17 Best fiction books like Lush Life by Richard Price

Cover of Lush Life by Richard Price

Lush Life

By: Richard Price

3.84

Format: 179 pages,

"Price is the greatest writer of dialogue, living or dead, this country has ever produced. Wry, pro…

If you liked the fiction plot in Lush Life by Richard Price , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Way Home by None, George P. Pelecanos

1. The Way Home

By: None , George P. Pelecanos

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Christopher Flynn is trying to get it right. After years of trouble and rebellion that enraged his … read more

Similar categories in None's The Way Home book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Flag for Sunrise by Robert  Stone

2. A Flag for Sunrise

By: Robert Stone

3.87

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

An astonishing saga of politics, war, and Americans out of place, by a National Book Award winner! … read more

Similar categories in Robert Stone's A Flag for Sunrise book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6) by James Lee Burke

3. In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6)

By: James Lee Burke

4.16

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prostitutes, Detective Dave Robicheaux has no mind to b… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily."

-James Lee Burke, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6)

"I don't like to bust drunk drivers. I don't like to listen to their explanations, watch their pitiful attempts to affect sobriety, or see the sheen of fear break out in their eyes when they realize t…"

-James Lee Burke, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux, #6)

Cover of The Drop by Dennis Lehane

4. 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

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's The Drop book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • 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

Cover of The Night Gardener by None, George P. Pelecanos

5. The Night Gardener

By: None , George P. Pelecanos

3.68

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

When the body of a local teenager turns up in a community garden, veteran homicide detective Gus Ra… read more

Similar categories in None's The Night Gardener book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
"I'm just a man, no more enlightened than any other."

-None, The Night Gardener

"Soon it began to drizzle for the second time that night. The drops grew heavier and became visible in the headlights of the cars. It was said by some of the police on the scene that God was crying fo…"

-None, The Night Gardener

Cover of Dog Soldiers by Robert  Stone

6. Dog Soldiers

By: Robert Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse th… read more

Similar categories in Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • novels
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Lush Life by Richard Price

7. Lush Life

By: Richard Price

3.84

Format: 179 pages,

"Price is the greatest writer of dialogue, living or dead, this country has ever produced. Wry, pro… read more

Similar categories in Richard Price's Lush Life book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • new york
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Driven (Drive, #2) by James Sallis

8. Driven (Drive, #2)

By: James Sallis

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Drivenis the sequel to Drive, now also an award-winning film. As we exit the initial novel, Driver … read more

Similar categories in James Sallis's Driven (Drive, #2) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook

9. The Glass Key

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages,

Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of S… read more

Similar categories in Dashiell Hammett's The Glass Key book and Richard Price's Lush Life

Cover of Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Detective Sean Duffy, #6) by Adrian McKinty

10. Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Detective Sean Duffy, #6)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.33

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Belfast 1988: A man is found dead, killed with a bolt from a crossbow in front of his house. This i… read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Detective Sean Duffy, #6) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If you really have to get shot, Belfast is one of the best places to do it. After twenty years of the Troubles, and after thousands of assassination attempts and punishment shootings, Belfast has tra…"

-Adrian McKinty, Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Detective Sean Duffy, #6)

11. The Gangs of New York

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Herbert Asbury

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its cult readership. It is a tour through a n… read more

Similar categories in Jorge Luis Borges's The Gangs of New York book and Richard Price's Lush Life

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

Similar categories in Richard Price's The Whites book and Richard Price's Lush Life

Cover of The Sacred Well Murders by Susan  Rowland

13. The Sacred Well Murders

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young Ame… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Sacred Well Murders book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • novels
  • fiction
"Take it away,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"I EAT THE DARK"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"So, Mr. Jeffreys,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"Wife of Lir eat horse."

