Books Like The Hunting Party

Read more

Lucy Foley's locked-location thriller uses five narrators — Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church, and Moira Quirk — to move through multiple perspectives without ever losing the claustrophobic sense of a group too long in each other's company, and at 10 hours the pacing keeps the suspicion rotating. Imogen Church appears again in the recommendations alongside Foley's own The Guest List, and the rest of the list holds to similar runtimes and the same tight, social-pressure framework where the killer is always someone you've been watching.

10 books for fans of The Hunting Party

  1. 1
    The Guest List cover

    The Guest List

    by Lucy Foley

    More about this pick

    Foley orchestrates a deadly wedding weekend where guests harbor secrets and grudges that culminate in murder on an isolated island off Ireland's coast.

    3.79 Goodreads (1.3M ratings)
  2. 2
    The Woman in Cabin 10 cover

    The Woman in Cabin 10

    Lo Blacklock • Book 1

    by Ruth Ware

    More about this pick

    Lo sees someone thrown from a cruise ship, but the passenger manifest shows no one missing. Ware's claustrophobic thriller traps a unreliable narrator in the middle of the North Sea.

    3.72 Goodreads (785.3K ratings)
  3. 3
    In a Dark, Dark Wood cover

    In a Dark, Dark Wood

    by Ruth Ware

    More about this pick

    A hen party in a remote English cottage turns deadly when old grudges surface between former friends. Ware builds tension through fragmented memories and an increasingly claustrophobic woodland setting.

    3.71 Goodreads (402.8K ratings)
  4. 4
    Into the Water cover

    Into the Water

    by Paula Hawkins

    More about this pick

    Women keep dying in Beckford's river—suicide, accident, or murder—and each death awakens whispers about the Drowning Pool's centuries-old hold on the town.

    3.59 Goodreads (421.9K ratings)
  5. 5
    The Last Man cover

    The Last Man

    Mitch Rapp • Book 13

    by Vince Flynn

    More about this pick

    Flynn sends his best operative hunting a rogue CIA station chief who knows every American secret in Afghanistan. Rickman's disappearance threatens to unravel the entire covert network.

    4.37 Goodreads (41.7K ratings)
  6. 6
    Vengeance in Death cover

    Vengeance in Death

    In Death • Book 6

    by J.D. Robb

    More about this pick

    A killer in 2058 New York taunts police with riddles about his next victims, always solved too late to prevent murder. Robb's futuristic procedural blends technology with old-fashioned detective work.

    4.36 Goodreads (47.3K ratings)
  7. 7
    Pursuit of Honor cover

    Pursuit of Honor

    Mitch Rapp • Book 12

    by Vince Flynn

    More about this pick

    Six days after bombs devastated Washington D.C., Mitch Rapp hunts surviving terrorists planning worse attacks. Flynn's thriller examines extreme counterterrorism measures in crisis aftermath.

    4.36 Goodreads (46.9K ratings)
  8. 8
    Protect and Defend cover

    Protect and Defend

    Mitch Rapp • Book 10

    by Vince Flynn

    More about this pick

    George Guidall's commanding performance matches Flynn's relentless pacing as international politics collide with personal vendettas.

    4.36 Goodreads (44.8K ratings)
  9. 9
    Extreme Measures cover

    Extreme Measures

    Mitch Rapp • Book 11

    by Vince Flynn

    More about this pick

    Nuclear terrorism threatens American cities while Rapp battles both foreign enemies and domestic political interference. Flynn accelerates the pace with multiple threats converging on his lethal operative.

    4.34 Goodreads (56.8K ratings)
  10. 10
    The Rembrandt Affair cover

    The Rembrandt Affair

    Gabriel Allon • Book 10

    by Daniel Silva

    More about this pick

    Gabriel Allon's quiet retirement ends when his art dealer friend needs help recovering a Rembrandt with a Nazi provenance that powerful people will kill for.

    4.33 Goodreads (37.8K ratings)