Books Like Sharp Objects

Loved Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn? If its twisty, toxic family dynamics and sisters hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with A Flicker in the Dark, If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood and Home Is Where the Bodies Are. 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 Sharp Objects: Twisty · Toxic Family Dynamics · Sisters · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham

Psychological Thriller · Serial Killer · Childhood Trauma · Missing Person · Unreliable Narrator

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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Gregg Olsen

Child Abuse · Emotional Abuse · Childhood Trauma · Toxic Family Dynamics · Sisters

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Jeneva Rose

Estranged Family · Small Town Secrets · Psychological Thriller · Family Secrets · Missing Person

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Long Bright River
Liz Moore

Estranged Family · Sisters · Substance Abuse · Missing Person · Addiction

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Pretty Girls
Karin Slaughter

Estranged Family · Sisters · Serial Killer · Missing Person · Psychological Thriller

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The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn

Psychological Thriller · Unreliable Narrator · Substance Abuse · Twisty · Addiction

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The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager

Psychological Thriller · Addiction · Substance Abuse · Unreliable Narrator · Twisty

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Don't Look for Me
Wendy Walker

Psychological Thriller · Missing Person · Estranged Family · Mother and Daughter · Thriller

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The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden

Psychological Thriller · Serial Killer · Twisty · Red Herrings · Thriller

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The Sun Down Motel
Simone St. James

Missing Person · Small Town Secrets · Serial Killer · Eerie · Small Town

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson

Small Town · Missing Person · Tense and Suspenseful · Mystery · Psychological Thriller

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Snow White Must Die
Nele Neuhaus

Small Town Secrets · Small Town · Crime · Missing Person · Mystery

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Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell

Psychological Thriller · Missing Person · Family Secrets · Thriller · Psychological Manipulation

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All Good People Here
Ashley Flowers

Small Town Secrets · Missing Person · Small Town · Mystery · Thriller

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The Return of Ellie Black
Emiko Jean

Missing Person · Small Town Secrets · Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Twisty

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid

Unreliable Narrator · Psychological Thriller · Haunting · Twisty · Bleak

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The Naturals: Bad Blood
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Serial Killer · Mother and Daughter · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Missing Person

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Verity
Colleen Hoover

Psychological Thriller · Unreliable Narrator · Twisty · Psychological Manipulation · Tense and Suspenseful

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Strange Sally Diamond
Liz Nugent

Childhood Trauma · Child Abuse · Psychological Thriller · Family Secrets · Thriller

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In the Woods
Tana French

Psychological Thriller · Haunting · Unreliable Narrator · Crime · Childhood Trauma

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