What to read next · for fans of Alex Michaelides
What to read after The Silent Patient: 8 books like it
Quick answer
If you loved The Silent Patient, read The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn or The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins next.
The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller built around a single shocking twist. If you loved how it played with what you thought you knew, try these next.
8 books like The Silent Patient
- 1
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Psychological thriller
The same author's next thriller, set at Cambridge, with a therapist investigating murders.
- 2
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Psychological thriller
The modern classic of unreliable narrators and marriage secrets.
- 3
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Psychological thriller
A woman who can't trust her own memory gets tangled in a disappearance.
- 4
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Psychological thriller
A writer finds a disturbing manuscript in her client's home.
- 5
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Psychological thriller
Fast, twisty and full of secrets behind a perfect-looking family.
- 6
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Psychological thriller
A reporter returns to her hometown to cover two murders and faces her own past.
- 7
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Psychological thriller
Another thriller famous for an ending nobody sees coming.
- 8
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Mystery
A wedding on a remote island, a body, and everyone with a motive.
Common questions
What should I read after The Silent Patient?
If you loved The Silent Patient, read The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn or The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins next. The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller built around a single shocking twist. If you loved how it played with what you thought you knew, try these next.
What books are like The Silent Patient?
Our 8 picks: The Maidens, Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, Verity, The Housemaid, Sharp Objects, Behind Her Eyes, The Guest List.
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