30 Best mystery books like The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1) by Dorothy St. James

Cover of The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1) by Dorothy St. James

The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

By: Dorothy St. James

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first in an exciting new series featuring Trudell Becket, a spunky librarian who will stop at n…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1) by Dorothy St. James , here is a list of 30 books like this:

Cover of Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mysteries, #1) by Ellery Adams

1. Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mysteries, #1)

By: Ellery Adams

3.80

Format: 277 pages, Mass Market Paperback

WHO WOULD RESORT TO MURDER? Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural western Virginia is the st… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Adams's Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mysteries, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"There were books everywhere. Hundreds of books. Thousands of books. There were books of every size, shape, and color. They lined the walls from floor to ceiling, standing straight and rigid as soldie…"

-Ellery Adams, Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mysteries, #1)

2. Lending a Paw (A Bookmobile Cat Mystery, #1)

By: Laurie Cass

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile based in … read more

Similar categories in Laurie Cass's Lending a Paw (A Bookmobile Cat Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

Cover of Death Knells and Wedding Bells (Lighthouse Library Mystery, #10) by Eva Gates

3. Death Knells and Wedding Bells (Lighthouse Library Mystery, #10)

By: Eva Gates

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian Lucy’s wedding is nearly perfect—aside from a missing guest and the strangled body she fi… read more

Similar categories in Eva Gates's Death Knells and Wedding Bells (Lighthouse Library Mystery, #10) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • cozy mystery
  • cats
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Taffy Shop  (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2) by Maddie Day

4. Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2)

By: Maddie Day

3.97

Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie Mac Almeida and her mystery book club find a certain accusati… read more

Similar categories in Maddie Day's Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of On Spine of Death (By the Book Mysteries, #2) by Tamara Berry

5. On Spine of Death (By the Book Mysteries, #2)

By: Tamara Berry

3.99

Format: 408 pages, Mass Market Paperback

2023 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE, LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN PRIZE for Buried in a Good Book "In 'Keystone Kops'–… read more

Similar categories in Tamara Berry's On Spine of Death (By the Book Mysteries, #2) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Sugar Plum Poisoned (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #15) by Jenn McKinlay

6. Sugar Plum Poisoned (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #15)

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It's Christmastime, and this holiday season, things are heating up for the bakers at Fairy Tale Cup… read more

Similar categories in Jenn McKinlay's Sugar Plum Poisoned (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #15) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Little Bookshop of Murder (Beach Reads Mystery, #1) by Maggie Blackburn

7. Little Bookshop of Murder (Beach Reads Mystery, #1)

By: Maggie Blackburn

3.33

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A Shakespearean scholar inherits a beachside bookshop--and a murder mystery--in this delightful new… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Blackburn's Little Bookshop of Murder (Beach Reads Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of For Whom the Book Tolls (An Antique Bookshop Mystery, #1) by Laura Gail Black

8. For Whom the Book Tolls (An Antique Bookshop Mystery, #1)

By: Laura Gail Black

3.89

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

In this cozy series debut from Laura Gail Black, Jenna Quinn finds her uncle murdered in his antiqu… read more

Similar categories in Laura Gail Black's For Whom the Book Tolls (An Antique Bookshop Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of On Borrowed Crime (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery, #1) by Kate   Young

9. On Borrowed Crime (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Young

3.75

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

A shoe-in read for fans of Ellery Adams and Kate Carlisle, On Borrowed Crime is the first in Kate Y… read more

Similar categories in Kate Young's On Borrowed Crime (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop (Beacon Bakeshop, #1) by Darci Hannah

10. Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop (Beacon Bakeshop, #1)

By: Darci Hannah

4.20

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

In the first of a new series, after Lindsey Bakeswell catches her celebrity chef fiancé sizzling in… read more

Similar categories in Darci Hannah's Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop (Beacon Bakeshop, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

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

11. 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

Similar categories in Jenn McKinlay's Fatal First Edition (Library Lover's Mystery, #14) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9) by Vicki Delany

12. The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9)

By: Vicki Delany

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Gemma Doyle won’t be spooked when a body shows up at the psychic fair in bestselling author Vicki D… read more

Similar categories in Vicki Delany's The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder Off the Books (By the Book Mysteries, #3) by Tamara Berry

13. Murder Off the Books (By the Book Mysteries, #3)

By: Tamara Berry

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Author Tess Harrow and her daughter, Gertrude, are starting to get a bad reputation due to their in… read more

Similar categories in Tamara Berry's Murder Off the Books (By the Book Mysteries, #3) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Getaway With Murder (Mountain Lodge Mystery, #1) by Diane Kelly

14. Getaway With Murder (Mountain Lodge Mystery, #1)

By: Diane Kelly

3.90

Format: 292 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Getaway With Murder is the first in a cozy series from Diane Kelly set in a lodge in the Blue Ridge… read more

Similar categories in Diane Kelly's Getaway With Murder (Mountain Lodge Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • cats
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries, #1) by Linda  Reilly

15. Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries, #1)

By: Linda Reilly

3.96

Format: 312 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The first in a delicious new culinary cozy series featuring a grilled cheese eatery owner who must … read more

Similar categories in Linda Reilly's Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Crime for the Books (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery #3) by Kate   Young

16. Crime for the Books (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery #3)

By: Kate Young

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Lyla Moody and her book club, the Jane Does, are hosting a Halloween party at Magnolia Manor, tailo… read more

Similar categories in Kate Young's Crime for the Books (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery #3) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Baking Spirits Bright (True Confections Mystery #2) by Sarah    Fox

17. Baking Spirits Bright (True Confections Mystery #2)

By: Sarah Fox

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In a cute new culinary cozy from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Fox, budding chocolatier Becca … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Fox's Baking Spirits Bright (True Confections Mystery #2) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder by the Bookend (An Antique Bookshop Mystery, #2) by Laura Gail Black

18. Murder by the Bookend (An Antique Bookshop Mystery, #2)

By: Laura Gail Black

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Antiquarian bookseller Jenna Quinn sleuths again when a pair of glass bookends puts an end to a lib… read more

Similar categories in Laura Gail Black's Murder by the Bookend (An Antique Bookshop Mystery, #2) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Six Sweets Under (True Confections Mystery, #1) by Sarah    Fox

19. Six Sweets Under (True Confections Mystery, #1)

By: Sarah Fox

3.82

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Former actress Becca Ransom lived her dream in Hollywood for seven years before returning to her ho… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Fox's Six Sweets Under (True Confections Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rocky Road to Ruin (Ice Cream Shop Mystery, #1) by Meri Allen

20. The Rocky Road to Ruin (Ice Cream Shop Mystery, #1)

By: Meri Allen

3.94

Format: 341 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Justice will be swirled by amateur sleuth Riley Rhodes in the first in Meri Allen's brand-new myste… read more

Similar categories in Meri Allen's The Rocky Road to Ruin (Ice Cream Shop Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Caught on the Book (Antique Bookshop, #4) by Laura Gail Black

21. Caught on the Book (Antique Bookshop, #4)

By: Laura Gail Black

4.05

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Ellery Adams and Paige Shelton, in Laura Gail Black’s fourth novel in the Antique Books… read more

Similar categories in Laura Gail Black's Caught on the Book (Antique Bookshop, #4) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Death in Castle Dark (A Dinner and a Murder Mystery #1) by Veronica  Bond

22. Death in Castle Dark (A Dinner and a Murder Mystery #1)

By: Veronica Bond

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Actor Nora Blake finds her dream job when she is cast in a murder-mystery troupe that performs in a… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Bond's Death in Castle Dark (A Dinner and a Murder Mystery #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Vinyl Resting Place (Record Shop Mystery, #1) by Olivia Blacke

23. Vinyl Resting Place (Record Shop Mystery, #1)

By: Olivia Blacke

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First in a new series by Olivia Blacke, Vinyl Resting Place follows three sisters who discover that… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Blacke's Vinyl Resting Place (Record Shop Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder's No Votive Confidence (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery #1) by Christin Brecher

24. Murder's No Votive Confidence (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery #1)

By: Christin Brecher

3.80

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

Nantucket candle store owner Stella Wright specializes in creating unique candles for every occasio… read more

Similar categories in Christin Brecher's Murder's No Votive Confidence (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • cats
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1) by Dorothy St. James

25. The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

By: Dorothy St. James

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first in an exciting new series featuring Trudell Becket, a spunky librarian who will stop at n… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • cats
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Reading Between the Crimes (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery, #2) by Kate   Young

26. Reading Between the Crimes (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery, #2)

By: Kate Young

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Kate Carlisle, the members of the Jane Doe Book Club are on th… read more

Similar categories in Kate Young's Reading Between the Crimes (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery, #2) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11) by Eva Gates

27. The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11)

By: Eva Gates

4.13

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Outer Banks librarian Lucy is working on an art show at the library when paintings–and people–start… read more

Similar categories in Eva Gates's The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Book a Murder (Starlit Bookshop Mystery #1) by Cynthia  Kuhn

28. How to Book a Murder (Starlit Bookshop Mystery #1)

By: Cynthia Kuhn

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Kate Carlisle, in award-winning author Cynthia Kuhn’s series … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Kuhn's How to Book a Murder (Starlit Bookshop Mystery #1) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Seaside Murder (Beach Reads Mystery, #2) by Maggie Blackburn

29. Once Upon a Seaside Murder (Beach Reads Mystery, #2)

By: Maggie Blackburn

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As the holidays approach, bookstore owner Summer Merriwether learns a dark secret in this second vo… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Blackburn's Once Upon a Seaside Murder (Beach Reads Mystery, #2) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library Mystery #3) by Holly Danvers

30. Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library Mystery #3)

By: Holly Danvers

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Ellery Adams, Rain Wilmot must find a novel solution in order… read more

Similar categories in Holly Danvers's Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library Mystery #3) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Trouble Is Brewing (Tea by the Sea Mysteries, #5) by Vicki Delany

31. Trouble Is Brewing (Tea by the Sea Mysteries, #5)

By: Vicki Delany

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Lily Roberts’s Cape Cod tearoom is hosting a bridal shower—until a gruesome gift sends the guest of… read more

Similar categories in Vicki Delany's Trouble Is Brewing (Tea by the Sea Mysteries, #5) book and Dorothy St. James's The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1)

  • mystery
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook

30 Best fiction books like The Broken Spine (Beloved Bookroom Mystery, #1) by Dorothy St. James

Transform Your Habits

Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mysteries, #1)

Ellery Adams

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Death Knells and Wedding Bells (Lighthouse Library Mystery, #10)

Eva Gates

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2)

Maddie Day

3.97

Transform Your Habits

On Spine of Death (By the Book Mysteries, #2)

Tamara Berry

3.99

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30 must-read fiction books like How to Book a Murder (Starlit Bookshop Mystery #1) by Cynthia Kuhn

Transform Your Habits

Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder (A Mom Zone Mystery #9)

Sara Rosett

4.06

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On Borrowed Crime (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery, #1)

Kate Young

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9)

Vicki Delany

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant (Beacon Bakeshop #4)

Darci Hannah

4.10

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