17 best-selling thriller books like The Last King of California by Jordan Harper

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The Last King of California

By: Jordan Harper

4.10

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes to find yourself, you have to go back to where you came from. You just might not like wh…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Last King of California by Jordan Harper , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The Winter of Frankie Machine

By: Don Winslow

3.95

Format: 768 pages,

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Similar categories in Don Winslow's The Winter of Frankie Machine book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

2. The Gentleman's Hour

By: Don Winslow

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Boone Daniels, the most laid-back of private investigators, gathers with his surfing buddies on Pac… read more

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3. All the Sinners Bleed

By: S.A. Cosby

4.24

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black … read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"In the former capital of the confederacy, equalities surest foothold was found on the autopsy table."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

"It occurred to him that no place was more confused about it's past or more terrified of the future than the South."

-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

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4. The Enchanters

By: James Ellroy

3.73

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with… read more

Similar categories in James Ellroy's The Enchanters book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • fiction
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5. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Last Highway

By: R.J. Ellory

4.17

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

A sheriff investigates his own brother's murder, deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains... … read more

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7. Gangland

By: Chuck Hogan

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Town, an epic thriller about the secret right‑hand man of one of t… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Hogan's Gangland book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. My Darkest Prayer

By: S.A. Cosby

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut novel My Darkest Prayer is rep… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's My Darkest Prayer book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Join a road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid t… read more

Similar categories in Scott Von Doviak's Lowdown Road book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1) book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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13. The Devil Himself

By: Peter Farris

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

For Fans of Brian Panowich and Ron Rash. Southern Noir at its finest, The Devil Himself,  sizzles … read more

Similar categories in Peter Farris's The Devil Himself book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. Shifty's Boys

By: Chris Offutt

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Army cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this second vi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's Shifty's Boys book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • american
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. The Last King of California

By: Jordan Harper

4.10

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes to find yourself, you have to go back to where you came from. You just might not like wh… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Harper's The Last King of California book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • american
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. The Killing Hills (Mick Hardin, #1)

By: Chris Offutt

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A literary master across genres, award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest novel, The Killing Hill… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's The Killing Hills (Mick Hardin, #1) book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. California Bear

By: Duane Swierczynski

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four un… read more

Similar categories in Duane Swierczynski's California Bear book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. Don't Know Tough

By: Eli Cranor

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Southern Gothic, this thrilling debut is for readers of Megan Abbott and … read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Don't Know Tough book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"He was drunk, and even NyQuil make a man brave if he drink enough of it."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

"The boys gather around their coach. They're breathing heavy, pupils big and black like drops of ink, a high they'll try and return to the rest of their lives."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

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19. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

Similar categories in Lou Berney's Dark Ride book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • noir
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

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20. Broiler

By: Eli Cranor

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Broiler book and Jordan Harper's The Last King of California

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

18 Top fiction books like The Last King of California by Jordan Harper

Transform Your Habits

The Winter of Frankie Machine

Don Winslow

3.95

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.24

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The Enchanters

James Ellroy

3.73

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City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

Don Winslow

4.42

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13 Top thriller books like My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

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The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

4.47

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City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

Don Winslow

4.42

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My Darkest Prayer

S.A. Cosby

4.00

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