Books like The Secret History

1. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

   Because shares tags: classics, friendship.

   Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

2. 

   The Hound of the Baskervilles

   Arthur Conan Doyle · 1902 · Sherlock Holmes #5

   Because shares tags: classics, crime.

   Holmes Watson probe spectral hound killing Baskervilles on Dartmoor.

3. 

   In a Dark, Dark Wood

   Ruth Ware · 2015

   Because shares tags: crime, friendship.

   Writer Nora joins hen party Clare in glass house where a murder happens.

4. 

   Oliver Twist

   Charles Dickens · 1838

   Because shares tags: classics, crime.

   An orphan flees the workhouse for London's thieves, and Dickens indicts a cruel society.

5. 

   The Mysterious Affair at Styles

   Agatha Christie · 1920 · Hercule Poirot #1

   Because shares tags: classics, crime.

   Hastings reunites with refugee Poirot at Styles Court after Emily Inglethorp is poisoned in her locked room.

6. 

   A Study in Scarlet

   Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887 · Sherlock Holmes #1

   Because shares tags: classics, crime.

   Watson meets Holmes in Baker Street, a Brixton body bears the word Rache, and a Utah revenge tale explains it.

7. 

   The Maid

   Nita Prose · 2022 · Molly the Maid #1

   Because shares tags: crime, friendship.

   Hotel maid Molly Gray finds a dead guest and must use her eye for detail to clear herself.

8. 

   Bridge to Terabithia

   Katherine Paterson · 1977

   Because shares tags: friendship, classics.

   Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia retold: Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke build an imagined kingdom and face sudden loss.

9. 

   Winnie-the-Pooh

   A.A. Milne · 1926 · Winnie-the-Pooh #1

   Because shares tags: classics, friendship.

   Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.

10. 

    The House at Pooh Corner

    A.A. Milne · 1928 · Winnie-the-Pooh #2

    Because shares tags: classics, friendship.

    Tigger bounces into the Hundred Acre Wood while Pooh builds Eeyore a house and Piglet does a grand thing.

11. 

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens · 1861

    Because shares tags: classics, crime.

    Orphan Pip chases wealth and Estella through London fog and prison ships.

12. 

    A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess · 1962

    Because shares tags: classics, crime.

    Teenage Alex leads his droogs on ultraviolent nights until the state rewrites him with the Ludovico Technique.

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