I have a confession to make.
I watched All Her Fault before I read it.
I was clearly the target demographic for Peacock’s newest thriller starring Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning, and after watching countless teasers and even seeing a bus in New York City wrapped corner to corner in the movie posters, I couldn’t resist hitting play.
And then I couldn’t stop.
What started as a breathless premise (inspired, apparently, by a real-life moment of terror for author Andrea Mara) started to feel like a dark satire of working motherhood and suburban living in the first episode. But eventually this tale turned into the cleverest, twisting, turning, oh-no-you-didn’t storytelling journey I’ve been on in quite some time.
All Her Fault taps into a universal fear: that an ordinary day can flip into a nightmare with a single mistake. It’s domestic life turned high-stakes mystery, wrapped in secrets, suspicion, and the unsettling truth that danger can hide in plain sight.
But don’t worry — I’m not going to give you any spoilers, except this one. When the season is over and you’re looking for something new to binge, you will definitely want to pick up one of these page-turners instead.
Ready to dive back into the suspense? Here are 5 books to read if you loved All Her Fault.
Rush Week by Michelle Brandon
Five years after graduation, a group of former sorority sisters is unexpectedly drawn back to the University of Alabama for Rush Week. Some return hoping to rekindle old loyalties. Others come praying their past stays buried. What none of them realizes is that the secret capable of destroying them has already been uncovered. Quite literally. During their college days, they were forced into a hazing ritual – entries into the “Spill Book” — a leather-bound vault of anonymous confessions, betrayals, and sins they believed would never see the light of day. Now it’s missing — and someone is threatening to reveal all the dark (and juicy?) secrets. A fast-paced story of sisterhood, alliance, betrayal, and secrets, this book will keep you up late into the night.
The Deadly Book Club by Lyn Liao Butler
Every month, five of the most prominent book influencers in the US meet up in an exclusive virtual book club. Everyone is envious of the group — and their power — until one of them is murdered behind a frozen screen one day. Now the group has to figure out what happened, and who happened, and all that power they once wielded may not be enough to cover up a host of secrets, lies, and betrayals. Curious about what comes next? I don’t blame you! I couldn’t wait either!
The Fix by Mia Sheridan
Over ten years ago, Cami Cortlandt survived a deadly home invasion, but her mother and sister did not. Now Cami is offered a chance for a “do-over” from a mysterious voice and a terrifying video of a kidnapped boy who needs saving. Cami finds herself re-living her worst nightmare along with an old classmate, and together, they try to rewrite a new ending. This book will have you on the edge of your seat from page one.
The Lie She Wears by Elle Marr
When museum curator, Pearl Davis, discovers an incriminating letter from her late mother — seemingly confessing to murder, she has to figure out whether the letter is real, or another symptom of her mother’s cognitive decline, or something else far more sinister. In this dual timeline novel, things are never quite what they seem, and nothing is certain until the final reveal. I could not put this one down, and I’m willing to bet you’ll feel the same!
It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara
Okay, see what I did here? Of course, you should read All Her Fault, but then you can read the upcoming novel from Andrea Mara (which, by the way, was already released in the UK, so you can probably get your hands on it even sooner if you have a kind friend across the pond). For lovers of all things Andrea Mara, this novel starts with an innocent text, sister to sister, “oh, but,” with all of her neighbors’ secrets. Only the text didn’t stay private, or innocent, after all. And now someone is dead, and maybe it was a case of mistaken identity? Or a warning? This one will have you sleeping with the lights on and waiting for the next book by Andrea Mara, as well!
