6 must-read historical fiction books like Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 1) by Marcia Muller

Cover of Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 1) by Marcia Muller

Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 1)

By: Marcia Muller

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Best Book of 2020 from Suspense Magazine Deadly Anniversaries celebrates the 75th anniversary of…

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

1. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Chase (Michael Bennett, #9.5) by James  Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

2. Chase (Michael Bennett, #9.5)

By: James Patterson , Michael Ledwidge

3.84

Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition

"This was no suicide," says Detective Michael Bennett. A man plunges to his death from the roof … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Language of Bees (Mary Russell, #9) by Laurie R. King

3. The Language of Bees (Mary Russell, #9)

By: Laurie R. King

3.58

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

In a case that will push their relationship to the breaking point, Mary Russell must help reverse t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Shadow District: A Thriller by Arnaldur Indriðason

4. The Shadow District: A Thriller

By: Arnaldur Indriðason

4.18

Format: 407 pages,

A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America by Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Mary Higgins Clark, T. Jefferson Parker, S.J. Rozan

5. Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America

By: Lee Child , Jeffery Deaver , Mary Higgins Clark , T. Jefferson Parker , S.J. Rozan

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark invites you on a tour of Manhattan's most iconic … read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Strange Tide (Bryant & May, #13) by Christopher Fowler

6. Strange Tide (Bryant & May, #13)

By: Christopher Fowler

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The river Thames is London's most important yet neglected artery. When a young woman is found chain… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

7. Evidence (Alex Delaware, #24)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.02

Format: 293 pages,

In a half-built mansion in Los Angeles, a watchman stumbles onto the bodies of a young couple--murd… read more

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8. The Murder of Mary Russell (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #14)

By: Laurie R. King

4.03

Format: 256 pages,

Mary Russell is used to dark secrets--her own, and those of her famous partner and husband, Sherloc… read more

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9. No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

By: Lee Child

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher reading experience. No Middle Nameincludes eleven previousl… read more

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10. The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

By: Lyndsay Faye

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling author Lyndsay Faye was introduced to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries whe… read more

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11. The Citadel of Weeping Pearls

By: Aliette de Bodard

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Citadel of Weeping Pearls was a great wonder; a perfect meld between cutting edge technology an… read more

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12. Dreaming Spies (Mary Russell, #13)

By: Laurie R. King

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

For years now, readers of the Russell Memoirs have wondered about the tantalizing mentions of Japan… read more

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13. Cross Kill (Alex Cross #24.4)

By: James Patterson

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alex Cross, I'm coming for you--even from the grave if I have to. Along Came a Spiderkiller Gary So… read more

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14. The God of the Hive (Mary Russell, #10)

By: Laurie R. King

3.94

Format: 313 pages,

Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, have stirred the wrath of a murderous secret organiz… read more

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15. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

Cover of Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36) by M.C. Beaton

16. Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth, #36)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an in… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Fatal First Edition (Library Lover's Mystery, #14) by Jenn McKinlay

17. Fatal First Edition (Library Lover's Mystery, #14)

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.06

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

People are dying to get their hands on a rare, valuable book in the newest Library Lover’s Mystery … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Rednecks by Taylor  Brown

18. Rednecks

By: Taylor Brown

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Burglar

By: Thomas Perry

3.61

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Thomas Perry comes a new thriller about an unlikely burglar--a young woman in her 20s--who rea… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Broken

By: Don Winslow

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In six intense short novels connected by the themes of crime, corruption, vengeance, justice, loss,… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Island of the Mad (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #15) by Laurie R. King

21. Island of the Mad (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #15)

By: Laurie R. King

4.07

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Laurie R. King’s New York Times bestselling series featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes is “t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. The Great Unexpected

By: Dan Mooney

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A curmudgeon and his eccentric new roommate join together to plan an epic escape in this charming, … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (Best Mystery Stories) by Lee Child

23. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (Best Mystery Stories)

By: Lee Child

3.92

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Lee Child selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen Kin… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 3) by S.J. Rozan

24. Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 3)

By: S.J. Rozan

3.49

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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25. Invisible Blood

By: Lee Child

3.50

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of seventeen brand-new crime stories from bestselling authors Lee Child, Jeffrey Deave… read more

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  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of When a Stranger Comes to Town (Mystery Writers of America Series, 2) by Michael Koryta

26. When a Stranger Comes to Town (Mystery Writers of America Series, 2)

By: Michael Koryta

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

ANTHONY AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY Including NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly’s st… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 1) by Marcia Muller

27. Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 1)

By: Marcia Muller

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Best Book of 2020 from Suspense Magazine Deadly Anniversaries celebrates the 75th anniversary of… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 by C.J. Box

28. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

By: C.J. Box

3.92

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and E… read more

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  • short story collection
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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 (Best Mystery Stories, 2) by Sara Paretsky

29. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 (Best Mystery Stories, 2)

By: Sara Paretsky

3.72

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years by Otto Penzler

30. The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years

By: Otto Penzler

3.77

Format: 474 pages, Kindle Edition

Twenty great whodunnits from the first decade of this series, edited by the award-winning editor an… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • anthologies
Cover of In the Moon's House (Lady Astronaut) by Mary Robinette Kowal

31. In the Moon's House (Lady Astronaut)

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.95

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

A new Lady Astronaut story! Dawn struggles to fit in with the rest of her team--the backup crew for… read more

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  • short stories
  • historical fiction

20 Best fiction books like Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 1) by Marcia Muller

Transform Your Habits

Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2)

John D. MacDonald

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Chase (Michael Bennett, #9.5)

James Patterson , Michael Ledwidge

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Language of Bees (Mary Russell, #9)

Laurie R. King

3.58

Transform Your Habits

The Shadow District: A Thriller

Arnaldur Indriðason

4.18

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23 best-selling audiobook books like Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 3) by S.J. Rozan

Transform Your Habits

If I Die Tonight

Alison Gaylin

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Spirit of Steamboat (Walt Longmire, #9.1)

Craig Johnson

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl

4.28

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