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Books Like Drowning Ruth

by Christina Schwarz · about this book

Loved Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz? If its mother and daughter, female lead and family secrets hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Mad Wife, Then She Was Gone and The Birthday Party. 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 Drowning Ruth: Mother and Daughter · Female Lead · Family Secrets · Secret Past · Literary Fiction

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   The Mad Wife

   Meagan Church

   Tense and Suspenseful · Family Secrets · Mother and Daughter · Secret Past · Literary Fiction

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   Then She Was Gone

   Lisa Jewell

   Family Secrets · Mother and Daughter · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead · Mystery

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   The Birthday Party

   Laurent Mauvignier

   Family Secrets · Secret Past · Mother and Daughter · Tense and Suspenseful · Literary Fiction

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   The Heiress

   Rachel Hawkins

   Family Secrets · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Mystery · Female Lead

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   No One Saw a Thing

   Andrea Mara

   Family Secrets · Mother and Daughter · Secret Past · Female Lead · Tense and Suspenseful

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   Strange Sally Diamond

   Liz Nugent

   Family Secrets · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead · Mystery

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   My Name Is Venus Black

   Heather Lloyd

   Mother and Daughter · Family Secrets · Secret Past · Literary Fiction · Female Lead

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8. 

   The Last Thing He Told Me

   Laura Dave

   Family Secrets · Mother and Daughter · Secret Past · Female Lead · Mystery

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9. 

   A Flicker in the Dark

   Stacy Willingham

   Family Secrets · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead · Mystery

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10. 

    The Only One Left

    Riley Sager

    Family Secrets · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead · Mystery

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11. 

    The Ghostwriter

    Julie Clark

    Family Secrets · Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead · Mystery

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12. 

    Don't Look for Me

    Wendy Walker

    Mother and Daughter · Female Lead · Tense and Suspenseful · Mystery · Domestic Suspense

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13. 

    All the Broken Places

    John Boyne

    Family Secrets · Mother and Daughter · Literary Fiction · Secret Past · Female Lead

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14. 

    Goodnight Beautiful

    Aimee Molloy

    Secret Past · Tense and Suspenseful · Mystery · Dark · Female Lead

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15. 

    The Echo of Old Books

    Barbara Davis

    Family Secrets · Secret Past · Mystery · Literary Fiction · Female Lead

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16. 

    Homecoming

    Kate Morton

    Family Secrets · Mother and Daughter · Literary Fiction · Female Lead · Mystery

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17. 

    The God of the Woods

    Liz Moore

    Family Secrets · Tense and Suspenseful · Literary Fiction · Female Lead · Mystery

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18. 

    The Perfect Lie

    Jo Spain

    Secret Past · Family Secrets · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead · Mystery

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19. 

    Never Lie

    Freida McFadden

    Secret Past · Mystery · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead · Dark

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20. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Family Secrets · Secret Past · Literary Fiction · Female Lead · Dark

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