# If I liked Dexter and Silence of the Lambs, I'll like...

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 7, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869 "2011-08-07T21:22:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869/1 "2011-08-07T21:22:38Z")

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I usually buy books for my friends for Christmas. One of my friends likes these kinds of books (also Cody McFadyen.)

I no longer read this genre. Can anyone recommend a good book?

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869/2 "2011-08-09T00:13:52Z")

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The Death Note Manga series.

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**Author:** ![ChechenFlower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ChechenFlower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChechenFlower)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869/3 "2011-08-09T03:18:45Z")

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I have been recommending The Hunger Games series to people and they have generally liked it. It’s about a group of kids that get put into an arena and have to fight to the death. It’s not quite serial killer, but I thought they were good. I listened to them as an audio book driving across the U.S.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869/4 "2011-08-09T05:23:41Z")

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[Andrew Vachss - Shella](http://www.amazon.com/Shella-Andrew-Vachss/dp/0679756817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312867393&sr=8-1)

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869/5 "2011-08-13T17:15:24Z")

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Thanks for the suggestions!

From another board I got and went with this suggestion: \*The Hypnotist: A Novel \*Lars Kepler

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**Author:** ![roxie\_monoxide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@roxie\_monoxide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roxie_monoxide)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869/6 "2011-08-13T18:08:43Z")

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its an older title but “Headhunter” by Michael Slade

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-dexter-and-silence-of-the-lambs-ill-like/591869/7 "2011-08-13T18:40:29Z")

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Anything by **Boris Starling**

The best one is Messiah…a great book about a serial who kills people the way their same-named disciple was in the bible. Great twist ending too.