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John Marrs

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in Northamptonshire, The United Kingdom

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John Marrs is the author of #1 bestsellers including The One, The Good Samaritan, When You Disappeared, The Family Experiment, The Marriage Act, The Passengers, What Lies Between Us, Keep It In The Family and The Stranger In Her House. His next book, You Killed Me First, is out in March 2025.
What Lies won the International Thriller Writers' Best Paperback of 2021 award.
The One is a million-copy seller and has been translated into 35 different languages. It was also a Number One Netflix series.
After working as a journalist for 25-years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national newspapers and magazines, he is now a full-time writer.
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Average rating: 4.03 · 1,154,892 ratings · 118,592 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The One 4.09 avg rating — 291,457 ratings — published 2016 — 9 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
	Keep It in the Family 4.07 avg rating — 212,869 ratings — published 2022 — 20 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
	What Lies Between Us 4.02 avg rating — 191,500 ratings — published 2020 — 36 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 Good Samaritan 4.06 avg rating — 71,297 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	You Killed Me First 3.98 avg rating — 70,543 ratings — published 2025 — 6 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 Passengers 4.06 avg rating — 62,882 ratings — published 2019 — 43 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
	When You Disappeared 3.92 avg rating — 59,322 ratings — published 2013 — 27 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 Family Experiment 4.04 avg rating — 48,128 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Marriage Act 3.80 avg rating — 42,013 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Stranger in Her House 3.94 avg rating — 39,460 ratings — published 2024 — 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

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John Marrs answered Allan Pang's question: Im baffled, why you dont have a wikipedia page? I've never bothered to set one up!
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Hmmm... I might be biased...
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John Marrs answered Fabrizio Cantoni's question: Hello Mr. Marrs, Thank you very much for giving us a great time reading your books. Best regards from Uruguay. My question is the following: are you planning to continue with books from The One universe? Thank you for your kind words. There were five books set in this world, but there are no plans at present to write any more.
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John Marrs and 37 other people liked Jindi (readingwithcaffeine)'s review of You Killed Me First: "This book was FUN….. I know, that’s shocking considering it’s a John Marrs book but I honestly had the best time with this. I was a little confused at first with all the different POV’s — but quickly caught onto what was transpiring… AND WOW. Talk ab" Read more of this review »
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I loved it. I might be biased..... ;o)
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“If you’ve got the opportunity to love someone as much as they love you, then grab it with both hands and hold on to it for dear life.”
― John Marrs, The One

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“Maybe when you took it back to the basics, that's what love really was: just being there for someone when the sun rises and sets.- Jade”
― John Marrs, The One

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“Maybe when you took it back to basics, that’s what love really was: just being there for someone when the sun rises and sets.”
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Polls

Mach Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

The Storm We Made

by Vanessa Chan

4 votes, 22.2%

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3 votes, 16.7%

The One

by John Marrs

3 votes, 16.7%

Her Deadly Game

by Robert Dugoni

2 votes, 11.1%

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

by Patrick Bringley

2 votes, 11.1%

The Fury

by Alex Michaelides

1 vote, 5.6%

Wandering Stars

by Tommy Orange

1 vote, 5.6%

Good Night, Irene

by Luis Alberto Urrea

1 vote, 5.6%

Mystic River

by Dennis Lehane

1 vote, 5.6%

Homeward

by Angela Jackson-Brown

0 votes, 0.0%

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