8 must-read suspense books like The Last Cruise by Kate Christensen

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The Last Cruise

By: Kate Christensen

3.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A riveting high-seas adventure that combines Christensen’s signature wit, irony, and humanity to cr…

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1. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

By: Anne Tyler

3.81

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimo… read more

Similar categories in Anne Tyler's Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"I'm falling into disrepair"

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

"Ah, God, it's barbaric, however you look at it,' he told Ruth. 'What, cremation?' she asked. 'Death."

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

"There ought to be a while separate language, she thought, for words that are truer than other words - for perfect, absolute truth. It was the purest fact of her life: she did not understand him, and …"

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

"انت تصدقنى، أليس كذلك؟ فأنا لست عمياء. اعرف متى اكون غير معقولة. احيانا اقف خارج نفسى وأراقب كل شىء، منفصلة تماما. اقول لنفسى "توقفى الان" ، لكن الامر يبدو كما لو كنت... اتيه عجبا بنفسى، على ان اهاجم…"

-Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

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2. Dear Mr. M

By: Herman Koch

3.50

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Herman Koch's Dear Mr. M book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • contemporary
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3. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

By: Dominic Smith

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds people… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Smith's The Last Painting of Sara de Vos book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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4. The Cove

By: Ron Rash

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows onc… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Cove book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)

By: Jane Gardam

4.10

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more

Similar categories in Jane Gardam's The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • historical fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

6. 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

By: Marie-Helene Bertino

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sparkling, enchanting and staggeringly original debut novel about one day in the lives of three u… read more

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7. The Redemption of Galen Pike

By: Carys Davies

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

In a remote Australian settlement a young wife with an untellable secret reluctantly invites her ne… read more

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8. The Princess of Las Vegas

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game … read more

Similar categories in Chris Bohjalian's The Princess of Las Vegas book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mason's North Woods book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Come and Get It

By: Kiley Reid

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more

Similar categories in Kiley Reid's Come and Get It book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

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12. End of Story

By: A.J. Finn

3.10

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.” So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Finn's End of Story book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. America Fantastica

By: Tim O'Brien

3.45

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in No… read more

Similar categories in Tim O'Brien's America Fantastica book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Piglet

By: Lottie Hazell

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more

Similar categories in Lottie Hazell's Piglet book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

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15. The Sleepwalkers

By: Scarlett Thomas

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Thomas's The Sleepwalkers book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Fire Exit book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

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17. How Can I Help You

By: Laura Sims

3.42

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A razor-sharp suspense about two local librarians whose lives become dangerously intertwined. N… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sims's How Can I Help You book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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19. 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 Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

21. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

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22. The Mythmakers

By: Keziah Weir

3.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A must-read twisty literary mystery. A journalist searches for answers after discovering herself i… read more

Similar categories in Keziah Weir's The Mythmakers book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. The Winner

By: Teddy Wayne

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Be prepared to fully lose yourself in The Winner—a book I started and then simply couldn’t stop re… read more

Similar categories in Teddy Wayne's The Winner book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • literary fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

Similar categories in Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. Sleeping Giants

By: Rene Denfeld

4.03

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant story … read more

Similar categories in Rene Denfeld's Sleeping Giants book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. The Other Mothers

By: Katherine Faulkner

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Faulkner's The Other Mothers book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Same As It Ever Was

By: Claire Lombardo

4.00

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more

Similar categories in Claire Lombardo's Same As It Ever Was book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."

-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was

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28. The Lost Manuscript

By: Cathy Bonidan

3.64

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

The Lost Manuscript is a charming epistolary novel about the love of books and magical ability they… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Bonidan's The Lost Manuscript book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am one of those people who cannot savor the present unless they have kept a fragment, forever nestled in the heart of their memories..."

-Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

"...the idea of this illness lying low in the shadows, ready to swallow us up, too, at the bend of the road. the disease that eats away memory is surely the most awful of all, because it erases our pa…"

-Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

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29. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

Similar categories in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. The Last Cruise

By: Kate Christensen

3.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A riveting high-seas adventure that combines Christensen’s signature wit, irony, and humanity to cr… read more

Similar categories in Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • travel
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. The Pessimists

By: Bethany Ball

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize finalist Bethany Ball comes a biting and darkly funny new… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Ball's The Pessimists book and Kate Christensen's The Last Cruise

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

29 Best fiction books like The Last Cruise by Kate Christensen

Transform Your Habits

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Anne Tyler

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Dear Mr. M

Herman Koch

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

Dominic Smith

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Cove

Ron Rash

3.77

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15 Top fiction books like The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) by Jane Gardam

Transform Your Habits

The Dressmaker

Beryl Bainbridge

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Someone at a Distance

Dorothy Whipple

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Blaming

Elizabeth Taylor , Jonathan Keates

3.76

Family Album

Penelope Lively

3.79

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