Recs if you like Sometimes I Lie...

Featuring morally gray men, unreliable narrators, emotional damage, dragons, serial killers, fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, and at least 47 books someone claimed “changed their life.” Proceed with caution.

If being an unreliable narrator was a crime, these characters would be in trouble

protagonists with amnesia or memory loss trying to figure out what happened/is going on

Suspense & Thrillers

red herring: 1. a dried smoked herring, which is turned red by the smoke. 2. a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting. these will make you go on a fishing expedition, if you will. this list will feature books highlighting the second definition.

There’s something unsettling about being cut off and not knowing who to trust. These thrillers lean into that tension, where secrets build, danger lingers, and nothing is quite what it seems.

Mystery and thriller reads planned for 2026

books with the word “lie” in the title and/or lying plays a major role in the plot (naturally mostly mystery/thriller)

Books with varying degrees of unhinged-ness.

from a good girls guide to murder to hanya yanagihara’s true masterpiece here are some of the greatest novels which are set apart from the crowd by their ground breaking structures which make reading them even more invigorating

Hooks, surprises, and twists, oh my

Books with plot twists that will make you want to pull your hair out