Books like What Lies in the Woods

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall reads as suspenseful, dark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Lock Every Door

Riley Sager · 2019

Both explore secrets

62% genome match

Dark Places

Gillian Flynn · 2009

Both explore crime & memory

70% genome match

Lock Every Door

Todd Ritter · 2019

Both explore secrets

68% genome match

The Last Flight

Julie Clark · 2020

Both explore secrets

69% genome match

Local Woman Missing

Mary Kubica · 2021

Both explore secrets

67% genome match

Allegedly

Tiffany D. Jackson

Both explore crime & secrets

82% genome match

If I Die Tonight

Alison Gaylin · 2018

Both explore secrets & memory

70% genome match

Cat Among the Pigeons

Agatha Christie

Both explore secrets & crime

79% genome match

The Good Guy

Dean Koontz

Both explore crime & secrets

77% genome match

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides · 2019

Both explore crime & trauma

73% genome match

The Ice Princess

Camilla Lackberg · 2003

Both explore crime & secrets

78% genome match

The hollow skull

Christopher Pike · 1998

Both explore friendship & secrets

77% genome match