Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence | 2018 | Caroline Kepnes | Buy |
Caroline Kepnes’s standalone novel Providence, published in 2018, is a departure from the You series that made her famous. The book follows Jon Bronson, a young man who goes missing as a child and returns years later with a mysterious ability that makes him dangerous to the people he loves. It is a story about connection and isolation, filtered through a plot that borrows from H.P. Lovecraft’s fiction.
Providence received attention for its willingness to mix genres. It is part thriller, part love story, and part something stranger, which sets it apart from the straightforward psychological suspense of the You novels. For readers who enjoy Kepnes’s voice but want something different from Joe Goldberg, this is the book to pick up.