36 Books like Everyone Is Lying to You

The Influencer

by Adriane Leigh

An influencer fakes her husband's death. Donations pour in, so she decides to make it real.

3.52

14k+

🖥️ Social Media Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🔥 Female Rage

The Influencer 95%

An influencer fakes her husband's death. Donations pour in, so she decides to make it real.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.52

14k+ ratings

🖥️ Social Media Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🔥 Female Rage

People Like Her

by Ellery Lloyd • 2021

A mom influencer shares her family with millions, not knowing one follower wants revenge.

3.36

32k+

💻 Influencer Thriller 📱 Social Media Suspense 💍 Marriage Under Pressure 👁️ Stalker Revenge 💭 Parasocial Obsession

People Like Her 95%

A mom influencer shares her family with millions, not knowing one follower wants revenge.

by Ellery Lloyd 2021

3.36

32k+ ratings

💻 Influencer Thriller 📱 Social Media Suspense 💍 Marriage Under Pressure 👁️ Stalker Revenge 💭 Parasocial Obsession

The Next Mrs. Parrish

by Liv Constantine • 2024

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

3.81

120k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

The Next Mrs. Parrish 94%

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

by Liv Constantine 2024

3.81

120k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

The Missing Ones

by A.R. Torre • 2026

Three wives thought they buried the past until a bone surfaced on the golf course.

3.64

14k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🪦 Faked Death 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🤫 Unreliable Narrator

The Missing Ones 94%

Three wives thought they buried the past until a bone surfaced on the golf course.

by A.R. Torre 2026

3.64

14k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🪦 Faked Death 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🤫 Unreliable Narrator

A Beautiful Couple

by Leslie Wolfe • 2024

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

4.06

18k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

A Beautiful Couple 94%

A TV anchor's hit-and-run traps his nurse wife. The dead woman knew her name.

by Leslie Wolfe 2024

4.06

18k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Marriage 🚗 Crime Cover-Up 💰 Blackmail

Finders Keepers

by Natalie Barelli • 2023

Her lost diary is now a bestseller, and its darkest entry connects her to a teacher's murder.

3.80

8k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Stolen Story 🕯️ Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 📱 Influencer Culture

Finders Keepers 94%

Her lost diary is now a bestseller, and its darkest entry connects her to a teacher's murder.

by Natalie Barelli 2023

3.80

8k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Stolen Story 🕯️ Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 📱 Influencer Culture

The Imposter

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

3.89

6k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 🏘️ Suburban Paranoia

The Imposter 94%

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.89

6k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 🏘️ Suburban Paranoia

The Dead Girls Book Club

by Zia Rayyan

A detective's wife joins a book club for lonely women. The club's real subject isn't fiction.

3.97

11k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🔥 Female Rage ⚖️ Feminist Revenge

The Dead Girls Book Club 94%

A detective's wife joins a book club for lonely women. The club's real subject isn't fiction.

by Zia Rayyan 2026

3.97

11k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🔥 Female Rage ⚖️ Feminist Revenge

On a Quiet Street

by Seraphina Nova Glass • 2022

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

4.11

122k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

On a Quiet Street 94%

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

by Seraphina Nova Glass 2022

4.11

122k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

The Wife

by Alafair Burke • 2018

A wife's hidden past resurfaces when her husband is accused of assault and his accuser vanishes.

3.86

50k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Hidden Past 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Woman

The Wife 93%

A wife's hidden past resurfaces when her husband is accused of assault and his accuser vanishes.

by Alafair Burke 2018

3.86

50k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔒 Hidden Past 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Woman

Cutthroat

by Octavia Grant

She caught her husband with her sister. Her mother handed her a blueprint for total destruction.

4.18

14k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💔 Infidelity Revenge 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔥 Female Rage

Cutthroat 94%

She caught her husband with her sister. Her mother handed her a blueprint for total destruction.

by Octavia Grant 2025

4.18

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💔 Infidelity Revenge 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔥 Female Rage

Ours Is a Tale of Murder

by Nora Murphy • 2026

A lawyer's fast marriage becomes a gilded cage from which only murder can set her free.

