Reading lists · August 9, 2026

Books Like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Old Hollywood glamour, unreliable narrators and secrets told late — twelve books like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Same author, same feeling

• Daisy Jones & The Six — Taylor Jenkins Reid. Oral-history format, 1970s rock.
• Malibu Rising — one party, one night, four siblings.
• Carrie Soto Is Back — tennis, ambition, an unlikeable woman done right.

Old Hollywood and glamour

• The Girls — Emma Cline. California, cults, adolescence.
• City of Girls — Elizabeth Gilbert. 1940s New York theatre.
• Beautiful Ruins — Italy and Hollywood across fifty years.

A life told to an interviewer

• The Immortalists — four siblings told their death dates.
• Lessons in Chemistry — 1960s, sharp, extremely popular for good reason.
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue — a life story with a bargain at the centre.

If it was the secret you loved

• The Silent Patient — a twist rather than a revelation, but the same jolt.
• Rebecca — the original withheld truth.
• The Guest List — Lucy Foley. Wedding, island, several liars.

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