A compilation of George R.R. Martin novellas, prequels to A Song of Ice and Fire enters the top 5 this week, along with some a new installment of the Mistborn series and new Mitch Rapp novel.
#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Survivor by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills, conspiracy theories and government coverups:
The Octopus: secret government and the death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy by L. Fletcher Prouty
#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Martian by Andy Weir, more survival stories:
Annihilation by Jeff Vadermeer
The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro
Lock Inby John Scalzi
#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin, more fantasy novellas and short stories:
The short second life of Bree Tanner : an Eclipse novella by Stephanie Meyer
Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
Trigger Warnings: short fictions and disturbances by Neil Gaiman
#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Murder House by James Patterson & David Ellis, more creepy houses:
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Shining by Stephen King (technically a hotel)
House of Leavesby Mark Z. Danielewski
#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson, more epic fantasy:
The Earthsea cycle by Ursula K. LeGuin (a classic coming-of-age story about wizards)
Katharine Kerr's Westlands series (A Time of Exile is the first)
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (a fantastical quest)