19 best-selling thriller books like Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Pearson

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Bright and Tender Dark

By: Joanna Pearson

3.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Notes on an Execution and I Have Some Questions for You, an enthralling, wire-t…

If you liked the thriller plot in Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Pearson , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. 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 Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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2. Safe and Sound

By: Laura McHugh

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out… read more

Similar categories in Laura McHugh's Safe and Sound book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Tell Me Who You Are

By: Louisa Luna

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Silent Patient meets Gone Girl in this sharp psychological thriller about a psychiatrist with a… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Luna's Tell Me Who You Are book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Such a Bad Influence

By: Olivia Muenter

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A razor-sharp debut about what happens when one of the first child stars of the social media age gr… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Muenter's Such a Bad Influence book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. One of Our Kind

By: Nicola Yoon

3.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propuls… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's One of Our Kind book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Love Letters to a Serial Killer

By: Tasha Coryell

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, o… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Coryell's Love Letters to a Serial Killer book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Nature of Disappearing

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her … read more

Similar categories in Kimi Cunningham Grant's The Nature of Disappearing book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All of them skated through life making choices that could be swept away and tidied up with incomprehensible ease simply because of who they were."

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

"This is the moment Emlyn will play over and over in her mind. The moment where her life swivels from its course and heads in an entirely different direction. Life is full of these moments. Little poi…"

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

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8. I Need You to Read This

By: Jessa Maxwell

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The author of the “clever, atmospheric, and creepy” (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling autho… read more

Similar categories in Jessa Maxwell's I Need You to Read This book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. When We Were Silent

By: Fiona McPhillips

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An outsider threatens to expose the secrets at an elite private school in this suspenseful debut no… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McPhillips's When We Were Silent book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I'm not here for prestige. I'm here for revenge."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"The body remembers everything the mind wants to forget."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"In the end, we're the ones who have to live with the stories we tell ourselves."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

"That was always the one thing Highfield valued more than grades, more than silverware or celebrity alumni: silence."

-Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent

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10. 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 Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Things Don't Break on Their Own

By: Sarah Easter Collins

3.95

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years ago, a young girl left home to walk to school. Her younger sister soon followed. … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Easter Collins's Things Don't Break on Their Own book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Wonder State

By: Sara Flannery Murphy

4.03

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Ark… read more

Similar categories in Sara Flannery Murphy's The Wonder State book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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15. Bright and Tender Dark

By: Joanna Pearson

3.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Notes on an Execution and I Have Some Questions for You, an enthralling, wire-t… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • unfinished
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Hollywood Assistant

By: May Cobb

3.73

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

Offered a dream job in Hollywood with a famous director and his actress wife, an insecure woman bec… read more

Similar categories in May Cobb's The Hollywood Assistant book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. I Dreamed of Falling

By: Julia Dahl

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed author Julia Dahl's new standalone, the death of a young mother triggers an avalanche … read more

Similar categories in Julia Dahl's I Dreamed of Falling book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. What Have You Done?

By: Shari Lapena

3.84

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,” and New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's What Have You Done? book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable

By: Sarah Gerard

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and cutting yet compassionate prose … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gerard's Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • crime
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. You Will Never Be Me

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When cracks start forming in an influencer’s curated life, she finds out that jealousy is just as v… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's You Will Never Be Me book and Joanna Pearson's Bright and Tender Dark

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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