34 Books like The Dinner

Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent • 2020

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

3.76

17k+

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

Little Cruelties 94%

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

by Liz Nugent 2020

3.76

17k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

Sometimes I Lie

by Alice Feeney • 2017

She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.

3.74

352k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Sometimes I Lie 93%

She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.

by Alice Feeney 2017

3.74

352k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

You Can't Hurt Me

by Emma Cook • 2024

To write a dead wife's story, a ghostwriter must first survive the husband who controls it.

2.96

2k+

✍️ Ghostwriter Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👫 Sibling Codependency 🛋️ Therapy Gone Wrong

You Can't Hurt Me 93%

To write a dead wife's story, a ghostwriter must first survive the husband who controls it.

by Emma Cook 2024

2.96

2k+ ratings

✍️ Ghostwriter Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👫 Sibling Codependency 🛋️ Therapy Gone Wrong

The Christmas Party

by Mikayla Davids • 2022

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

3.53

13k+

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Christmas Party 93%

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

by Mikayla Davids 2022

3.53

13k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Inheritance

by Trisha Sakhlecha • 2025

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

3.65

16k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Inheritance 93%

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

by Trisha Sakhlecha 2025

3.65

16k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose • 2024

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

3.80

321k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Home Is Where the Bodies Are 93%

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

by Jeneva Rose 2024

3.80

321k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

The Dead Husband

by Carter Wilson • 2021

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

3.67

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Dead Husband 93%

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

by Carter Wilson 2021

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

That Night

by Gillian McAllister • 2021

Three siblings bury a man they accidentally killed on an Italian road. He wasn't a stranger.

3.76

16k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Cover-Up Gone Wrong 👥 Sibling Loyalty ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌿 Italian Countryside

That Night 93%

Three siblings bury a man they accidentally killed on an Italian road. He wasn't a stranger.

by Gillian McAllister 2021

3.76

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Cover-Up Gone Wrong 👥 Sibling Loyalty ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌿 Italian Countryside

The New Wife

by Sue Watson • 2021

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

4.02

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The New Wife 93%

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

by Sue Watson 2021

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The Mother-in-Law

by Sally Hepworth • 2019

Daughter-in-law finds mother-in-law dead; murder. Suspects: her husband, his sister, herself.

3.96

205k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Family Secrets 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Mother-in-Law 93%

Daughter-in-law finds mother-in-law dead; murder. Suspects: her husband, his sister, herself.

by Sally Hepworth 2019

3.96

205k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Family Secrets 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timeline

Such a Lovely Family

by Aggie Blum Thompson • 2024

The Calhouns' garden party ends with a dead patriarch and a house full of suspects.

3.66

7k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🌸 Suburban Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🖤 Toxic Family Legacy

Such a Lovely Family 93%

The Calhouns' garden party ends with a dead patriarch and a house full of suspects.

by Aggie Blum Thompson 2024

3.66

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🌸 Suburban Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🖤 Toxic Family Legacy

A Death at the Party

by Amy Stuart • 2023

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

3.55

9k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

A Death at the Party 93%

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

by Amy Stuart 2023

3.55

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

The Perfect Stranger

by A.J. Carter • 2024

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

4.11

2k+

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Perfect Stranger 93%

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

by A.J. Carter 2024

4.11

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Exes

by Leodora Darlington • 2026

Three dead ex-boyfriends. One stolen inheritance. And a memory she can't trust.

3.43

8k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 👯 Protective Sister

The Exes 93%

Three dead ex-boyfriends. One stolen inheritance. And a memory she can't trust.

by Leodora Darlington 2026

3.43

8k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 👯 Protective Sister

The Last Party

by A.R. Torre • 2024

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

4.05

111k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother 👀 Nanny With Secrets 🔒 Hidden Past

The Last Party 93%

A mother's perfect life is a cover for a birthday party that ends in a bloodbath.

by A.R. Torre 2024

4.05

111k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Wife 🐍 Manipulative Mother 👀 Nanny With Secrets 🔒 Hidden Past

What Happens in the Dark

by Kia Abdullah • 2025

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

3.95

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

What Happens in the Dark 93%

A journalist covers her estranged best friend's murder trial and uncovers what the verdict buried.

by Kia Abdullah 2025

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Best Friends 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

My Neighbour's Affair

by Daniel Hurst • 2024

A woman handcuffs her unfaithful husband to the bed and walks next door to seduce the neighbor.

3.86

9k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 💔 Revenge Affair 👭 Sibling Betrayal 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

My Neighbour's Affair 93%

A woman handcuffs her unfaithful husband to the bed and walks next door to seduce the neighbor.

by Daniel Hurst 2024

3.86

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 💔 Revenge Affair 👭 Sibling Betrayal 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Girl A

by Abigail Dean • 2021

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

3.63

92k+

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

Girl A 93%

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

by Abigail Dean 2021

3.63

92k+ ratings

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

No One Can Know

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2024

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

3.64

88k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

No One Can Know 93%

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2024

3.64

88k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

The Serial Killer’s Daughter

by Alice Hunter • 2022

A serial killer's daughter with blackouts is the prime suspect when her husband's lover vanishes.

