22 best-selling thriller books like Smoke (IQ, #5) by Joe Ide

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Smoke (IQ, #5)

By: Joe Ide

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In East Long Beach, California, the LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime ra…

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1. The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

By: Walter Mosley

3.78

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling mystery writer Walter Mosley's electric new novel introduces a brand new investigator -… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
"A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"Librarians are wonderful people, partly because they are, on the whole, unaware of how dangerous knowledge is. Karl Marx upended the political landscape of the twentieth century sitting at a library …"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dream has novels and books of poetry. Most…"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

Cover of All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4) by Walter Mosley

2. All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

By: Walter Mosley

3.96

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Zella Grisham never denied shooting her boyfriend. That’s not why she did eight years of hard time … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
"I wondered if I could just drop the role I carried like a mantle of a dethroned prince."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

"The girl was cinnamon colored in the way of Native America after it had been raped by Europe."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

"There are as many kinds of love as there are flowers and bugs put together but men and women and their needs are all the same."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

"I don’t give a fuck what you’re trying to do or what you want. I’d send your ass away if you were a white man with a red ribbon tied around your dick."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

Cover of Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13) by Walter Mosley

3. Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13)

By: Walter Mosley

4.03

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Rose Gold is two colors, one woman, and a big headache. In this new mystery set in the Patty Hea… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
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4. Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11)

By: Walter Mosley

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of h… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook

5. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

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6. Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10)

By: Walter Mosley

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

It's 1966, and Easy Rawlins is desperate for cash to pay for his daughter's much-needed medical tre… read more

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7. A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)

By: Walter Mosley

5.00

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

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8. White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins #3)

By: Walter Mosley , Stanley Bennett Clay

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The police don't show up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep until the third girl dies. It's Los Angeles, 19… read more

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9. And Sometimes I Wonder About You

By: Walter Mosley

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The welcome return of Leonid McGill, Walter Mosley's NYC-based private eye, his East Coast foil to … read more

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10. Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7)

By: Walter Mosley

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Set in 1964, Easy is on a mission to lure Brawley Brown back to his mother. But not only is Brawley… read more

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11. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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12. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
"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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14. 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 Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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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 Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep und… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Hurwitz's Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) by Colson Whitehead

17. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

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  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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18. Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

By: David Frum

3.96

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Trumpocracy poses the essential question facing America to… read more

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  • audiobook
"We want things to return to normal, back to a world in which we do not have to waste time rebutting demented conspiracy theories and fact-checking farcical lies every single day. We want a government…"

-David Frum, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

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19. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) by Don Winslow

20. 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 Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) by Walter Mosley

21. Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2)

By: Walter Mosley

3.87

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter … read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1) by Walter Mosley

22. Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1)

By: Walter Mosley

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing novelist Walter Mosley: a former NYPD cop once imprisoned for a crime he did not … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
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23. The Donut Legion

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.64

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

In this standalone, Edgar-award winning author, Joe R. Lansdale, whom "few can match" ( Booklist ) … read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's The Donut Legion book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) by Michael  Bennett

24. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. Small Mercies

By: Dennis Lehane

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Smoke (IQ, #5) by Joe Ide

26. Smoke (IQ, #5)

By: Joe Ide

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In East Long Beach, California, the LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood's high crime ra… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • crime
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) by Walter Mosley

27. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)

By: Walter Mosley

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bouncer (Joe the Bouncer #1) by David Gordon

28. The Bouncer (Joe the Bouncer #1)

By: David Gordon

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

If you like a heavy dose of mayhem with your murder, this is crime fiction at its most fresh and mo… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Grove (Easy Rawlins, #15) by Walter Mosley

29. Blood Grove (Easy Rawlins, #15)

By: Walter Mosley

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Ra… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Let the Devil Ride by Ace Atkins

30. Don't Let the Devil Ride

By: Ace Atkins

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's Don't Let the Devil Ride book and Joe Ide's Smoke (IQ, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Outcast (Montague & Strong, #24) by Orlando A. Sanchez

31. Outcast (Montague & Strong, #24)

By: Orlando A. Sanchez

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Forsaken. Feared. Forgotten. When the Grand Council Emissary officially sanctions the Montague and … read more

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  • fiction

24 best-selling fiction books like Smoke (IQ, #5) by Joe Ide

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The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

Walter Mosley

3.78

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All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

Walter Mosley

3.96

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Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13)

Walter Mosley

4.03

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Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11)

Walter Mosley

4.02

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21 Top fiction books like Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1) by Walter Mosley

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.24

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The Peacock and the Sparrow

I.S. Berry

3.81

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