Recommendations based on Deep Waterby Patricia Highsmith

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  1. The Talented Mr. Ripley

    by Patricia Highsmith
    A young conman's descent into a life of crime, with deadly consequences.

    Tom Ripley is a young man struggling to make a living in New York City by whatever means necessary, including a series of small-time confidence scams . One day, he is approached by shipping magnate ... (Wikipedia)

  2. Strangers on a Train

    by Patricia Highsmith
    Suspenseful tale of a young man's dangerous encounter with a mysterious stranger.

    Architect Guy Haines wants to divorce his unfaithful wife, Miriam, in order to marry the woman he loves, Anne Faulkner. While on a train to see his wife, he meets Charles Anthony Bruno, a ... (Wikipedia)

  3. The Price of Salt

    by Patricia Highsmith
    Two women build a relationship against all odds, navigating a taboo romance.

    Therese Belivet is a lonely young woman, just beginning her adult life in Manhattan and looking for her chance to launch her career as a theatre set designer . When she was a small girl, her widowed ... (Wikipedia)

  4. My Cousin Rachel

    by Daphne du Maurier
    A young man's journey of suspicion and intrigue, searching for the truth about his mysterious cousin.

    Ambrose Ashley is the owner of a large country estate on the Cornish coast and has been guardian to his orphaned cousin Philip since he was three years old. On Sundays, Philip's godfather , Nick ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Women

    by Charles Bukowski
    A collection of stories exploring the lives of various women and their relationships with men.

    Women focuses on the many dissatisfactions Chinaski faced with each new woman he encountered. One of the women featured in the book is a character named Lydia Vance; she is based on Bukowski's ... (Wikipedia)

  6. The Killer Inside Me

    by Jim Thompson
    A suspenseful psychological thriller about a small-town sheriff with a dark, violent side.

    The story is told through the eyes of its protagonist, Lou Ford, a 29-year-old deputy sheriff in a small Texas town. Ford appears to be a regular, small-town cop leading an unremarkable existence; ... (Wikipedia)

  7. The Collector

    by John Fowles
    A man's obsession with a young woman leads to a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

    The novel is about a lonely young man, Frederick Clegg, who works as a clerk in a city hall and collects butterflies in his spare time. The first part of the novel tells the story from his point of ... (Wikipedia)

  8. The Bonfire of the Vanities

    by Tom Wolfe
    An ambitious Wall Street banker's moral downfall in New York City.

    The story centers on Sherman McCoy, a successful New York City bond trader . His $3 million Park Avenue co-op , combined with his aristocratic wife's extravagances and other expenses required to keep ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1

    by Junji Ito
    A small town is plagued by a supernatural force that causes events to take strange and terrifying turns.

    Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima (,五島桐絵,) ; her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito (,斎藤秀一,) ; and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho (,黒渦町,, Black Vortex Town,) ... (Wikipedia)

  10. The Last Coyote

    by Michael Connelly
    A detective investigating the murder of his mother, trekking through a criminal underworld.

    Bosch is involved in an incident at work and has been put on involuntary stress leave. He must go through therapy sessions to be able to return to work. This involves talking about the incident and ... (Wikipedia)

  11. The Brothers Karamazov

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky
    A philosophical exploration of morality, faith, and family dynamics among a group of brothers.

    The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich ... (Goodreads)

  12. I Am Legend

    by Richard Matheson
    A man is the last survivor of a zombie-creating virus, struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.

    Robert Neville appears to be the sole survivor of a pandemic that has killed most of the human population and turned the remainder into " vampires " that largely conform to their stereotypes in ... (Wikipedia)

  13. Revolutionary Road

    by Richard Yates
    An American couple's struggle to stay afloat in suburban conventions and expectations.

    Set in 1955, the novel focuses on the hopes and aspirations of Frank and April Wheeler, self-assured Connecticut suburbanites who see themselves as very different from their neighbors in the ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Houdini Heart

    by Ki Longfellow
    A woman's journey to find her missing lover leads her to confront her own past and the dark secrets of her family.

    HOUDINI HEART harkens back to the masters of suspenseful supernatural horror: Poe, Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, but speaks with a wholly fresh voice. Once caught in its pages, there's no escaping ... (Goodreads)

  15. East of Eden

    by John Steinbeck
    Exploration of the timeless struggle between good and evil, set against a backdrop of a family saga.

