13 best-selling fiction books like The Man Who Came Uptown by George P. Pelecanos

Cover of The Man Who Came Uptown by George P. Pelecanos

The Man Who Came Uptown

By: George P. Pelecanos

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to him by the prison's libraria…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Man Who Came Uptown by George P. Pelecanos , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. Northline

By: Willy Vlautin

3.76

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, intent on making a new … read more

Similar categories in Willy Vlautin's Northline book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • fiction
Cover of Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2) by John D. MacDonald

2. Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2)

By: John D. MacDonald

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Travis McGee’s permanent address is the Busted Flush, Slip F-18, Bahia Mar, Lauderdale, and there i… read more

Similar categories in John D. MacDonald's Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2) book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Drop

By: Dennis Lehane

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Ella dijo: -Él...Le has disparado, joder. Acabas de... O sea, ¿te das cuenta? Bob pasó la fregona por la mancha. -Le dió una paliza a mi perro."

-Dennis Lehane, The Drop

"Happiness made Marv anxious because he knew it didn't last. But happiness destroyed was worth wrapping your arms around because it always hugged you back."

-Dennis Lehane, The Drop

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4. The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1)

By: Elmore Leonard

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Barnes & Noble ReviewWhen the The New York Timescalls someone "the greatest crime writer of our… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, #1) book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro,#6)

By: Dennis Lehane

3.71

Format: None pages,

Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years ago. D… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro,#6) book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Paperboy

By: Pete Dexter

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The sun was rising over Moat County, Florida, when Sheriff Thurmond Call was found on the highway, … read more

Similar categories in Pete Dexter's The Paperboy book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

7. A Long Walk Up the Water Slide (Neal Carey #4)

By: Don Winslow

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Neal Carey has to keep the mob, the FBI, and a major television personality from killing his newest… read more

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8. The Moonshine War

By: Elmore Leonard

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was Prohibition, and a big, hell-raising Son Martin had himself something special: $125,000 wort… read more

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9. Road Dogs

By: Elmore Leonard

3.89

Format: 32 pages,

Legendary New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with three of his favorite chara… read more

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10. Live by Night (Coughlin, #2)

By: Dennis Lehane

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, … read more

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11. Hard Rain Falling

By: None , Don Carpenter

4.14

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down… read more

Similar categories in None's Hard Rain Falling book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • fiction
"How do you wake up? It was one thing to know that you had been asleep all your life, but something else to wake up from it, to find out you were really alive and it wasn't anybody's fault but your ow…"

-None, Hard Rain Falling

12. The Whites

By: Richard Price , Harry Brandt

3.69

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The electrifying tale of a New York City police detective under siege-by an unsolved murder, by his… read more

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13. City Primeval

By: Elmore Leonard

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Clement Mansell, knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The crazed killer is back on the Det… read more

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14. A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Matthew Scudder, #17)

By: Lawrence Block

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"Right up there with Mr. Block's best....A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF keeps us guessing."--Tom Nolan, W… read more

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Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

15. 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 George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Man Who Came Uptown

By: George P. Pelecanos

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to him by the prison's libraria… read more

Similar categories in George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • dc comics
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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17. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • audiobook
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18. Star of the North

By: D.B. John

4.20

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and ambitious thriller about a woman trying to rescue her twin sister from captivity i… read more

Similar categories in D.B. John's Star of the North book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wild Life (Joe the Bouncer #4) by David Gordon

19. The Wild Life (Joe the Bouncer #4)

By: David Gordon

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Joe the Bouncer seeks the killer of NYC’s most desirable call girls in the newest caper in “a uniqu… read more

Similar categories in David Gordon's The Wild Life (Joe the Bouncer #4) book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. The Vanishing Man

By: Alma Katsu

3.75

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

A renowned spy’s reputation is put to the test when he becomes an ally to his former enemy in the f… read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's The Vanishing Man book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. On Enemy Ground

By: Alma Katsu

3.89

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

In the follow-up to award-winning author Alma Katsu’s The Vanishing Man, Russian spy turned informa… read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's On Enemy Ground book and George P. Pelecanos's The Man Who Came Uptown

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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John D. MacDonald

3.91

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Dennis Lehane

3.77

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2.00

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Leonard Gardner

4.02

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Denis Johnson

4.26

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William H. Gass

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