12 Top mystery thriller books like The Militia House by John Milas

Cover of The Militia House by John Milas

The Militia House

By: John Milas

3.60

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Stephen King meets Tim O’Brien in John Milas’s The Militia House, a spine-tingling and boldly origi…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Militia House by John Milas , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

1. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

Cover of Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

2. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

Cover of Fever House (Fever House, #1) by Keith Rosson

3. Fever House (Fever House, #1)

By: Keith Rosson

4.03

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose … read more

Similar categories in Keith Rosson's Fever House (Fever House, #1) book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
Cover of Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

4. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Looking Glass Sound

By: Catriona Ward

3.49

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the interna… read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's Looking Glass Sound book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Potatoes make everything okay."

-Catriona Ward, Looking Glass Sound

Cover of The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

6. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

Cover of Mister Magic by Kiersten White

7. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

Cover of This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

8. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

9. Silver Nitrate

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.61

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Silver Nitrate book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Militia House by John Milas

10. The Militia House

By: John Milas

3.60

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Stephen King meets Tim O’Brien in John Milas’s The Militia House, a spine-tingling and boldly origi… read more

Similar categories in John Milas's The Militia House book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

11. Whalefall

By: Daniel Kraus

3.73

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eigh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kraus's Whalefall book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There need be no struggle when we are all the same weight."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"But those three people waiting outside are the tones of Jay's voice, the organs in Jay's body."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"The simple sharing of hope, its weight not so heavy after all, is a wonder. A lifting. A rising. A surfacing."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"Jay's not sure he believes in therapy. He definitely doesn't believe in closure. People aren't doors. They're whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost ins…"

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

Cover of Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

12. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Ghost Station book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley

13. Witness: Stories

By: Jamel Brinkley

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a National Book Award finalist, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken an… read more

Similar categories in Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"According to the terms of her personal lexicon, a woman was a lady only if she was fascinating and ungovernable, and my mother considered herself nothing if not a lady."

-Jamel Brinkley, Witness: Stories

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14. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

Cover of Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

15. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

16. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

Similar categories in Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva

17. Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration

By: Alejandra Oliva

4.25

Format: 320 pages, None

The Undocumented Americans meets Tell Me How It Ends in this chronicle about translation, storytell… read more

Similar categories in Alejandra Oliva's Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Night's Edge (Night's Edge, #1) by Liz Kerin

18. Night's Edge (Night's Edge, #1)

By: Liz Kerin

3.91

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Liz Kerin’s Night’s Edge is a sun-drenched novel about the darkest secrets we hide and how monstrou… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kerin's Night's Edge (Night's Edge, #1) book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Burn the Negative by Josh Winning

19. Burn the Negative

By: Josh Winning

3.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Burn the Negative book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Edenville by Sam Rebelein

20. Edenville

By: Sam Rebelein

3.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An unsettling, immersive, and wildly entertaining debut novel from an exciting new voice in horror … read more

Similar categories in Sam Rebelein's Edenville book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" by Emily  Raboteau

21. Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

By: Emily Raboteau

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully mo… read more

Similar categories in Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" book and John Milas's The Militia House

  • audiobook

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Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

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Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

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Fever House (Fever House, #1)

Keith Rosson

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

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The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

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