16 must-read audiobook books like Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1) by Rosalie Knecht

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Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

By: Rosalie Knecht

3.50

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene…

"On a Tuesday I came home from school to an empty house, watched the evening news, and then took Equanil caplets lifted from my mother."

-Rosalie Knecht, Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

"On a Tuesday I came home from school to an empty house, watched the evening news, and then took Equanil caplets lifted from my mother."

-Rosalie Knecht, Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

If you liked the audiobook plot in Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1) by Rosalie Knecht , here is a list of 16 books like this:

1. This Is Where We Live

By: Janelle Brown

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

A novel about subprime mortgages, ruthless Hollywood economics, and the unraveling of a young marri… read more

Similar categories in Janelle Brown's This Is Where We Live book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • fiction
  • audiobook

2. The People of Sand and Slag

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.86

Format: None pages, ebook

"The People of Sand and Slag" starts as straight military sf -- and then twists. It was nominated f… read more

Similar categories in Paolo Bacigalupi's The People of Sand and Slag book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) by Ashley Herring Blake

3. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partn… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Herring Blake's Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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4. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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6. Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.03

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, F… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
"The lady of the house has gone adventuring and I know not where."

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

"I'm to take Becca Collins out dancing and try to get a glimpse of her inner workings?' 'Don't be crude.' She sniffed and, dare I say it, blushed a little. 'I trust you to use your best judgment. Don'…"

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

"It's the ones that look like they're sleeping that I have a hard time with. Eventually, I notice the stillness. The absence of things I take for granted: the slow in-and-out of regular breathing, the…"

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

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7. The Verifiers (Claudia Lin)

By: Jane Pek

3.50

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Introducing a sharp-witted heroine for the 21st century: a new amateur sleuth exploring the landsca… read more

Similar categories in Jane Pek's The Verifiers (Claudia Lin) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't yet understand."

-Jane Pek, The Verifiers (Claudia Lin)

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8. Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

By: Margot Douaihy

3.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to … read more

Similar categories in Margot Douaihy's Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"There is a sublime wholeness in holding one another, fitting into other bodies. We eat the body of Christ. We drink the blood. So many years later, Nina’s taste still laced my mouth—champagne, sweat,…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

"I loved the chase. Even Riveaux’s insane driving. Not just the velocity but the violence of it all. I liked speeding through red lights. Headfirst to the edge. Scraping enough skin to burn not bleed.…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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9. Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.87

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the … read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"Even when your dream is taken from you, you can have a great new life."

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

"People are always trying to claim you, without ever listening to who you are. They want you to be something else, to be the role they have for you in the family. But really, we're all better off just…"

-Lev A.C. Rosen, Lavender House (Evander Mills, #1)

Cover of Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective (Not a Detective Mysteries, #1) by Katie Siegel

10. Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective (Not a Detective Mysteries, #1)

By: Katie Siegel

3.41

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

For anyone seeking to satisfy their Harriet the Spy, Encyclopedia Brown, or Nancy Drew nostalgia, t… read more

Similar categories in Katie Siegel's Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective (Not a Detective Mysteries, #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2) by Lev A.C. Rosen

11. The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

4.17

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you have finally foun… read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker, #2) by Stephen Spotswood

12. Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker, #2)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Spotswood hard-boils with the best of 'em! --Alan Bradley, bestselling author of the Flavia… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker, #2) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3) by Stephen Spotswood

13. Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the newest entry into the Nero Award-winning Parker & Pentecost Mystery series ("my new favorite… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Secrets Typed in Blood (Pentecost & Parker, #3) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
Cover of Royal Court (Royal Romance, #3) by Jenny Frame

14. Royal Court (Royal Romance, #3)

By: Jenny Frame

4.21

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

Captain Quincy is a steady and reliable Royal Marines officer, decorated for gallantry after a miss… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Frame's Royal Court (Royal Romance, #3) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1) by Rosalie Knecht

15. Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

By: Rosalie Knecht

3.50

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene… read more

Similar categories in Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1) book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"On a Tuesday I came home from school to an empty house, watched the evening news, and then took Equanil caplets lifted from my mother."

-Rosalie Knecht, Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

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16. The Best Bad Things

By: Katrina Carrasco

3.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1887, and Alma Rosales is on the hunt for stolen opium. Trained in espionage by the Pinkerton… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Carrasco's The Best Bad Things book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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17. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Side Notes from the Archivist by Anastacia-Reneé

18. Side Notes from the Archivist

By: Anastacia-Reneé

4.25

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable femi… read more

Similar categories in Anastacia-Reneé's Side Notes from the Archivist book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
Cover of The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians by Carlos Lozada

19. The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians

By: Carlos Lozada

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize–winning opinion columnist at The New York Times explores how people in power rev… read more

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20. How It All Ends

By: Emma Hunsinger

4.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Tara lives inside the nonstop adventure of her imagination. It’s far more enterta… read more

Similar categories in Emma Hunsinger's How It All Ends book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Old Willis Place: Graphic Novel by Scott Peterson

21. The Old Willis Place: Graphic Novel

By: Scott Peterson

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Diana and her little brother, Georgie, know every inch of the land around the old Willis place, a c… read more

Similar categories in Scott Peterson's The Old Willis Place: Graphic Novel book and Rosalie Knecht's Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction

19 Best fiction books like Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1) by Rosalie Knecht

This Is Where We Live

Janelle Brown

4.04

The People of Sand and Slag

Paolo Bacigalupi

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

Ashley Herring Blake

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

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By Gaslight

Steven Price

4.32

The Shortest Way to Hades (Hilary Tamar, #2)

Sarah Caudwell

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

Marcia Muller

3.57

Transform Your Habits

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Nghi Vo

4.17

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