Books like Nine perfect strangers by Liane Moriarty

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

In the orderly suburb of Shaker Heights, a new family’s arrival and a custody dispute ignite tension, revealing secrets, art, and the complex pull of motherhood in a tightly knit community.

Don Tillman, a genetics professor with Asperger’s, designs a scientific survey to find a wife, only to meet Rosie Jarman, a drinker and late arriver who challenges his controlled worldview and leads him to discover that love can’t be measured.

At Pirriwee Public, a beachside school, a routine trivia night spirals into chaos when a parent dies—raising questions of murder, accidental death, or toxic truths. Parents discover how small lies can become deadly.

After losing the man she loves, Louisa Clark must rebuild her life and find herself again while navigating grief and new relationships.

Jonathan Franzen’s *Purity: A Novel* explores layered family dynamics and adolescent identity against a backdrop of personal and governmental intrigue.

Jonathan Tropper’s debut novel follows the Foxman family, united for the first time in a decade after the death of their father, exploring love, loss, and the quirks of sibling life with humor and depth.

Sophie Honeywell inherits a mysterious island home and becomes entangled in an unconventional family of secrets, forcing her to rewrite her own destiny.

A harrowing tale of family, secrets and the aftermath of a crime that fractured a small Iowa town, as two sisters confront their shared past when their estranged sibling is released from prison.

Helen Knightly's lifelong devotion to family is shattered when she crosses a personal line, forcing her to confront the fragile bonds of motherhood, marriage, and self‑identity within a single, intense twenty‑four‑hour day.

A contemporary novel set in London about the relationship between two strangers who dine at the same restaurant and how their lives intersect over the course of a single dinner party.

Tim Winton’s last novel follows Tom Keely, once a hopeful environmentalist, as he confronts failure, scandal and a crumbling world, when a woman and her extraordinary child emerge seeking help.

In the quiet town of Essie’s family life, a new neighbour’s arrival sparks curiosity and tension, unveiling long‑held secrets.

"Aaliya Sohbi lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family's 'unnecessary appendage.' Every year, she translates a new favorite book into Arabic, then stows it away. The thirty-seven books that Aaliya has translated over her lifetime have never been read-- by anyone. After overhearing her neighbors, 'the three witches,' discussing her too-white hair, Aaliya accidentally dyes her hair too blue. In this breathtaking portrait of a reclusive woman's late-life crisis, readers follow Aaliya's digressive mind as it ricochets across visions of past and present Beirut. Colorful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and Aaliya's own volatile past. As she tries to overcome her aging body and spontaneous emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left" --

Cecilia Fitzpatrick’s flawless life unravels when she discovers a letter from her husband meant only for after his death. The secret threatens to shatter her marriage, her community, and the closely guarded lives of her closest friends.

In 1939, a humble stablehand in Melbourne's suburb of Richmond discovers that a simple coin can alter the lives of his family—and a young girl—set against an Australia unaware of the looming war.

Laura Moriarty’s debut novel, The Center of Everything, follows a young woman’s journey from Kansas to New York as she navigates motherhood, genius, and first love, all portrayed with warmth and poignancy.

Henry Skrimshander, a baseball star at the small Lake Michigan school Westish College, faces self‑doubt when a routine throw goes awry, unsettling the lives of five people.

A first‑time thriller that spins a tense love triangle, in which a mother’s obsessive bid to keep her son with her threatens the life of the woman he loves.