Books like Mistaken by Neil Jordan

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

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

A novel about a Nigerian doctor in New York navigating the mental and emotional challenges of urban life, identity, and relationships.

After losing her twin brother and lover, Greta Wells undergoes radical therapy that unexpectedly sends her into alternate lives from different eras, exploring identity, choice, and grief.

When Caridad is summoned back to the Philippines, her mother reveals a life‑shattering secret that forces her to confront her true identity, the war’s hidden wounds, and the bonds between mothers and daughters.

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.

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Hilly finds himself drawn to a niece he meets, leading him to confront his past and family secrets.

Fleur Pillager, who takes the name Four Souls, leaves her Ojibwe reservation for Minneapolis and Saint Paul to seek restitution and revenge against a lumber baron who stripped her land, but finds her quest complicated by compassion and danger.

"Latin instructor Jerome Washington is a man out of place. The lone African-American teacher at the Chelsea School, an all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, he has championed the classical virtues of rigor and discipline since he was hired nearly two decades ago. Nicknamed "Wooden Washington" by his students, he has spent his career - and his life - at Chelsea trying not to appear too "racial": He is reserved, controlled, seemingly content with his isolated life.". "Into his classroom one autumn morning steps Rashid Bryson, a promising African-American student from New York City. He sees in Washington a potential ally, a man who is sure to understand the younger man's need to find his bearings in this citadel of the white status quo. But to Bryson's surprise and dismay, Washington responds unexpectedly to him. It is up to Jana Hansen, herself a newcomer to Chelsea, to come to Bryson's aid. A middle-aged white divorcee who used to teach public school in Cleveland, she is as foreign to the sylvan self-possession of the Chelsea School as Washington and Bryson are.". "As the three get to know one another, and as they struggle with their individual loss, they begin their journey toward an inevitable and ultimately tragic confrontation that is both painful and life-altering. Told from three different perspectives, The Fall of Rome explores powerful and timely issues as it unfolds inexorably, like the classical tragedies that were the glory of ancient civilizations."--BOOK JACKET.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

Paul O'Rourke’s absurd quest to reclaim an online identity reveals the clash between his real life and a digital double, blurring humor and a profound meditation on meaning, loyalty and self-doubt.

A twelve‑year‑old mistaken for a detective must outwit librarians, police, and a mysterious Mr. E while chasing a missing quilt that hides coded clues.

Martin Arkenhout is a young serial killer who murders and then adopts the identities of his victims, plunging a cautious narrator and his own troubled life into a deadly chase across New York, the Bahamas, Amsterdam, and Portugal.

A detective mystery set in London that examines social classes and relationships across different socioeconomic backgrounds.