Books like…

Books Like After Dark

by Haruki Murakami · about this book

Loved After Dark by Haruki Murakami? If its japan, big city and sisters hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Hounding, Lair of Dreams and Malas. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside After Dark: Japan · Big City · Sisters · Atmospheric · Literary Fiction

1. 

   The Hounding

   Xenobe Purvis

   Sisters · Eerie · Literary Fiction · Atmospheric · Teenagers

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   Lair of Dreams

   Libba Bray

   Dream Worlds · Big City · Eerie · Atmospheric · Omniscient Narrator

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   Malas

   Marcela Fuentes

   Magical Realism · Literary Fiction · Atmospheric · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction

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4. 

   Come Closer

   Sara Gran

   Sparse Prose · Eerie · Novella · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction

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5. 

   Shrines of Gaiety

   Kate Atkinson

   Big City · Atmospheric · Omniscient Narrator · Multiple POV · Teenagers

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   Roadside Picnic

   Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

   Sparse Prose · Eerie · Novella · Atmospheric · Omniscient Narrator

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   Long Bright River

   Liz Moore

   Sisters · Big City · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Atmospheric

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8. 

   The Seamstress

   Frances de Pontes Peebles

   Sisters · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Multiple POV · Atmospheric

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9. 

   I'm Thinking of Ending Things

   Iain Reid

   Eerie · Novella · Literary Fiction · Atmospheric · Contemporary Fiction

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10. 

    The Gunslinger

    Stephen King

    Sparse Prose · Atmospheric · Omniscient Narrator · Eerie · Literary Fiction

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11. 

    My Sister, the Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite

    Sisters · Sparse Prose · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Big City

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12. 

    Sabrina & Corina

    Kali Fajardo-Anstine

    Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Sisters · Character-Driven · Atmospheric

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13. 

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Japan · Literary Fiction · Atmospheric · Sisters · Character-Driven

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14. 

    One Dark Throne

    Kendare Blake

    Sisters · Teenagers · Multiple POV · Character-Driven · Atmospheric

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15. 

    Strange Houses

    Uketsu

    Japan · Eerie · Novella · Contemporary Fiction · Dark

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16. 

    The Bewitching

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Eerie · Atmospheric · Multiple POV · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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17. 

    The Book of Speculation

    Erika Swyler

    Magical Realism · Atmospheric · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Eerie

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18. 

    The Invited

    Jennifer McMahon

    Eerie · Atmospheric · Contemporary Fiction · Teenagers · Multiple POV

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19. 

    Hooked

    Asako Yuzuki

    Japan · Literary Fiction · Big City · Character-Driven · Multiple POV

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20. 

    The Miniaturist

    Jessie Burton

    Eerie · Atmospheric · Literary Fiction · Sisters · Character-Driven

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