3.55

4k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💍 Gaslighting Spouse 👀 Stalker Neighbor 📖 Metafictional Twist 😨 Claustrophobic Tension

Ours Is a Tale of Murder 94%

A lawyer's fast marriage becomes a gilded cage from which only murder can set her free.

by Nora Murphy 2026

3.55

4k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💍 Gaslighting Spouse 👀 Stalker Neighbor 📖 Metafictional Twist 😨 Claustrophobic Tension

Bad Tourists

by Caro Carver • 2024

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

3.65

9k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🃏 Unreliable Narrator 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship

Bad Tourists 94%

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

by Caro Carver 2024

3.65

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🃏 Unreliable Narrator 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship

Not So Perfect Strangers

by L.S. Stratton • 2023

A desperate mother and a trophy wife agree to swap murders. Only one means it.

3.60

11k+

🔄 Murder Swap 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Abusive Marriage 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Female Rage

Not So Perfect Strangers 93%

A desperate mother and a trophy wife agree to swap murders. Only one means it.

by L.S. Stratton 2023

3.60

11k+ ratings

🔄 Murder Swap 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Abusive Marriage 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Female Rage

The Wife Between Us

by Greer Hendricks • 2018

She escaped her ex-husband, but can she save the woman who took her place?

3.83

450k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🤯 Unexpected Twists 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Wife Between Us 93%

She escaped her ex-husband, but can she save the woman who took her place?

by Greer Hendricks 2018

3.83

450k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🤯 Unexpected Twists 🎭 Hidden Identity

Too Close to Home

by Seraphina Nova Glass • 2026

A car bomb kills a neighbor at a party, revealing an affluent suburb's criminal secrets.

3.72

11k+

🕵️ Domestic Thriller 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Villainous Spouse ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Too Close to Home 94%

A car bomb kills a neighbor at a party, revealing an affluent suburb's criminal secrets.

by Seraphina Nova Glass 2026

3.72

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Domestic Thriller 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Villainous Spouse ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Bye, Baby

by Carola Lovering • 2024

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

3.74

54k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

Bye, Baby 94%

A baby disappears during an influencer's party. Her estranged friend knows more than she's telling.

by Carola Lovering 2024

3.74

54k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏠 Domestic Suspense 📱 Social Media Facade 🕳️ Buried Secrets

The Perfect Marriage

by Jeneva Rose

His mistress is dead in his bed. His only defense attorney: the wife he betrayed.

3.97

1.2M+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Framed For Murder 💋 Femme Fatale

The Perfect Marriage 93%

His mistress is dead in his bed. His only defense attorney: the wife he betrayed.

by Jeneva Rose 2020

3.97

1.2M+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🖤 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Framed For Murder 💋 Femme Fatale

Don't Let Her Stay

by Nicola Sanders • 2023

When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.

3.93

265k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 👩‍🍼 Protective Mother 👧 Manipulative Daughter 🤷‍♂️ Husband In Denial

Don't Let Her Stay 93%

When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.

by Nicola Sanders 2023

3.93

265k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 👩‍🍼 Protective Mother 👧 Manipulative Daughter 🤷‍♂️ Husband In Denial

Two Nights in Lisbon

by Chris Pavone • 2022

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

3.71

40k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

Two Nights in Lisbon 93%

A husband vanishes in Lisbon. The police call his wife hysterical. She is anything but.

by Chris Pavone 2022

3.71

40k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Sexual Assault Survivor ✊ Feminist Thriller

Dear Debbie

by Freida McFadden

A suburban mother's enemies start dying, and no one suspects the woman who tends the roses.

3.94

561k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Plot 🧠 Secret Genius 🐻 Maternal Fury 😏 Darkly Funny

Dear Debbie 93%

A suburban mother's enemies start dying, and no one suspects the woman who tends the roses.

by Freida McFadden 2026

3.94

561k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Plot 🧠 Secret Genius 🐻 Maternal Fury 😏 Darkly Funny

What the Wife Knew

by Darby Kane • 2024

She married a surgeon to uncover his crimes. Now she's a widow, and the prime suspect.

3.52

27k+

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Second Wife 🔍 Dead Husband's Secrets 🗡️ Marriage As Revenge 📱 Gaslighting Via Tech

What the Wife Knew 94%

She married a surgeon to uncover his crimes. Now she's a widow, and the prime suspect.

by Darby Kane 2024

3.52

27k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Second Wife 🔍 Dead Husband's Secrets 🗡️ Marriage As Revenge 📱 Gaslighting Via Tech

Homewrecker

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2025

A TV presenter watches a tutor charm her family while her grip on reality slowly slips.

