Here is the New York TimesBest Sellers List from February 15, 2015 and recommended readalikes for each title.
#1 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins: crime fiction set in London
- Blue Mondayby Nicci French
- The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
- An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Clubby Dorothy Sayers
- Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
- My Recommendation: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
#2Private Vegas by James Pattersonand Maxine Paetro: mysteries set in Las Vegas
- So Damn Lucky by Deborah Coonts
- The Ragged End of Nowhere by Roy Chaney
- To the Ninesby Janet Evanovich
- Moon Music by Faye Kellerman
- The Other Side of Silence by Bill Pronzini
- My Recommendation: I Am Not A Psychic! by Richard Belzer
#3 Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James: read-alikes
- Rushby Maya Banks
- The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice
- Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
- In the Cut by Susanne Moore
- Whip Smart: A Memoir by Melissa Febos
- My recommendation: Bared to Youby Sylvia Day
#4 All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr: more titles with blind protagonists
- Homer & Langleyby E.L. Doctorow
- Blindness by Jose Saramago
- How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall
- What I Loved by Suri Hustvedt
- Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
- My Recommendation: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
#5 Viper Game by Christine Feehan: paranormal romance
- Winter Witchby Paula Brackston
- The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
- Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
- A Breath of Snow and Ashesby Diana Gabaldon
- Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts
- My recommendation: Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris