Books like A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson reads as suspenseful, fast. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Holly Jackson · 2020

Both explore detection & secrets

86% genome match

Perfect

Sara Shepard · 2007

Shares the academia thread

71% genome match

Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell · 2017

Shares the academia + ambition thread

83% genome match

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides · 2019

Shares the academia + ambition thread

69% genome match

The Judge's List

John Grisham · 2021

Shares the ambition + academia thread

69% genome match

Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King · 2014

Shares the ambition + academia thread

69% genome match

One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus · 2017

Both explore secrets

83% genome match

The Silkworm

Robert Galbraith · 2014

Shares the academia + ambition thread

69% genome match

Haunting Adeline

H.D. Carlton · 2021

Shares the ambition + academia thread

69% genome match

Icarus

Kayla Ancrum · 2024

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

All He'll Ever Be

Willow Winters · 2019

Shares the ambition + academia thread

69% genome match

Twisted Lies

Ana Huang · 2022

Shares the academia + ambition thread

69% genome match