Read-alikes and related books

Books like Beartown

24 titles for readers of Beartown by Fredrik Backman, selected for shared themes: Small Town & Rural, Sports, Psychological, and Crime.

Small Town & Rural Sports Psychological Crime Suspense Mystery & Detective Thrillers Literary Fiction

Top related books to Beartown

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Beartown.

The Death of Us A Novel

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Sports • Psychological

Under the Wave at Waimea

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Sports • Crime

When the Lights Go Out A Thrilling Suspense Novel from the Author of Local Woman Missing

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

Dirt Town

Hayley Scrivenor

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

Surrender the Dead

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

Savannah Blues

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

Hell Bay

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

The Drowning Girls

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

No One Will Miss Her A Novel

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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The Turn of the Key

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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The House of Wolves

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Themes: Sports • Psychological • Crime

#12

The Marriage Lie A Bestselling Psychological Thriller

Kimberly Belle

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

#13

Not a Happy Family

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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The Wrong Woman

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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The Thorn Girl

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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Grace is Gone A Novel

Emily Elgar

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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Wheel of Fire

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

#18

Beneath Cruel Waters

Jon Bassoff

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

#19

The Reunion

M. J. Arlidge

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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Some of Us Are Liars The Gripping New Thriller with the ‘never Saw It Coming’ Twist

Fiona Cummins

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

#21

You Love Me

Caroline Kepnes

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

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The Anniversary You’ll Be Hooked by the First Page, and Shocked by the Last &#8230

Laura Marshall

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

#23

Phantoms A Chilling Tale of Breath-Taking Suspense

Dean Koontz

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

#24

Every Last Lie A Thrilling Suspense Novel from the Author of Local Woman Missing

Mary Kubica

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Psychological • Crime

If Beartown by Fredrik Backman is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Small Town & Rural, Sports, Psychological and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Lori Rader-Day, Paul Theroux, Mary Kubica, Hayley Scrivenor, and others.