J.J. Abrams 2013
- What it is
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A story hidden inside another · love in the middle of danger
- Genre
- Mystery Literary Thriller
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.
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You'll keep turning it over for days · spies, moles and state secrets
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It messes with your head · you can't put it down
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It's hiding a secret · a place nobody can leave
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It won't tell you everything at once · properly scary
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Nothing is quite what it seems · you'll finish it in two nights
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It won't tell you everything at once · it'll scare you
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A mystery you want to solve · fierce and defiant
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Love in the middle of danger · love and laughs in equal parts
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It messes with your head · full of big ideas
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It's hiding a secret · it tells it with no filter
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The truth comes out bit by bit · it'll scare you
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Like yours: books about books · odd and endearing
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Nothing is quite what it seems · it stirs you up inside
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Like yours: books about books · it leaves you thinking
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A threat that keeps growing · nobody is entirely good
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Like yours: books about books · love hurts sometimes
The Midnight Library
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In common with yours: books about books · odd and endearing
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Like yours: books about books · love hurts sometimes
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