Books like The Wife Upstairs
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden · 2022
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
75% genome match
The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware · 2019
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
69% genome match
Verity
Colleen Hoover · 2018
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
69% genome match
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney · 2021
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
83% genome match
Behind Her Eyes
Sarah Pinborough · 2017
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
69% genome match
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte · 1847
Shares the heist + escape thread
69% genome match
Martyn Pig
Kevin Brooks · 2002
Shares the unreliable + escape thread
71% genome match
The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn · 2018
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
69% genome match
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena · 2016
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
83% genome match
Final Girls
Riley Sager · 2017
Shares the unreliable + heist thread
69% genome match
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn · 2012
Shares the heist + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Kind Worth Killing
Peter Swanson · 2015
Shares the heist + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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