Books like Vicious
Vicious by V.E. Schwab reads as dark, fast. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo · 2015
Shares the heist thread
69% genome match
Vengeful
V.E. Schwab · 2018
Shares the vspare thread
79% genome match
Only Ashes Remain
Rebecca Schaeffer · 2019
Shares the vspare thread
73% genome match
Sin City
Frank Miller · 1996
Shares the heist + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Kind Worth Killing
Peter Swanson · 2015
Shares the heist + vspare thread
69% genome match
Out
桐野夏生 · 2003
Shares the heist + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Sunlit Man
Brandon Sanderson · 2023
Same fantasy feel
63% genome match
Runaways
Brian K. Vaughan · 2004
Shares the vspare thread
77% genome match
The Hunter (aka Point Blank and Payback)
Donald E. Westlake · 1962
Shares the heist + vspare thread
69% genome match
The asphalt jungle
W. R. Burnett · 1949
Shares the heist + vspare thread
69% genome match
You Must Be Kidding
James Hadley Chase · 1979
Shares the heist + vspare thread
69% genome match
Skin and Other Stories
Roald Dahl · 2000
Shares the heist + vspare thread
69% genome match
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