If you loved
Books like Trust
A brilliant, shape-shifting literary puzzle that peels back the glittering facade of American wealth to reveal the erased voices beneath. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Trust.
- opulent
- cold
- mysterious
- atmospheric
- 01
Rules of Civility
Amor Towles
A sparkling, martini-dry plunge into 1930s Manhattan society, where ambition and chance collide in a haze of jazz and cigarette smoke.
- 02
This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz
A raw, rhythmic autopsy of heartbreak and self-sabotage told by a narrator who can't stop breaking his own heart.
- 03
The Mandibles
Lionel Shriver
A biting, terrifyingly plausible glimpse into the collapse of American affluence, served with a side of pitch-black humor.
- 04
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
A stylish, wryly observed love letter to 1960s Harlem wrapped in a morally complex heist caper.
- 05
Leviathan
Paul Auster · 2001
A hypnotic, existential mystery that unravels the fragile threads of identity, friendship, and the unpredictable forces of chance.
- 06
The Expats
Chris Pavone
A sleek, paranoid thriller that peels back the manicured facade of European expat life to reveal a labyrinth of marital secrets.
- 07
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
A sprawling, sun-drenched American road trip that balances youthful optimism with the sobering realities of fate and consequence.
- 08
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
A sweeping, melancholic meditation on the places we can never return to and the siblings who anchor us when we are cast out.
- 09
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan
A dazzling, kaleidoscopic puzzle box of a narrative that explores the aching human desire for connection in an age of hyper-surveillance.
- 10
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
A masterclass in creeping dread that strips away the comforts of modern privilege to reveal the terrifying fragility beneath.
- 11
All Fours
Miranda July
A wildly original, fiercely funny fever dream about blowing up your domestic life just to see what the pieces look like.
- 12
How much of these hills is gold
C Pam Zhang
A fierce, dust-choked fable that reimagines the American West through the eyes of two orphaned siblings carrying the literal and figurative weight of their ancestry.
