15 Top fiction books like Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

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 …

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Cover of The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. 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

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The Woman in Cabin 10 book and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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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3. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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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4. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Behind Her Eyes

By: Sarah Pinborough

3.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes? Louise is a single … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes book and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

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

7. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

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

8. 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

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9. 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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10. 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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11. The Girl on the Train

By: Paula Hawkins

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every day the same Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she ratt… read more

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12. 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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13. I Let You Go

By: Clare Mackintosh

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a split second, Jenna Gray's world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to w… read more

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14. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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

Cover of Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena

15. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Ho… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The Only One Left book and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever."

-Riley Sager, The Only One Left

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17. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon

18. The Quiet Tenant

By: Clémence Michallon

3.85

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate New Yo… read more

Similar categories in Clémence Michallon's The Quiet Tenant book and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I’m sorry,"

-Clémence Michallon, The Quiet Tenant

"This is the story I tell myself. No one’s around to tell me it doesn’t make sense. It starts out as a tribute and ends in selfishness. It isn’t about her. Not really. It’s about me and the parts of m…"

-Clémence Michallon, The Quiet Tenant

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19. The Drowning Woman

By: Robyn Harding

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Drowning Woman book and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

20. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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

Cover of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

21. 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 S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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

10 must-read contemporary books like Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

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The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena

3.81

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The Woman in Cabin 10

Ruth Ware

3.73

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Behind Closed Doors

B.A. Paris

3.98

Before I Go to Sleep

S.J. Watson

4.47

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25 must-read fiction books like The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

Transform Your Habits

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena

3.81

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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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Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty

3.10

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