Books like…

Books Like The Likeness

by Tana French · about this book

Loved The Likeness by Tana French? If its undercover agent, female lead and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Into the Water, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Gorky Park. 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 Likeness: Undercover Agent · Female Lead · First Person Narrator · Ireland · Mystery

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   Into the Water

   Paula Hawkins

   Psychological Thriller · Twisty · Atmospheric · Crime · Tense and Suspenseful

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   A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

   Holly Jackson

   Detective Fiction · Twisty · Psychological Thriller · Crime · Mystery

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   Gorky Park

   Martin Cruz Smith

   Law Enforcement · Detective Fiction · Crime · Atmospheric · Twisty

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   The Black Dahlia

   James Ellroy

   Friendship and Betrayal · Crime · Detective Fiction · Law Enforcement · Twisty

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5. 

   Sharp Objects

   Gillian Flynn

   Psychological Thriller · Crime · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven

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   I Am Pilgrim

   Terry Hayes

   Undercover Agent · Twisty · Law Enforcement · Hidden Identity · Crime

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7. 

   The Clinic

   Cate Quinn

   Hidden Identity · Undercover Agent · Psychological Thriller · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful

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8. 

   The Snowman

   Jo Nesbo

   Crime · Twisty · Psychological Thriller · Detective Fiction · Law Enforcement

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9. 

   The Secret History

   Donna Tartt

   Atmospheric · Twisty · Friendship and Betrayal · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    Déjà Dead

    Kathy Reichs

    Crime · Detective Fiction · Law Enforcement · Twisty · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    Ashes to Ashes

    Tami Hoag

    Psychological Thriller · Crime · Twisty · Law Enforcement · Detective Fiction

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12. 

    The Turn of the Key

    Ruth Ware

    Psychological Thriller · Atmospheric · Hidden Identity · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful

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13. 

    I Let You Go

    Clare Mackintosh

    Psychological Thriller · Law Enforcement · Tense and Suspenseful · Twisty · Hidden Identity

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14. 

    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    John le Carre

    Undercover Agent · Friendship and Betrayal · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful · Atmospheric

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15. 

    The Angel's Game

    Carlos Ruiz Zafon

    Twisty · Friendship and Betrayal · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator · Tense and Suspenseful

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16. 

    Pines

    Blake Crouch

    Undercover Agent · Law Enforcement · Twisty · Hidden Identity · Crime

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17. 

    Rebecca

    Daphne du Maurier

    Twisty · Atmospheric · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · First Person Narrator

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18. 

    Strange Sally Diamond

    Liz Nugent

    Ireland · Psychological Thriller · Twisty · Crime · Tense and Suspenseful

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19. 

    1st to Die

    James Patterson

    Crime · Law Enforcement · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful · Psychological Thriller

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20. 

    The Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris

    Crime · Twisty · Psychological Thriller · Law Enforcement · Undercover Agent

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