21 Best adult books like The Marriage Act by John Marrs

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The Marriage Act

By: John Marrs

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government be…

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1. She's Not Sorry

By: Mary Kubica

3.81

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller. Megha… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's She's Not Sorry book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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 John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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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3. Good Bad Girl

By: Alice Feeney

3.66

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Alice Feeney, ret… read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Good Bad Girl book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. 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 John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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6. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's Home Is Where the Bodies Are book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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8. 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 John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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9. 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 John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Marriage Act

By: John Marrs

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government be… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The Marriage Act book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction
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11. Everyone Is Watching

By: Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants hav… read more

Similar categories in Heather Gudenkauf's Everyone Is Watching book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Guest

By: B.A. Paris

3.59

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere … read more

Similar categories in B.A. Paris's The Guest book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...regret is such a waste of emotion. No matter how much we want to, we can't change the past. We need to acknowledge the mistakes we've made but not allow them to cloud every moment of every day." -…"

-B.A. Paris, The Guest

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13. The Vacancy in Room 10

By: Seraphina Nova Glass

3.75

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases by Nerd Daily Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2… read more

Similar categories in Seraphina Nova Glass's The Vacancy in Room 10 book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. If Something Happens to Me

By: Alex Finlay

3.79

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open… read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's If Something Happens to Me book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. One Perfect Couple

By: Ruth Ware

3.68

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Runtime: 14 hours and 9 minutes Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

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17. 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 John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

18. Kill for Me, Kill for You

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.20

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological th… read more

Similar categories in Steve Cavanagh's Kill for Me, Kill for You book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Last One

By: Will Dean

3.61

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it’s the start of a vacation of a … read more

Similar categories in Will Dean's The Last One book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. We Used to Live Here

By: Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original m… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Middle of the Night book and John Marrs's The Marriage Act

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like The Marriage Act by John Marrs

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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31 best-selling fiction books like One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Is Watching

Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

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