Books like Hit Them Where It Hurts (Popular Series)

Hit Them Where It Hurts (Popular Series) by James Hadley Chase reads as gritty, cynical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

You were never really here

Jonathan Ames · 2016

Shares the bleak thread

72% genome match

The Getaway

Jim Thompson · 1959

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett · 1929

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Sin City

Frank Miller · 1996

Shares the bleak thread

76% genome match

Slocum's Women

Jake Logan · 1983

Shares the bleak thread

75% genome match

The Hunter (aka Point Blank and Payback)

Donald E. Westlake · 1962

Both explore revenge & betrayal

73% genome match

Fatale

Jean-Patrick Manchette · 1977

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

The gallows land

Bill Pronzini · 1983

Shares the bleak thread

75% genome match

Drive

James Sallis · 2005

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

By the Gun

Richard Matheson · 1993

Both explore revenge & justice

72% genome match

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy · 2005

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Persuader

Lee Child · 2003

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match