Peter Benchley 1976
- What it is
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A small town hiding secrets · you can't put it down
- Genre
- Thriller Horror
- Feels
- Chilling Dark Adventurous Tense
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
Books similar to Jaws
Coming from Jaws? Start with Psycho, The Crystal Cuckoo, The Silence of the Lambs. 45 more below, each with why it fits.
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Properly scary and the plot drives it
Psycho
Robert Bloch 1959
Grouped with yours in Famous films whose novels tell another story
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris 1988
It'll scare you · you'll keep turning it over for days
Day by Day Armageddon
J. L. Bourne 2009
It'll scare you · it tells it straight
Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris 2016
It'll scare you · it's hiding a secret
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane 2003
It'll scare you · the truth comes out bit by bit
The Patient
Jasper DeWitt 2020
It'll scare you · it won't tell you everything at once
End of October
Lawrence Wright 2020
Properly scary · a world to get lost in
Home Before Dark
Todd Ritter 2020
Properly scary · it's hiding a secret
3 books
Small-town secrets and the plot drives it
The Crystal Cuckoo
Javier Castillo 2023
In common with yours: small-town secrets · it's hiding a secret
The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin 1972
Like yours: small-town secrets · nobody is entirely good
The Murder at the Vicarage
Agatha Christie 2026
In common with yours: small-town secrets · a cozy mystery, no gore
4 books · Alike in just one
Only properly scary
The ritual
Adam Nevill 2012
Properly scary · horror in the countryside, with old rites
Deadly Thyme
R. L. Nolen 2014
Properly scary · it tells it with no filter
September House
Carissa Orlando 2023
Properly scary · a haunted house
3 books · Alike in just one
Only small-town secrets
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious 1900
Like yours: small-town secrets · you end up rooting for the wrong people
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore 2024
Like yours: small-town secrets · it leaves you thinking
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn 2007
In common with yours: small-town secrets · it tells it with no filter
20 books · Alike in just one
Only the plot drives it
First Blood
David Morrell 1972
Readers put them together in Famous films whose novels tell another story
Night Film
Marisha Pessl 2013
It stirs you up inside · it won't tell you everything at once
I am Pilgrim
Terry Hayes 2013
One more chapter, then another · it tells it straight
Sahara
Clive Cussler 1982
One more chapter, then another · a world to get lost in
The Silence of the White City
Eva García Sáenz de Urturi 2013
It'll scare you · it won't tell you everything at once
Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly 1895
You can't put it down · nobody is entirely good
The last days of Jack Sparks
Jason Arnopp 2016
It'll scare you · a cozy mystery, no gore
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides 2018
Nothing is quite what it seems · it won't tell you everything at once
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden 2022
The truth comes out bit by bit · it ties your stomach in a knot
None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell 2023
The truth comes out bit by bit · it ties your stomach in a knot
Before I Go To Sleep
S.J. Watson 2012
It won't tell you everything at once · it stirs you up inside
The Legacy
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir 2025
It tells it with no filter · it won't tell you everything at once
Thunderhead
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 1999
You'll finish it in two nights · a mystery you want to solve
The girl on the train
Paula Hawkins 2014
The truth comes out bit by bit · you end up rooting for the wrong people
The revenant
Michael Punke 2002
You'll finish it in two nights · fierce and defiant
The girl with all the gifts
Mike Carey 2014
It tells it with no filter · it stirs you up inside
4 books
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Caroline Kepnes 2014
It gets under your skin · nobody is entirely good
The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher 2020
It'll scare you · moving between parallel worlds
Nothing lasts forever
Roderick Thorp 1979
Grouped with yours in Famous films whose novels tell another story
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix 2020
Fierce and defiant · it tells it straight
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