Recs if you like The Woman in the Window...

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

When homes, nurseries, kitchens, suburbs, etc. become the most dangerous places of all

Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!

(going to only add the first book in a series)

Thrillers I read or want to read. Variety of authors.

Books with iconic and crazy twists

sometimes the secrets buried under family relationships and everyday routines are unearthed and it goes poorly for everyone involved

all books that have been adapted to another medium. mostly film and TV but other adaptations might get mixed in.

True thrillers that you can't put down and keep you heart racing.

These are fiction stories that feature a character with a disability, either visible or invisible. The focus is on books that may not be considered “disabled stories” but rather books that have their own story and plot and just so happen to have a disabled character. ✅ The Notebook: A romance that features a character with Alzheimer’s ❌ The Fault in our Stars: Plot focuses heavily on their struggle w cancer. Suggestions welcome 🤗

stories with lots of twists and turns, including (but not limited to) murder mysteries

Books featuring our purrfect feline friends

Mystery and thriller reads planned for 2026

cinematically written books that you just KNOW, if they make it into a movie, they're going to mess it up despite ALL THE DIRECTION BEING RIGHT THERE.

Everyone is hiding something, everyone has secrets, and I trust absolutely no one. 👀

i’m walkin’ here!

Books that take place in NYC and New York

Unreliable narrators, hidden motives, suspicious relationships, missing pieces, and plot twists that make you reconsider everything you thought you knew.