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

Cover of Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1) by Lee Matthew Goldberg

14. Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

By: Lee Matthew Goldberg

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

A PULSE-POUNDING THRILLER THAT ASKS HOW FAR WE'RE WILLING TO SHED OUR MORALS IN ORDER TO HELP THE O… read more

Similar categories in Lee Matthew Goldberg's Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • novels
  • fiction
"Any wish fulfilled...for the right price."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"Honey, I'm Marilyn Fucking Monroe. And don't you forget it."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"On an unseasonably warm winter's morning, I took my first life."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

"Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today."

-Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1)

Cover of Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) by Gabriel F.W. Koch

15. Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

By: Gabriel F.W. Koch

4.30

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fiancée has committed suicide. Marlowe simply … read more

Similar categories in Gabriel F.W. Koch's Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
"Death is the ultimate test of faith."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"The verdict got both the fish and me off the hook."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

"Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad."

-Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow (Marlowe Black Mystery, #2)

Cover of Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) by Behcet Kaya

16. Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.25

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

While enjoying his usual Friday night after dinner beer at a local restaurant, Jacques (Jack) Ludef… read more

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
"Jack? It’s Margeaux."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Ludicrous? Seems like wherever you go, trouble follows you."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"What is it about being ill and wanting to go home? This time there was no Katy to boat sit, so I left Emma out on the deck where she had access to her Emma cage. I closed up as best I could and decid…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Darling,’ she said. ‘Darling, darling, Jack…,’ she repeated. It had an echo chamber quality. I felt dizzy and the room began turning. I grabbed the edge of the table thinking I needed to hold on to s…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

Cover of Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3) by Karl Braungart

17. Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

By: Karl Braungart

4.36

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Spy craft between the United States and Iraq takes a turn for the deadly when Iraq teams up with Ir… read more

Similar categories in Karl Braungart's Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • novels
  • fiction
"You understand, gentlemen,"

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

"This can only be an urgent call at this late hour."

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

"We have three sets of passports. Two are Egyptian with false names."

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

"Jesus, I wonder if that sound was our listening receiver falling to the floor."

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

Cover of Get Rich or Get Lucky by Max Nowaz

18. Get Rich or Get Lucky

By: Max Nowaz

4.25

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Get Rich or Get Lucky is a gripping fantasy thriller that follows Adam who finds himself in control… read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's Get Rich or Get Lucky book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • novels
  • fiction
"I’m fucking asking you!"

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

"You don’t think he’s our man?"

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

"Charlie said your friend’s disappeared,"

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

"Rachael, I don’t think this is a very good idea."

-Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

Cover of Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

19. Brooklyn Crime Novel

By: Jonathan Lethem

3.52

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing over fifty years of life in one B… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Lethem's Brooklyn Crime Novel book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • new york
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Body In The Woods (Jack Ludefance, #2) by Behcet Kaya

20. Body In The Woods (Jack Ludefance, #2)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.32

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Behcet Kaya has once again brought his PI protagonist Jack Ludefance to life i… read more

Similar categories in Behcet Kaya's Body In The Woods (Jack Ludefance, #2) book and Richard Price's Lush Life

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
"Did you, Vance?"

-Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods (Jack Ludefance, #2)

"He would tell you to leave?"

-Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods (Jack Ludefance, #2)

"911. What is your emergency?"

-Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods (Jack Ludefance, #2)

"You could have had an abortion."

-Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods (Jack Ludefance, #2)

15 best-selling novels books like Lush Life by Richard Price

Transform Your Habits

The Way Home

None , George P. Pelecanos

3.66

Transform Your Habits

A Flag for Sunrise

Robert Stone

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Drop

Dennis Lehane

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Night Gardener

None , George P. Pelecanos

3.68

View all the books

19 Best fiction books like Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Detective Sean Duffy, #6) by Adrian McKinty

Transform Your Habits

The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes (Mario Balzic Detective Mystery, #5)

K.C. Constantine

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Nameless Dead (Inspector Devlin, #5)

Brian McGilloway

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Bleed a River Deep (Inspector Devlin, #3)

Brian McGilloway

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Rising (Inspector Devlin, #4)

Brian McGilloway

3.92

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.