Books like…

Books Like Jaws

by Peter Benchley · about this book

Loved Jaws by Peter Benchley? If its ocean and ships, tense and suspenseful and creature feature hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Jurassic Park, Savage Son: A Thriller and NO EXIT. 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 Jaws: Ocean and Ships · Tense and Suspenseful · Creature Feature · Thriller · Small Town

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   Jurassic Park

   Michael Crichton

   Creature Feature · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Island

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   Savage Son: A Thriller

   Jack Carr

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Survival Story

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   NO EXIT

   Taylor Adams

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Survival Story

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   Cold Storage

   David Koepp

   Creature Feature · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced

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   The Kind Worth Killing

   Peter Swanson

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller

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   Kiss the Girls

   James Patterson

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Intense

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   Carl's Doomsday Scenario

   Matt Dinniman

   Creature Feature · Plot-Driven · Survival Story · Violent · Fast-Paced

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   E-Pack El cártel septiembre 2023

   Don Winslow

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Thriller · Intense · Plot-Driven · Violent

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   Patient Zero

   Jonathan Maberry

   Thriller · Plot-Driven · Horror · Intense · Fast-Paced

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    The Shining

    Stephen King

    Marriage in Trouble · Tense and Suspenseful · Intense · Thriller · Horror

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11. 

    Dark Matter

    Blake Crouch

    Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Cat and Mouse Chase · Intense

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12. 

    South of Nowhere

    Jeffery Deaver

    Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Survival Story · Fast-Paced

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13. 

    The Summer I Died

    Ryan C. Thomas

    Cat and Mouse Chase · Survival Story · Intense · Horror · Thriller

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14. 

    The Pandora Room

    Christopher Golden

    Plot-Driven · Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Fast-Paced

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15. 

    The Running Man

    Richard Bachman

    Cat and Mouse Chase · Thriller · Intense · Violent · Fast-Paced

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16. 

    The Last Mrs Parrish

    Liv Constantine

    Infidelity · Thriller · Marriage in Trouble · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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17. 

    The Bourne Identity

    Robert Ludlum

    Cat and Mouse Chase · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced

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18. 

    Goodnight Beautiful

    Aimee Molloy

    Marriage in Trouble · Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Small Town · Infidelity

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19. 

    Without Sanction

    Don Bentley

    Thriller · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Intense · Fast-Paced

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20. 

    Never Lie

    Freida McFadden

    Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Fast-Paced · Infidelity

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