    In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Inn

    by James Patterson
    A former detective and his journalist girlfriend investigate a series of murders at a remote inn.

    In this action-packed thriller, a quiet seafront town is targeted by vicious criminals, leaving locals no choice but to team up and save the place they love. , The Inn at Gloucester stands alone on ... (Barnes & Noble)

  17. Joyland

    by Stephen King
    A young man's investigation into a mysterious amusement park, uncovering secrets and discovering his own identity in the process.

    The novel is set at a North Carolina amusement park in 1973 and involves a carny who must confront the "legacy of a vicious murder and the fate of a dying child". Devin Jones, age twenty-one, who ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Rooms

    by Lauren Oliver
    A ghostly tale of a family's secrets, told through the perspectives of the house's deceased inhabitants.

    The, New York Times, bestselling author of, Before I Fall, and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of, The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. The Sisters Brothers

    by Patrick deWitt
    A unique western, following two brothers on a quest to find and murder a prospector.

    In 1851, Eli and Charlie Sisters, a pair of assassins of minor repute, are hired by a wealthy businessman known only as "the Commodore" to travel from Oregon City to California in order to murder a ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Ham on Rye

    by Charles Bukowski
    A semi-autobiographical novel following a young man's struggles with poverty, violence and mental illness.

    The novel focuses on the protagonist, Henry Chinaski, between the years of 1920 and 1941. , It begins with Chinaski's early memories. As the story progresses the reader follows his life through the ... (Wikipedia)

  21. Four Friends

    by Robyn Carr
    Four childhood friends reunite in their hometown, facing past traumas and discovering new love and purpose in life.

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr comes the story of four friends determined to find their stride. Ultimately, they'll discover what it means to be a wife, mother, lover, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. Bring Up the Bodies

    by Hilary Mantel
    A gripping historical drama recounting the downfall of Anne Boleyn during the reign of Henry VIII.

    Bring Up the Bodies follows closely upon the events of Wolf Hall . The King and Cromwell —now Master Secretary to the King's Privy Council—are guests of the Seymour family at Wolf Hall. The King ... (Wikipedia)

  23. We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    by Shirley Jackson
    A family isolated from society, struggling to cope with prejudice and tragedy.

    My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two ... (Goodreads)

  24. Ficciones

    by Jorge Luis Borges
    A collection of short stories exploring the limits of the imagination.

    The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his ... (Goodreads)

  25. The Sound and the Fury

    by William Faulkner
    Tragic story of the decline of a southern family, exploring the human condition.

    The first section of the novel is narrated by Benjamin "Benjy" Compson, a source of shame to the family due to his diminished mental capacity; the only characters who show genuine care for him are ... (Wikipedia)

  26. The Murder Book

    by Jonathan Kellerman
    A psychologist investigates a cold case of a murdered woman, uncovering dark secrets and danger.

    In seventeen consecutive bestselling novels, Jonathan Kellerman has distinguished himself as the master of the psychological thriller. Now in Kellerman's most compelling and powerful novel yet, L.A. ... (Goodreads)

  27. American Psycho

    by Bret Easton Ellis
    A corporate psychopath's descent into homicidal madness, exposing the dark side of 1980s New York.

    Set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, American Psycho follows the life of wealthy young investment banker Patrick Bateman. Bateman, in his mid-20s when the story begins, ... (Wikipedia)

  28. A Share in Death

    by Deborah Crombie
    A murder mystery set in a remote English countryside hotel, where everyone has a motive and secrets to hide.

    A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's ... (Goodreads)

  29. To the Moon and Back

    by Jill Mansell
    A heartwarming tale of love, loss, and second chances. Set in a charming English town, it follows the lives of a group of friends and their romantic entanglements.

    When Ellie Kendall tragically loses her husband she feels her life is over. But eventually she’s ready for a new start – at work, that is. She doesn’t need a new man when she has a certain secret ... (Goodreads)

  30. VALIS

    by Philip K. Dick
    A man's quest to uncover the meaning behind a series of mystical visions.

    VALIS is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer ). This disorienting and bleakly funny ... (Goodreads)