3.66

4k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🤥 Gaslighting Husband 🔮 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🎭 Charismatic Villain

Homewrecker 94%

A TV presenter watches a tutor charm her family while her grip on reality slowly slips.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2025

3.66

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🤥 Gaslighting Husband 🔮 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🎭 Charismatic Villain

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins • 2015

An alcoholic watches a couple from her train. The wife vanishes; the watcher remembers nothing.

3.96

3.3M+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🍷 Alcoholic Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Voyeurism

The Girl on the Train 93%

An alcoholic watches a couple from her train. The wife vanishes; the watcher remembers nothing.

by Paula Hawkins 2015

3.96

3.3M+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🍷 Alcoholic Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Voyeurism

Every Last Secret

by A.R. Torre • 2020

An ambitious newcomer wants her boss's husband, home, and status. His wife fights back.

3.93

147k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 📈 Social Climbing ⚔️ Femme Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🔪 Revenge Plot

Every Last Secret 93%

An ambitious newcomer wants her boss's husband, home, and status. His wife fights back.

by A.R. Torre 2020

3.93

147k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 📈 Social Climbing ⚔️ Femme Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🔪 Revenge Plot

The Couple in Cabin 14

by Nancy Savage • 2024

An isolated resort, a fractured marriage, and the suspicious pair next door: who can you trust?

3.28

2k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Secretive Neighbors 🔍 Missing Wife

The Couple in Cabin 14 94%

An isolated resort, a fractured marriage, and the suspicious pair next door: who can you trust?

by Nancy Savage 2024

3.28

2k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Secretive Neighbors 🔍 Missing Wife

The Husbands

by Chandler Baker • 2021

A burnt-out lawyer moves to a suburb of flawless husbands; a fatal fire exposes a dark scheme.

3.46

41k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Suburban Dystopia 🧠 Mental Load 👥 Cult-Like Community 🌀 Gaslighting

The Husbands 94%

A burnt-out lawyer moves to a suburb of flawless husbands; a fatal fire exposes a dark scheme.

by Chandler Baker 2021

3.46

41k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Suburban Dystopia 🧠 Mental Load 👥 Cult-Like Community 🌀 Gaslighting

She Didn't See It Coming

by Shari Lapena

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

3.87

143k+

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

She Didn't See It Coming 93%

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

by Shari Lapena 2025

3.87

143k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

Kill Your Darlings

by Peter Swanson • 2025

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

3.30

14k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

Kill Your Darlings 93%

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

by Peter Swanson 2025

3.30

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

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

The Housemaid

by Freida McFadden

A desperate ex-con maid moves into a mansion where the attic door locks from the outside.

4.27

3.6M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔒 Coercive Control ⛓️ Hidden Captivity 🔄 Perspective Flip

The Housemaid 93%

A desperate ex-con maid moves into a mansion where the attic door locks from the outside.

by Freida McFadden 2022

4.27

3.6M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔒 Coercive Control ⛓️ Hidden Captivity 🔄 Perspective Flip

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 94%

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

The Maid's Diary

by Loreth Anne White • 2023

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

4.20

120k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Maid's Diary 94%

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

by Loreth Anne White 2023

4.20

120k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn • 2012

A wife vanishes on her anniversary, leaving a diary that accuses her husband of murder.

4.15

3.5M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Gaslighting 👠 Femme Fatale

Gone Girl 94%

A wife vanishes on her anniversary, leaving a diary that accuses her husband of murder.

by Gillian Flynn 2012

4.15

3.5M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Gaslighting 👠 Femme Fatale

The Wife Stalker

by Liv Constantine • 2020

Her husband's new partner has a trail of dead spouses. His wife will not stop digging.

3.72

57k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👤 The Other Woman 👥 Dual Perspectives

The Wife Stalker 94%

Her husband's new partner has a trail of dead spouses. His wife will not stop digging.

by Liv Constantine 2020

3.72

57k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👤 The Other Woman 👥 Dual Perspectives

Don't Let Him In

by Lisa Jewell

A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.

3.75

265k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Serial Conman 🔗 Coercive Control 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Sisterhood 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Don't Let Him In 93%

A woman investigates her mother's charming new boyfriend and uncovers a trail of dead wives.

by Lisa Jewell 2025

3.75

265k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Serial Conman 🔗 Coercive Control 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Sisterhood 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

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