) book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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13. Blue Skies

By: T.C. Boyle

3.81

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary A… read more

Similar categories in T.C. Boyle's Blue Skies book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Die spürst du nicht

By: Daniel Glattauer

4.07

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Die Binders und die Strobl-Marineks gönnen sich einen exklusiven Urlaub in der Toskana. Tochter Sop… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Glattauer's Die spürst du nicht book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Das im Artikel beschriebene Unglück berührt uns nicht, es ist zu weit weg von uns. Es ist nur eine pikante Story, in der es um Geld, Recht, Macht, Schuld, Prominenz, Zuwanderung und Politik geht. Wen…"

-Daniel Glattauer, Die spürst du nicht

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15. Isaac and the Egg

By: Bobby Palmer

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this bestselling modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about… read more

Similar categories in Bobby Palmer's Isaac and the Egg book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Yoga Town

By: Daniel Speck

3.87

Format: 467 pages, Kindle Edition

Es war einmal... eine bessere Zukunft. Der große neue Familienroman von Bestseller-Autor Daniel Spe… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Speck's Yoga Town book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
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17. Henry, Himself

By: Stewart O'Nan

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life tryin… read more

Similar categories in Stewart O'Nan's Henry, Himself book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Her anger was the fuel she used to keep going."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

"Being agreeable didn't make people less difficult."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

"Just contemplating the energy required to make small talk tired him."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

"Like a funeral, a birthday wasn't yours but for the people who loved you."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

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18. A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth: Stories

By: Daniel Mason

3.71

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Winter Soldier and The Piano Tuner, a collection … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mason's A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth: Stories book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
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19. Erfelijk belast

By: Virginie Loveling

3.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Otto, een plattelandsdokter, heeft zich jaren geleden al voorgenomen nooit te trouwen. Hij stamt ui… read more

Similar categories in Virginie Loveling's Erfelijk belast book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • fiction
Cover of Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness

20. Throw Me to the Wolves

By: Patrick McGuinness

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and a neighbor,… read more

Similar categories in Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves book and Patrick McGuinness's Throw Me to the Wolves

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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21. Geletterde Geesten

By: Pieter d'Hoine

3.12

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

Wat is kennis en wanneer wordt kennis wetenschap? Hoe verhouden de geesteswetenschappen zich tot an… read more

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17 best-selling fiction books like Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness

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De historie van mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart

Betje Wolff , Aagje Deken

3.03

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Warenar

P.C. Hooft

2.50

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A Heart So White

Javier Marías , Margaret Jull Costa

4.02

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Hernani

Victor Hugo , John J. Janc

4.57

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Old Filth (Old Filth, #1)

Jane Gardam

3.94

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De historie van mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart

Betje Wolff , Aagje Deken

3.03

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P.C. Hooft

2.50

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Pallieter

Felix Timmermans

3.00

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