24 best-selling mystery books like Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

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Into the Water

By: Paula Hawkins

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the last days before her death, Nel called her sister. Jules didn't pick up the phone, ignoring …

If you liked the mystery plot in Into the Water by Paula Hawkins , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Couple Next Door

By: Shari Lapena

3.81

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall. Your neighbour told you that she … read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's The Couple Next Door book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. All the Missing Girls

By: Megan Miranda

3.73

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Mega… read more

Similar categories in Megan Miranda's All the Missing Girls book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I miss it like an ex-con misses the other inmates."

-Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls

"It is quite true what philosophy says; that life must be understood backwards."

-Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls

"But here, the rain was just another part of the landscape. Like it was the thing that lived here and we were merely visitors."

-Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls

"And time standing perfectly, painfully still. It's just a thing we created. A measure of distance. A way to understand. A way to explain things. It can weave around and show you things if you let it."

-Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls

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3. The Woman in Cabin 10

By: Ruth Ware

3.73

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Tiger fallen immer auf die Füße"

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

"This place felt like a tomb. Maybe it was mine."

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

"For a travel journalist I’m worryingly bad at geography."

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

"But I did feel violated. My little flat felt ruined–soiled and unsafe. Even describing it to the police had felt like an ordeal…"

-Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

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4. Behind Closed Doors

By: B.A. Paris

3.98

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. H… read more

Similar categories in B.A. Paris's Behind Closed Doors book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"What colour was Millie's room Grace?' 'Red, Millie's room was red."

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

"Do I detect a renewal of your fighting spirit? I'm so glad. To tell the truth, I've been getting quite bored. Bring it on, Grace--I'm waiting for you."

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

"I look around at everybody laughing and joking together and struggle to understand my life has become a living hell that nobody present could even begin to imagine"

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

"I cry even harder, thinking of how it could have been, of how I thought it would be. For the first time, I want to give up, to die, because suddenly everything is too much and there is no solution in…"

-B.A. Paris, Behind Closed Doors

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5. Big Little Lies

By: Liane Moriarty

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

From the author ofTruly Madly Guiltyand The Husband s Secretcomes a novel about the dangerous littl… read more

Similar categories in Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. In a Dark, Dark Wood

By: Ruth Ware

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Then She Was Gone: A Novel

By: Lisa Jewell

3.54

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single fathe… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone: A Novel book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Lying Game

By: Ruth Ware

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the instant New York Timesbestselling author of blockbuster thrillers In a Dark, Dark Woodand … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The Lying Game book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. Into the Water

By: Paula Hawkins

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the last days before her death, Nel called her sister. Jules didn't pick up the phone, ignoring … read more

Similar categories in Paula Hawkins's Into the Water book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

10. Before I Go to Sleep

By: S.J. Watson

4.47

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Welcome to Christine's … read more

Similar categories in S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

11. The Good Girl

By: Mary Kubica

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she works… read more

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12. Dark Places

By: Gillian Flynn

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

From The #1 New York TimesBestselling Author OfGone Girl Libby Day was seven when her mother and tw… read more

Similar categories in Gillian Flynn's Dark Places book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

13. A Stranger in the House

By: Shari Lapena

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

He looks at her, concerned. "How do you feel?" She wants to say, Terrified. Instead, she says, with… read more

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14. The Wife Between Us

By: Greer Hendricks , Sarah Pekkanen

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A novel of suspense that explores the complexities of marriage and the dangerous truths we ignore i… read more

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15. Gone Girl

By: Gillian Flynn

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anni… read more

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16. Pretty Girls

By: Karin Slaughter

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

#1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter returns with a sophisticated and chilling psy… read more

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17. Sharp Objects

By: Gillian Flynn

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment:… read more

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18. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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19. Everyone Here Is Lying

By: Shari Lapena

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.William Wooler is a family man, on… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's Everyone Here Is Lying book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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21. All the Dangerous Things

By: Stacy Willingham

4.07

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his c… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's All the Dangerous Things book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"People tend to stash their dirtiest secrets in the most common of places."

-Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

"At the time, it reminded me of the stars: how two can collide and fuse into one—bigger, brighter, stronger than before. But what I didn’t know then was that when they collide too fast, they don’t fus…"

-Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

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22. The Woman in the Window

By: A.J. Finn

3.95

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

Anna Fox lives alone, a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends he… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Finn's The Woman in the Window book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"No family, happy or unhappy, is quite like any other. Tolstoy was chock-fullo’shit. Remember that."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

"Something I’ve noticed: In the absence of others, I swear more often and more loudly. Ed would be appalled. I’m appalled."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

"Sometimes I’ve got too many thoughts at once. It’s like there’s a four-way intersection in my brain where everyone’s trying to go at the same time."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

"The definition of insanity, Fox, Wesley used to remind me, paraphrasing Einstein, is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different result."

-A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window

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23. The Silent Patient

By: Alex Michaelides

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photo… read more

Similar categories in Alex Michaelides's The Silent Patient book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We're all crazy, I believe, just in different ways."

-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

"Love that doesn't include honest doesn't deserve to be called love."

-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

"Sometimes it takes courage, you know, and a long time, to be honest."

-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

"Perhaps some of us are simply born evil, and despite our best efforts we remain that way."

-Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

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24. The Guest List

By: Lucy Foley

3.81

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller rem… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Foley's The Guest List book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If I can't move heaven, then I shall raise hell"

-Lucy Foley, The Guest List

"There's nothing less sexy than a lack of ambition, is there?"

-Lucy Foley, The Guest List

"You don't get this. This isn't your moment. You didn't create it. I created it in spite of you. "

-Lucy Foley, The Guest List

"I can see the lights of the mainland in the distance like a trail of spilled glitter in the blackness"

-Lucy Foley, The Guest List

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25. The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs, #2)

By: Lisa Jewell

3.88

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell comes an intricate and affecting novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs, #2) book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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26. An Unwanted Guest

By: Shari Lapena

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's An Unwanted Guest book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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27. The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

By: Lisa Jewell

3.96

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthd… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's very strange, looking back, how accepting children can be of the oddest scenarios."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

"But, what if it's not a mistake? What if it's true? Well then, my angel... you'll be a very rich woman indeed."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

"But, what if it's not a mistake? What if it's true?" "Well then, my angel... you'll be a very rich woman indeed."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

"Libby can hear the whisper of every moment that this room has existed. Feel every breath of every person who has ever sat where she is sitting."

-Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)

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28. Watching You

By: Lisa Jewell

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighbourhoods in Bristol, England; home to doctors and lawye… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's Watching You book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We're all different."

-Lisa Jewell, Watching You

"Because that's the thing with getting what you want: all that yearning and dreaming and fantasizing leaves a great big hole that can only be filled with more yearning and dreaming and fantasizing."

-Lisa Jewell, Watching You

"Voyeurism was a form of control, like mental abuse, like rape, like bullying. It was nothing to do with the physicality of the action, and all to do with the feeling of power it gave the perpetrator,…"

-Lisa Jewell, Watching You

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29. The It Girl

By: Ruth Ware

3.85

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasion… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The It Girl book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The usual. Soft focus, syrupy memories of April and her potential. Sad-faced pictures of h to add a prurient kick to the piece-a hint of scandal, maybe. A student rivalry. A sniff of drugs, or promis…"

-Ruth Ware, The It Girl

"The usual. Soft focus, syrupy memories of April and her potential. Sad-faced pictures of her friends and family pondering all they've lost. Anecdotes about punting and May balls and bright futures. A…"

-Ruth Ware, The It Girl

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30. The Death of Mrs. Westaway

By: Ruth Ware

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs. Westaway book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The magpies are back."

-Ruth Ware, The Death of Mrs. Westaway

"Reading the cards (tarot) was revealing, and not only for the client."

-Ruth Ware, The Death of Mrs. Westaway

"I'm not superstitious. I don't believe in knocking on wood, or crossing fingers, or crystal gazing, or any of that. I don't think the cards have any special occult power, though I'm not sure I'd say …"

-Ruth Ware, The Death of Mrs. Westaway

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31. The Turn of the Key

By: Ruth Ware

3.92

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key book and Paula Hawkins's Into the Water

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Kindness is as kindness does."

-Ruth Ware, The Turn of the Key

"People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough..."

-Ruth Ware, The Turn of the Key

24 Top fiction books like Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Transform Your Habits

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena

3.81

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All the Missing Girls

Megan Miranda

3.73

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The Woman in Cabin 10

Ruth Ware

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Behind Closed Doors

B.A. Paris

3.98

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21 best-selling fiction books like All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

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Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

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Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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