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Ashley Winstead's bestselling, critically-acclaimed books have been translated into more than twenty languages, optioned for film and television, named Book of the Month, Indie Next, Library Read, Loan Star, and Amazon Editor picks, and covered everywhere from the New York Times to People magazine. She's a former academic who lives in Houston with her husband, three cats, and beloved wine fridge. ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 335,879 ratings · 53,309 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	In My Dreams I Hold a Knife 3.78 avg rating — 136,492 ratings — published 2021 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Housewife 3.69 avg rating — 68,419 ratings — published 2022 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boyfriend Candidate (Fool Me Once, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 33,127 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Book Will Bury Me 3.63 avg rating — 30,868 ratings — published 2025 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight Is the Darkest Hour 3.43 avg rating — 31,064 ratings — published 2023 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future Saints 3.79 avg rating — 21,164 ratings — published 2026 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fool Me Once (Fool Me Once, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 13,514 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hot Girl Murder Club 3.72 avg rating — 1,215 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 21: New Books to Make Your Heart Race by Ashley Winstead (Goodreads Author), Jack Friday, Allison Brennan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sometimes, you really didn’t have to lift a finger to get exactly what you wanted. Sometimes, all you had to do was sit back and do nothing.”
― Ashley Winstead, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

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“Wanting is dangerous. The less you want, the safer you'll be.”
― Ashley Winstead, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

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“It turns out the real you is a quilt, made up of the light and the dark. The life you’ve lived in sunshine and your shadow life, stretching underneath the surface of your mind like a deep underwater world, exerting invisible power. You are a living, breathing story made up of the moments in time you cherish, all strung together, and those you hide. The moments that seem lost. Until the day they’re not.”
― Ashley Winstead, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

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September 2023 Group Read Nominees

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

55 votes, 21.9%

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

43 votes, 17.1%

Murder at Morrington Hall by Clara McKenna

25 votes, 10.0%

Dead Fall by Brad Thor

21 votes, 8.4%

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

19 votes, 7.6%

A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell

19 votes, 7.6%

The Death Mask Murders by Laraine Stephens

17 votes, 6.8%

Landscape of Lies by Peter Watson

14 votes, 5.6%

The Prenup by Arianne Richmonde

13 votes, 5.2%

The Collective by Alison Gaylin

13 votes, 5.2%

Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber

12 votes, 4.8%

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“But no matter how much I tried to cling to the shining jewels of my accomplishments, it never took long before my shadow list surfaced. Everything I’d ever failed at, every second place, every rejection, mounting, mounting, mounting, until the suspicion became unbearable. (...) My life was a narrative I couldn’t parse, full of conflicting evidence.”
― Ashley Winstead, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

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