18 Top thriller books like The Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg

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The Ancestor

By: Lee Matthew Goldberg

4.25

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

A man wakes up in present-day Alaskan wilderness with no idea who he is, nothing on him save an emp…

"People can drift far away from themselves but eventually tether again."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

"People can drift far away from themselves but eventually tether again."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

"The heater spits a chorus of steam, his bones no longer brittle and cold. The ice man melted, a new form waiting to emerge once all the crystals get shaken away."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

"His eyes swelling with tears, the alien salt stinging. Not tears of sadness, this he decides. He won't let them be anything more than a body's way of letting go."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

If you liked the thriller plot in The Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Unseen World

By: None

3.92

Format: 290 pages,

Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who direct… read more

Similar categories in None's The Unseen World book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • science fiction
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2. The Book of Ivy (The Book of Ivy, #1)

By: Amy Engel

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventu… read more

Similar categories in Amy Engel's The Book of Ivy (The Book of Ivy, #1) book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • science fiction
  • fiction

3. Six Years

By: Harlan Coben

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Harlan Coben, the master of domestic suspense, returns with a standalone thriller in the vein of #1… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Coben's Six Years book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

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4. A Story of Yesterday

By: Sergio Cobo

4.57

Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition

A Story of Yesterday is a concise and straight punch to the jaw of life. Under a sky of different … read more

Similar categories in Sergio Cobo's A Story of Yesterday book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • drama
"Love is a coincidence that is never permanent,"

-Sergio Cobo, A Story of Yesterday

"The night was when all the failures were remembered longer."

-Sergio Cobo, A Story of Yesterday

"Every day that passed, the young woman thought more and understood less"

-Sergio Cobo, A Story of Yesterday

"The girl's cigarette released this shocking pink smoke reserved for the feminine genre."

-Sergio Cobo, A Story of Yesterday

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5. The Neighbour

By: Fiona Cummins

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The Neighbour is a thrilling standalone novel by the author of Rattle , Fiona Cummins. If you like … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Cummins's The Neighbour book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. A Friend in the Dark

By: Samantha M. Bailey

3.65

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

A digital romance turns deadly... Eden Miller’s world is crumbling. Her husband blindsided her w… read more

Similar categories in Samantha M. Bailey's A Friend in the Dark book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. Unknown Caller

By: Lisa Unger

3.99

Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlie Kroft’s job at the crisis center means she’s often seen as a hero: she’s helped countless p… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's Unknown Caller book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • drama
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8. City Under One Roof (Cara Kennedy, #1)

By: Iris Yamashita

3.54

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a singl… read more

Similar categories in Iris Yamashita's City Under One Roof (Cara Kennedy, #1) book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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9. Family Reservations

By: Liza Palmer

3.67

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful mother. Three daughters. And a fast-paced, cutthroat culinary legacy up for grabs in a d… read more

Similar categories in Liza Palmer's Family Reservations book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Good Wife

By: Gemma Rogers

4.35

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Appearances can be deceiving… After a whirlwind romance and three years of marriage, I’d tried to b… read more

Similar categories in Gemma Rogers's The Good Wife book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Lie in Our Marriage (Detective Dan Riley #6)

By: Anna-Lou Weatherley

4.04

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

On a warm spring evening, guests gather in a perfectly manicured garden to celebrate Maggie and Len… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Lou Weatherley's The Lie in Our Marriage (Detective Dan Riley #6) book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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12. A Lovely Lie

By: Jaime Lynn Hendricks

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Is it better to believe a lovely lie or know the horrible truth? 1999: The night of their senior… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Lynn Hendricks's A Lovely Lie book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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13. Seven Days

By: Alex Lake

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A race against time to save her child… In seven days, Maggie’s son, Max, turns three. But she’s … read more

Similar categories in Alex Lake's Seven Days book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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14. Missing Parts

By: Lucinda Berry

3.79

Format: 418 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate Cover Edition for ISBN 13: 9781537794037. Growing up abandoned by her fathe… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's Missing Parts book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. The Other Couple

By: Diane Jeffrey

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Two couples. A fatal accident. And a decision that changes everything… Kirsten and Nick are enj… read more

Similar categories in Diane Jeffrey's The Other Couple book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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16. Goldilocks

By: L.R. Lam

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Earth is in environmental collapse. The future of humanity hangs in the balance. But a team of… read more

Similar categories in L.R. Lam's Goldilocks book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Earth was such a little, vulnerable thing in the grand scope of the universe."

-L.R. Lam, Goldilocks

"A pregnancy that ended before it could truly begin. A missed period that turned into an ellipsis of a promise, then an interrupted dash."

-L.R. Lam, Goldilocks

"Whenever I asked her to tell me what happened up there, Naomi would say no one who has been to space could ever describe it to someone who hasn’t."

-L.R. Lam, Goldilocks

"The crew of the Atalanta were only five women out of all of humanity, but they could still found a whole new place for humans to flourish. Sometimes you only need one tiny proportion of the populatio…"

-L.R. Lam, Goldilocks

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17. Kill Your Brother

By: Jack Heath

3.87

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Elise Glyk is a disgraced athlete. Her brother, Callum, is a well-liked teacher who has gone missin… read more

Similar categories in Jack Heath's Kill Your Brother book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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18. Shadows of Pecan Hollow

By: Caroline Frost

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-l… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Frost's Shadows of Pecan Hollow book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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19. The Ancestor

By: Lee Matthew Goldberg

4.25

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

A man wakes up in present-day Alaskan wilderness with no idea who he is, nothing on him save an emp… read more

Similar categories in Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • novels
  • science fiction
  • mystery
  • drama
"People can drift far away from themselves but eventually tether again."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

"His eyes swelling with tears, the alien salt stinging. Not tears of sadness, this he decides. He won't let them be anything more than a body's way of letting go."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

"The heater spits a chorus of steam, his bones no longer brittle and cold. The ice man melted, a new form waiting to emerge once all the crystals get shaken away."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

"Under the lake by Anvil Creek, a man has been frozen much like another man in the same wilderness had been frozen, in this area of Alaska where silence is the loudest sound."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Ancestor

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20. In Any Lifetime

By: Marc Guggenheim

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

A devoted husband defies fate and risks everything to find the one universe where his beloved wife … read more

Similar categories in Marc Guggenheim's In Any Lifetime book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Imaginary Strangers (Dangerous Strangers, #1) by Minka Kent

21. Imaginary Strangers (Dangerous Strangers, #1)

By: Minka Kent

4.13

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman must keep her family―and her terrifying secrets―safe in a twisting thriller by Washington P… read more

Similar categories in Minka Kent's Imaginary Strangers (Dangerous Strangers, #1) book and Lee Matthew Goldberg's The Ancestor

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction

20 must-read fiction books like The Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg

Transform Your Habits

The Unseen World

None

3.92

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The Book of Ivy (The Book of Ivy, #1)

Amy Engel

3.95

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A Story of Yesterday

Sergio Cobo

4.57

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The Neighbour

Fiona Cummins

3.84

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Black Heart (Detective Dan Riley, #1)

Anna-Lou Weatherley

3.90

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We Play Games

Sarah A. Denzil

3.51

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K.L. Slater

3.88

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Holly Craig

3.31

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