13 Top contemporary books like Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

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Apple Tree Yard

By: Louise Doughty

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yvonne Carmichael sits in the witness box. The charge is murder. Before all of this, she was happil…

"Everything is disproportionate in the middle of the night."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

"Everything is disproportionate in the middle of the night."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

"There's a certain sort of a man whose every charm lies in his predictability."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

"There's a certain sort of a man whose every charm lies in his predictability."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

If you liked the contemporary plot in Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

1. Apple Tree Yard

By: Louise Doughty

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yvonne Carmichael sits in the witness box. The charge is murder. Before all of this, she was happil… read more

Similar categories in Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
"Everything is disproportionate in the middle of the night."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

"There's a certain sort of a man whose every charm lies in his predictability."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

"Self-awareness: it is one of the chief bonuses of advancing age. It is our consolation prize."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

"Quando decidi di non dire qualcosa devi continuare a non dirlo. Basta poco, penso. Basta poco per trasformare la tua vita in una menzogna."

-Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard

2. When I Was Invisible

By: Dorothy Koomson

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'Do you ever wonder if you've lived the life you were meant to?' I ask her. She sighs, and dips her… read more

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3. The Mother

By: T.M. Logan

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Framed for murder. Now she's free . . . A woman attends a funeral, standing in the shadows and w… read more

Similar categories in T.M. Logan's The Mother book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
Cover of The Guilty Couple by C.L. Taylor

4. The Guilty Couple

By: C.L. Taylor

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Five years ago, Olivia Sutherland was wrongfully convicted of plotting to murder her husband. No… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Taylor's The Guilty Couple book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Blood Orange

By: Harriet Tyce

3.86

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Harriet Tyce's debut thriller Blood Orange is a dark and addictive novel for readers who enjoyed Ap… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Tyce's Blood Orange book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Geneva

By: Richard Armitage

3.64

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has started to show the same tell-tale signs of the Alz… read more

Similar categories in Richard Armitage's Geneva book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Trial

By: Rob Rinder

4.24

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Trial book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."

-Rob Rinder, The Trial

Cover of Every Move You Make by C.L. Taylor

8. Every Move You Make

By: C.L. Taylor

3.90

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer… Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Fi… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Taylor's Every Move You Make book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Curfew

By: T.M. Logan

3.98

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? It's time to preorder the brand new up-all-night thri… read more

Similar categories in T.M. Logan's The Curfew book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. How to Kill Your Family

By: Bella Mackie

3.54

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

I have killed several people (some brutally, others calmly) and yet I currently languish in jail fo… read more

Similar categories in Bella Mackie's How to Kill Your Family book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
"How little men promise. How much we grasp at it."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

"Ah, mental health. The get-out clause for all bad behaviour."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

"Never yearn for the light that some men will shine on you for the briefest of moments. Snuff it out instead."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

"Men like women being vulnerable. They like to feel we might need help, despite any surface-level confidence."

-Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

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11. The Wrong Sister

By: Claire Douglas

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Their lifestyles couldn't be more d… read more

Similar categories in Claire Douglas's The Wrong Sister book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Strange Sally Diamond

By: Liz Nugent

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father… read more

Similar categories in Liz Nugent's Strange Sally Diamond book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. No One Saw a Thing

By: Andrea Mara

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Mara's No One Saw a Thing book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
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14. It Ends at Midnight

By: Harriet Tyce

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's New Year's Eve, and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh's best postcodes. … read more

Similar categories in Harriet Tyce's It Ends at Midnight book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Somebody Knows

By: Michelle McDonagh

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

: A gripping, addictive page-turner about dangerous secrets and the lengths people will go to keep … read more

Similar categories in Michelle McDonagh's Somebody Knows book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

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16. The Only Suspect

By: Louise Candlish

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLIN… read more

Similar categories in Louise Candlish's The Only Suspect book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Weirdo

By: Sara Pascoe

3.28

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Weirdo book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Great Poems

By: Geoffrey Palmer

3.91

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

An anthology of over 50 classic poems, read by some of our finest actors. This collection contains … read more

Similar categories in Geoffrey Palmer's Great Poems book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • audiobook
Cover of Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar

19. Salt Creek

By: Lucy Treloar

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

1855. Failed entrepreneur Stanton Finch moves his family from Adelaide to the remote Coorong area o… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Treloar's Salt Creek book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • book club
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce

20. The Lies You Told

By: Harriet Tyce

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the playground it's the law of the jungle But at the school gate, there are no rules at all... W… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Tyce's The Lies You Told book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sixth Lie (Mallory Dawson, #2) by Sarah  Ward

21. The Sixth Lie (Mallory Dawson, #2)

By: Sarah Ward

3.80

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

On New Year's Eve 2010, Huw Jones disappeared from his bedroom while his father and five friends we… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ward's The Sixth Lie (Mallory Dawson, #2) book and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

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