9 must-read mystery books like The Storyteller's Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal

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The Storyteller's Death

By: Ann Dávila Cardinal

3.82

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

From International Latino Book Award-winning author Ann Dávila Cardinal comes a gorgeously written …

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1. Lone Women

By: Victor LaValle

3.72

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past,… read more

Similar categories in Victor LaValle's Lone Women book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A home is never finished, it’s only saved from decay."

-Victor LaValle, Lone Women

"History is simple, but the past is complicated. I, for one, embrace the complications."

-Victor LaValle, Lone Women

"As vast as the land could seem, it shrank in comparison to all that he—that anyone—kept within."

-Victor LaValle, Lone Women

"Better to have a human cause for this horror. Something that could be understood by all, explained easily, brought to justice."

-Victor LaValle, Lone Women

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2. The Nightmare Man

By: J.H. Markert

3.87

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

T. Kingfisher meets Cassandra Khaw in a chilling horror novel that illustrates the fine line betwee… read more

Similar categories in J.H. Markert's The Nightmare Man book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Scarecrow's scare, That's what they do."

-J.H. Markert, The Nightmare Man

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3. The Chinese Groove

By: Kathryn Ma

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithe… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ma's The Chinese Groove book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Kit McBride Gets a Wife (The McBrides of Montana, #1)

By: Amy Barry

3.77

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

The four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister… read more

Similar categories in Amy Barry's Kit McBride Gets a Wife (The McBrides of Montana, #1) book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. You Should Smile More

By: Anastasia Ryan

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Vanessa Blair is fired because of her "resting bitch face," her friends help her launch a reve… read more

Similar categories in Anastasia Ryan's You Should Smile More book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Her voice was really faint like she was about to fall asleep. “Is this what heaven is like? Kittens everywhere?"

-Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More

"When you’re young and you imagine your future, you don’t picture a short man wearing gladiator sandals and gripping a whistle forcing you to run around a meeting room to stay employed."

-Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More

"Kittens were the worst. They climbed your pants and smelled bad and didn’t know how to behave. They lured guys you liked into your apartment and then ruined your chances at a relationship. They were …"

-Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More

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6. The Circus Train

By: Amita Parikh

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic… read more

Similar categories in Amita Parikh's The Circus Train book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There were some things that only a mother could fix."

-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train

"There are few things that can't be fixed by a good night's sleep."

-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train

"Sometimes the people who love us most hold us back because they want to protect us."

-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train

"If you have a setback, you rest. Then one day, probably sooner than you think, you wake up, ready to try again."

-Amita Parikh, The Circus Train

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7. The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality

By: Karen Fine

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A tribute to our furry, feathery, scaley, and wet family members, All Creatures Great and Small mee… read more

Similar categories in Karen Fine's The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • audiobook
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8. Wolf Trap

By: Connor Sullivan

4.20

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Under the direction of the Special Activities Center in the Operations Directorate of the CIA, over… read more

Similar categories in Connor Sullivan's Wolf Trap book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. Mr. Perfect on Paper

By: Jean Meltzer

3.73

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Matzah Ball comes a pitch-perfect romcom following a third-generation Jewish… read more

Similar categories in Jean Meltzer's Mr. Perfect on Paper book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You deserve someone who loves you, Daniel," Dara said. "You deserve someone who sets your heart on fire, and makes you excited to get out of bed each morning."

-Jean Meltzer, Mr. Perfect on Paper

"You deserve someone who loves you, Daniel," Dara said. "You deserve someone who sets your heart on fire, and makes you excitedn to get out of bed each morning."

-Jean Meltzer, Mr. Perfect on Paper

"But, what I learned from this journey, from finding my real-life Mr. Perfect Paper, is that love isn't something that can be quantified on a list. Love is messy. And terrifying. It shows up whwn you …"

-Jean Meltzer, Mr. Perfect on Paper

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10. Joan

By: Katherine J. Chen

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Girl. Warrior. Heretic. Saint? A stunning secular reimagining of the epic life of Joan of Arc, in t… read more

Similar categories in Katherine J. Chen's Joan book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What would I gain by being a man?" she says. "A cock, a deeper voice, hair across my chest. I would not become stronger. I am already strong." And, she thinks, I would inherit several weaknesses of m…"

-Katherine J. Chen, Joan

"You must make your own map of the world. Search out your own piece of sky and patch of earth, your own awning to sleep under when it is raining and it feels the sun may never shine again, for there w…"

-Katherine J. Chen, Joan

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11. You Are Here

By: Karin Lin-Greenberg

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal the local … read more

Similar categories in Karin Lin-Greenberg's You Are Here book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Sisters of the Lost Nation

By: Nick Medina

3.88

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's r… read more

Similar categories in Nick Medina's Sisters of the Lost Nation book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What am I supposed to do? Listen, Anna, we all try to get noticed. All the time. Everywhere. That’s lige. Especially for people like us. If the others, don’t notice us, we disappear."

-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation

"We all reach for something… Sometimes what we long for is so out of reach that we get stuck or lost in our pursuit of it. The point is not to lose sight of what you already have because if you try to…"

-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation

"She said Frog eximplified transformation. He entered life in one form and left it in another. From egg to tadpole, to tadpole with legs, to amphibian with tail, to tailless frog, he was never the sam…"

-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation

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13. Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett

4.01

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Better the Blood book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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14. Murder in Postscript (Lady of Letters #1)

By: Mary Winters

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Ame… read more

Similar categories in Mary Winters's Murder in Postscript (Lady of Letters #1) book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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15. The Name-Bearer (Flowers of Prophecy #1)

By: Natalia Hernandez

4.02

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

For her entire life, the Name-Bearer’s sole purpose has been to receive and deliver the names of th… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Hernandez's The Name-Bearer (Flowers of Prophecy #1) book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Haunting of Alejandra

By: V. Castro

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her fam… read more

Similar categories in V. Castro's The Haunting of Alejandra book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."

-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and a…"

-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

Cover of The Storyteller's Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal

17. The Storyteller's Death

By: Ann Dávila Cardinal

3.82

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

From International Latino Book Award-winning author Ann Dávila Cardinal comes a gorgeously written … read more

Similar categories in Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery thriller
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. The Perfect Neighborhood

By: Liz Alterman

3.64

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Liz Alterman’s engrossing novel is a thought-provoking read about the dark side of suburbia and the… read more

Similar categories in Liz Alterman's The Perfect Neighborhood book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. Wormhole

By: Eric Brown

3.81

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

An eighty year old cold case murder investigation that stretches across light years and risks the f… read more

Similar categories in Eric Brown's Wormhole book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children by Luma Mufleh

20. Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children

By: Luma Mufleh

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“[From] an influential educational leader and activist…an impassioned, penetrating critique and ins… read more

Similar categories in Luma Mufleh's Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • audiobook
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21. Stolen Earth

By: J.T. Nicholas

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Firefly meets The Expanse in a future where humanity has destroyed the Earth through ecological dis… read more

Similar categories in J.T. Nicholas's Stolen Earth book and Ann Dávila Cardinal's The Storyteller's Death

  • fiction

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Victor LaValle

3.72

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J.H. Markert

3.87

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Kathryn Ma

3.98

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Richard K. Morgan

4.02

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Peter F. Hamilton

4.50

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