Books like The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Bridesmaid

Ruth Rendell · 1989

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

81% genome match

The Hound of Death and Other Stories [12 stories]

Agatha Christie · 1933

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

76% genome match

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn · 2012

Shares the heist + unreliable thread

83% genome match

The Kind Worth Killing

Peter Swanson · 2015

Shares the heist + unreliable thread

71% genome match

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000

Donald E. Westlake · 2000

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

74% genome match

The case of the velvet claws

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1933

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

70% genome match

Le parfum de la dame en noir

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

72% genome match

Beast in View

Margaret Millar · 2015

Shares the unreliable + vspare thread

70% genome match

D'entre les morts

Boileau-Narcejac · 1954

Shares the unreliable + vspare thread

82% genome match

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides · 2019

Shares the academia + heist thread

83% genome match

Sin City

Frank Miller · 1996

Shares the heist + vspare thread

69% genome match

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins · 2015

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

83% genome match