Five by Five by Five: Day 2

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Five readalikes for five popular books over five days

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Sheltering in a New York beach house with a couple that has taken refuge during a massive blackout, a family struggles for information about the power failure while wondering if the cut-off property is actually safe.

Genre: Psychological suspense
Character: Culturally diverse; Flawed; Sympathetic
Storyline: Character-driven; Intricately plotted
Tone: Menacing; Suspenseful
Writing Style: Compelling

Compelling, character-driven readalikes:

Milkman by Anna Burns

In Northern Ireland during the Troubles of the 1970s, an unnamed narrator finds herself targeted by a high-ranking dissident known as Milkman.

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Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Unexpectedly chosen to be a family manservant, an 11-year-old Barbados sugar-plantation slave is initiated into a world of technology and dignity before a devastating betrayal propels him throughout the world in search of his true self.

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A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

When a deranged gunman forces his way into the Center, a women’s reproductive health services clinic, and takes hostages, the police hostage negotiator discovers his daughter is inside the clinic.

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There There by Tommy Orange

A novel that grapples with the complex history of Native Americans; with an inheritance of profound spirituality; and with a plague of addiction, abuse and suicide, There There follows 12 characters, each of whom has private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow.

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Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her.

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