8 must-read thriller books like Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon by Joyce Carol Oates

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Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A female serial killer reconnects with her twin sister in this novel by an acclaimed National Book …

If you liked the thriller plot in Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon by Joyce Carol Oates , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Bodily Harm

By: Margaret Atwood

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, Bodily Harmis the story of Rennie Wilford, a young jour… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Daddy Love

By: Joyce Carol Oates

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Hardcover

Dinah Whitcomb seemingly has everything. A loving and successful husband, and a smart, precocious y… read more

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  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. Clock Without Hands

By: Carson McCullers

3.93

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Set in Georgia on the eve of court-ordered integration, Clock Without Hands contains McCullers's mo… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Solstice

By: Joyce Carol Oates

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1985, Solsticeis the gripping story of Monica Jensen and Sheila Trask, two … read more

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  • fiction
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5. Mystery, Inc.

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.91

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Have you ever wanted something so badly you would kill for it? Identified only by the hastily--and … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

6. The Man Without a Shadow

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.91

Format: 24 pages, ebook

In 1965, neuroscientist Margot Sharpe meets Elihu Hoopes: the "man without a shadow," who will be k… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3) by Ben H. Winters

7. World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3)

By: Ben H. Winters

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

There are just 14 days until a deadly asteroid hits the planet, and America has fallen into chaos. … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

8. The Rescuer

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.97

Format: 434 pages, ebook

Lydia is a graduate student in cultural anthropology--a fellow at a prestigious university, with a … read more

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9. Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon

By: Joyce Carol Oates , Rosamond Smith

3.86

Format: 258 pages, ebook

Demure Lily Merrick is a dutiful housewife and mother who teaches pottery classes in upstate New Yo… read more

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10. Ya Yas in Bloom

By: Rebecca Wells

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally charged addition to Rebecca Wells' much loved previous novels, 'Ya-Yas in Bloom' rev… read more

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11. The Valley of Amazement

By: Amy Tan

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity, that mov… read more

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12. To Die for

By: Joyce Maynard

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

When her husband is shot dead by her teenage boyfriend, would-be television journalist Suzanne Mare… read more

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13. Countdown City (The Last Policeman, #2)

By: Ben H. Winters

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

There are just 77 days to go before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Hank Palac… read more

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14. 3001: The Final Odyssey

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The mysteries of the monoliths are revealed in this inspired conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning S… read more

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  • fiction
"Didn’t somebody once say ‘Politics is the art of the possible’?"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [ Sources and Acknowledgements : Chapter 19]"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

15. The Intuitionist

By: Colson Whitehead

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Verticality, architectural and social, is the lofty idea at the heart of Colson Whitehead's first n… read more

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16. Breathe: A Life in Flow

By: Rickson Gracie

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

*An instant  New York Times  bestseller, USA Today  bestseller, and Wall Street Journal  bestseller… read more

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"Shattering disappointments require you to be radically honest with yourself, a process that can be painful but is absolutely necessary."

-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow

"If I'm fighting for money, I'll stop hitting you when you or the referee asks me to. If we are fighting for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I feel like it."

-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow

"Today, 98 percent of MMA fans have never stepped into the cage, or even onto the mat, much less felt their noses break or tendons pop. Their relationship with violence is virtual. MMA is just somethi…"

-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow

"Today, it is possible to get a Jiu Jitsu black belt without knowing self-defense or even getting into a real fight. This was impossible during the 1970s and 1980s. Because my father and uncle loudly …"

-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow

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17. The Woman Who Ran Away from Everything

By: Fiona Gibson

3.98

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Kate is sick of being taken for granted by her husband Vince. It’s bad enough that she allowed hers… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Anvil

By: Christopher Coates

4.03

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Deadly radiation from a passing comet is about to destroy life on Earth. In desperation, the U.… read more

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Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

19. 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

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  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"...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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20. The (Other) You

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A powerful reckoning over the people we might have been if we’d chosen a different path, from a mas… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Deep, Deep Snow (Shelby Lake, #1) by Brian Freeman

21. The Deep, Deep Snow (Shelby Lake, #1)

By: Brian Freeman

4.21

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

In an intense, emotional mystery that spans a decade in the life of a small town, bestselling autho… read more

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  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Calico by Lee Goldberg

22. Calico

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigat… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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23. The Jealous Wife

By: James Caine

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

She wants my husband. She wants my life. She wants me- gone. About to become parents, my husband… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • suspense
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24. The Beast I Loved: A Battered Woman's Desperate Struggle to Survive

By: Robert Davidson

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

Before domestic violence hot lines and safe houses were widespread, June Briand shot four bullets i… read more

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25. The Couple at the Lake House

By: James Caine

3.92

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

You're invited to the lake house. When newly engaged Sidney is out on a date with her fiance, she … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
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26. Always Carry Your Scythe

By: Pip Paisley

4.18

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Trixie D’Vita didn’t scythe. That was Mom’s gig.Then the Angel Investigative Bureau (AIB) turned up… read more

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27. The Big Day

By: Ruth Harrow

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Two weeks until our dream wedding in the sun, his wife shows up on our doorstep. I've finally me… read more

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28. Beautiful Days

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.47

Format: 352 pages, ebook

A new collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories by American master Joyce Carol Oates, including th… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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29. Such a Good Family

By: Caitlin Weaver

3.94

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable and emotionally charged story of two mothers whose lives are changed forever by a … read more

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  • mystery
  • relationships
  • thriller
  • fiction
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30. Hundred Waters, The

By: Lauren Acampora

3.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Formerly a model and photographer trying to make it in New York, Louisa Rader is back in her afflue… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Engaged to a Serial Killer by Steena Holmes

31. Engaged to a Serial Killer

By: Steena Holmes

3.92

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Please note this is a revised version of The Perfect Secret. I’ve had it all and lost it all. Bu… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense

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Margaret Atwood

4.00

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Joyce Carol Oates

4.16

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Clock Without Hands

Carson McCullers

3.93

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Solstice

Joyce Carol Oates

4.26

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Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Michael Connelly

4.56

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Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

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Harlan Coben

4.34

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