3.81

9k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🦋 Daughter Of A Killer 🔪 Copycat Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator

The Serial Killer’s Daughter 93%

A serial killer's daughter with blackouts is the prime suspect when her husband's lover vanishes.

by Alice Hunter 2022

3.81

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🦋 Daughter Of A Killer 🔪 Copycat Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator

The Astrology House

by Carinn Jade • 2024

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

3.48

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕯️ Modern Gothic 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Astrology House 92%

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

by Carinn Jade 2024

3.48

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕯️ Modern Gothic 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Night Before

by Wendy Walker • 2019

A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.

3.66

20k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👭 Sister Bond

The Night Before 92%

A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.

by Wendy Walker 2019

3.66

20k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👭 Sister Bond

Tuesday's Child

by Anya Mora • 2019

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

4.26

8k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

Tuesday's Child 92%

When a Halloween dare ends in murder, a mother's adopted son is the only suspect.

by Anya Mora 2019

4.26

8k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets ⚖️ Falsely Accused 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏛️ Political Scandal

Tell Me What I Am

by Una Mannion • 2023

Her mother disappeared. Her father raised her on a remote island. Now the hidden letters surface.

3.92

3k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Absent Mother 🔒 Controlling Father 🤫 Family Secrets

Tell Me What I Am 92%

Her mother disappeared. Her father raised her on a remote island. Now the hidden letters surface.

by Una Mannion 2023

3.92

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Absent Mother 🔒 Controlling Father 🤫 Family Secrets

The Witch Elm

by Tana French • 2018

An assault fractures his memory. A skull in his uncle's garden. The prime suspect: himself.

3.58

111k+

🖋️ Literary Crime 🔍 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 💭 Fragmented Memory

The Witch Elm 92%

An assault fractures his memory. A skull in his uncle's garden. The prime suspect: himself.

by Tana French 2018

3.58

111k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime 🔍 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 💭 Fragmented Memory

The Paris Apartment

by Lucy Foley • 2022

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

3.64

731k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

The Paris Apartment 92%

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

by Lucy Foley 2022

3.64

731k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

Just My Luck

by Adele Parks • 2020

After a lottery jackpot, the Greenwoods' oldest friends demand a cut, and their daughter vanishes.

3.72

20k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💍 Marital Betrayal 😈 Frenemies 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Just My Luck 92%

After a lottery jackpot, the Greenwoods' oldest friends demand a cut, and their daughter vanishes.

by Adele Parks 2020

3.72

20k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💍 Marital Betrayal 😈 Frenemies 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Whispers

by Ashley Audrain • 2023

A boy's fall from a window exposes the betrayals simmering beneath a pristine suburban street.

3.80

95k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller 💔 Marital Betrayal 👩‍👦 Maternal Ambivalence 🤫 Neighborhood Secrets

The Whispers 92%

A boy's fall from a window exposes the betrayals simmering beneath a pristine suburban street.

by Ashley Audrain 2023

3.80

95k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏡 Suburban Thriller 💔 Marital Betrayal 👩‍👦 Maternal Ambivalence 🤫 Neighborhood Secrets

Hide and Seek

by Andrea Mara • 2022

A mother moves into a house where a child vanished at hide and seek. Neighbors know why.

4.05

11k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Missing Child 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Hide and Seek 92%

A mother moves into a house where a child vanished at hide and seek. Neighbors know why.

by Andrea Mara 2022

4.05

11k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Missing Child 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

The Red House 92%

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

Drowning in Paper Flowers

by E.L. Westbury • 2024

Her husband's mistress came from the Southern town she fled, bringing the past into her kitchen.

4.15

33k+

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

Drowning in Paper Flowers 92%

Her husband's mistress came from the Southern town she fled, bringing the past into her kitchen.

by E.L. Westbury 2024

4.15

33k+ ratings

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

Culpability

by Bruce Holsinger • 2025

A self-driving minivan kills two strangers, and the car remembers what each passenger did.

3.99

89k+

🖥️ AI Ethics 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 💰 Class Privilege

Culpability 92%

A self-driving minivan kills two strangers, and the car remembers what each passenger did.

by Bruce Holsinger 2025

3.99

89k+ ratings

🖥️ AI Ethics 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 💰 Class Privilege

Someone Knows

by Vi Keeland • 2025

A writing professor receives a student manuscript retelling the abuse she buried twenty years ago.

3.87

15k+

🩸 Trauma Thriller 📝 Manuscript Mystery 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Someone Knows 92%

A writing professor receives a student manuscript retelling the abuse she buried twenty years ago.

by Vi Keeland 2025

3.87

15k+ ratings

🩸 Trauma Thriller 📝 Manuscript Mystery 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Family of Liars

by E. Lockhart • 2022

Summer on a private island: first love, a dead boy, and a family that hides everything.

3.76

160k+

📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💰 Old Money Secrets 🤫 Family Cover-Up 👯 Sister Rivalry

Family of Liars 92%

Summer on a private island: first love, a dead boy, and a family that hides everything.

by E. Lockhart 2022

3.76

160k+ ratings

📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💰 Old Money Secrets 🤫 Family Cover-Up 👯 Sister Rivalry

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