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Books Like The Angel's Game

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon · about this book

Loved The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon? If its writer protagonist, bookish and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Thirteenth Tale, Night Film and The Blind Assassin. 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 The Angel's Game: Writer Protagonist · Bookish · First Person Narrator · Atmospheric · Bargains and Deals

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   The Thirteenth Tale

   Diane Setterfield

   Bookish · Writer Protagonist · Libraries · Gothic Fiction · Unreliable Narrator

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   Night Film

   Marisha Pessl

   Gothic Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Unreliable Narrator · Haunting · Atmospheric

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   The Blind Assassin

   Margaret Atwood

   Writer Protagonist · Unreliable Narrator · Haunting · Tragic · Twisty

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   Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

   Haruki Murakami

   Libraries · Unreliable Narrator · Twisty · Haunting · Atmospheric

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5. 

   Foucault's Pendulum

   Umberto Eco

   Rare Books · Libraries · Writer Protagonist · Bookish · Unreliable Narrator

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   Wide Sargasso Sea

   Jean Rhys

   Gothic Fiction · Unreliable Narrator · Atmospheric · Eerie · Haunting

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   The Secret History

   Donna Tartt

   Unreliable Narrator · Haunting · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Twisty

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8. 

   The Turn of the Screw

   Henry James

   Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Unreliable Narrator · Tragic · Haunting

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   The Historian

   Elizabeth Kostova

   Rare Books · Libraries · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Eerie

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10. 

    Sharp Objects

    Gillian Flynn

    Atmospheric · Writer Protagonist · Unreliable Narrator · Eerie · Haunting

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11. 

    Shadow of Night

    Deborah Harkness

    Rare Books · Libraries · Bookish · Atmospheric · Mystery

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12. 

    The Fall of the House of Usher & Other Stories

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Gothic Fiction · Unreliable Narrator · Tragic · Atmospheric · Haunting

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13. 

    One Dark Window

    Rachel Gillig

    Bargains and Deals · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Eerie · Twisty

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14. 

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

    Bargains and Deals · Gothic Fiction · Haunting · Eerie · Atmospheric

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15. 

    Gothikana

    Runyx

    Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Eerie · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful

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16. 

    The Likeness

    Tana French

    Twisty · Haunting · Atmospheric · Eerie · Unreliable Narrator

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17. 

    The Turn of the Key

    Ruth Ware

    Unreliable Narrator · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Eerie · Twisty

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18. 

    The Distant Hours

    Kate Morton

    Gothic Fiction · Unreliable Narrator · Writer Protagonist · Haunting · Tragic

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19. 

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Ray Bradbury

    Bargains and Deals · Atmospheric · Haunting · Tense and Suspenseful · Dark

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20. 

    The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Gothic Fiction · Haunting · Tragic · Unreliable Narrator · Eerie

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