14 must-read mystery books like Ilium by Lea Carpenter

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Ilium

By: Lea Carpenter

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap …

If you liked the mystery plot in Ilium by Lea Carpenter , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Phantom Orbit

By: David Ignatius

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature. David… read more

Similar categories in David Ignatius's Phantom Orbit book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. The Princess of Las Vegas

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game … read more

Similar categories in Chris Bohjalian's The Princess of Las Vegas book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. The Peacock and the Sparrow

By: I.S. Berry

3.81

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more

Similar categories in I.S. Berry's The Peacock and the Sparrow book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

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5. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

Similar categories in Amor Towles's Table for Two book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

7. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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8. Burma Sahib

By: Paul Theroux

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of  The Mosquito Coast  and  The Bad Angel Brothers  comes a riveting new… read more

Similar categories in Paul Theroux's Burma Sahib book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Great Expectations

By: Vinson Cunningham

3.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in the highly a… read more

Similar categories in Vinson Cunningham's Great Expectations book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"For him, identity had been a kind of curation or collation—he picked up aspects as he went, freestyle."

-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations

"It had always struck me as a place to be lost, experienced passage by passage in a series of unfolding images—not something you could take in in one possessive glance."

-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations

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10. The Wealth of Shadows

By: Graham Moore

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy… read more

Similar categories in Graham Moore's The Wealth of Shadows book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. 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

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Shanghai book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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12. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Perry's Hero book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

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13. Big Time

By: Ben H. Winters

3.43

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Ben Winters, whom critics attest  "you'll follow...anywhere" ( New York Times Book Review ), return… read more

Similar categories in Ben H. Winters's Big Time book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Limits

By: Nell Freudenberger

3.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost a… read more

Similar categories in Nell Freudenberger's The Limits book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Inverno

By: Cynthia Zarin

2.98

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A daring, heartbreaking novel, Inverno is the book that J. D. Salinger’s Franny Glass might have wr… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Zarin's Inverno book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • adult
  • fiction
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16. The Plinko Bounce

By: Martin Clark

3.73

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

For seventeen years, small-town public defender Andy Hughes has been underpaid to look after the po… read more

Similar categories in Martin Clark's The Plinko Bounce book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Curse of Pietro Houdini

By: Derek B. Miller

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving Wor… read more

Similar categories in Derek B. Miller's The Curse of Pietro Houdini book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Fear is the enemy of art because it hinders us from creation. Anyone who uses fear to stop an artist from creating is an enemy of life."

-Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

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18. Ilium

By: Lea Carpenter

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap … read more

Similar categories in Lea Carpenter's Ilium book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Stars Turned Inside Out

By: Nova Jacobs

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a suspicious death at a famous Swiss physics laboratory sparks a mystery that merg… read more

Similar categories in Nova Jacobs's The Stars Turned Inside Out book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Godwin

By: Joseph O'Neill

3.60

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more

Similar categories in Joseph O'Neill's Godwin book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Expat by Hansen Shi

21. The Expat

By: Hansen Shi

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and vivid new voice brings a contemporary edge to the classic espionage novel. At 26, Pr… read more

Similar categories in Hansen Shi's The Expat book and Lea Carpenter's Ilium

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

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