Books like The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Desert Star

Michael Connelly

Shares the detective thread

75% genome match

Down the River unto the Sea

Walter Mosley · 2018

Shares the detective thread

73% genome match

Righteous Prey

John Sandford

Shares the detective thread

84% genome match

A Mind to Murder

P. D. James · 1963

Shares the detective thread

79% genome match

Five Decembers

James Kestrel

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Gone, Baby, Gone

Dennis Lehane

Shares the detective thread

73% genome match

The case of the foot-loose doll

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1958

Shares the detective thread

73% genome match

Novels (Red Dragon / Silence of the Lambs)

Thomas Harris · 1991

Both explore psychology

71% genome match

Forfeit

Dick Francis

Shares the detective thread

71% genome match

Le parfum de la dame en noir

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Shares the detective thread

73% genome match

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000

Donald E. Westlake · 2000

Shares the detective thread

73% genome match

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