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10 books like Mad Mabel

Eighty-one-year-old Mabel's cutting voice resists pity, while the 1954 conviction and a new Melbourne death let memory, media, family, and public myth contradict one another. The picks below take that appeal in different directions.

Read our review of Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth.

Updated August 2, 2026

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Pace, darkness, romance, and difficulty

BookPaceDarknessRomanceDifficulty
Mad MabelBriskModerateMinimalAccessible
The Impossible FortuneBriskGentleMinimalAccessible
Never LieBriskModerateMinimalAccessible
The Housemaid Is WatchingBriskModerateMinimalAccessible
The CoworkerFastDarkMinimalAccessible
The Venom BusinessBriskModerateMinimalAccessible
Dear DebbieBriskDarkMinimalAccessible
Halcyon YearsBriskModerateMinimalAccessible
A Case of NeedBalancedModerateMinimalAccessible
Woman DownBriskDarkCentralModerate
NextBriskModerateMinimalAccessible

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