21 must-read fiction books like The Hemingway Valise by Robert Olen Butler

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The Hemingway Valise

By: Robert Olen Butler

3.79

Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition

An American spy in Paris solves a legendary mystery as the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “thrilli…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Hemingway Valise by Robert Olen Butler , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Book Club

By: Loren D. Estleman

3.23

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

When a bibliophile is murdered, it takes a bookseller to solve the crime. Good Advice, New Mexico, … read more

Similar categories in Loren D. Estleman's Book Club book and Robert Olen Butler's The Hemingway Valise

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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2. The Gospel of Sheba

By: Lyndsay Faye

3.68

Format: 81 pages, ebook

A librarian is tormented by a lethal volume of black magic. When A. Davenport Lomax’s young daughte… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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3. The Sequel

By: R.L. Stine

3.37

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

Writer’s block shows up in person to terrorize a bestselling author Zachary Gold, struggling to wri… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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4. Remaindered

By: Peter Lovesey

3.47

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

The backroom of the Precious Finds Bookstore has served many purposes in its twenty-six years: a mu… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. The Little Men

By: Megan Abbott

3.91

Format: 340 pages, ebook

In 1953, Penny is just another washed-up, wannabe Hollywood actress who is past her prime. She has … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

6. Hoodoo Harry

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.63

Format: 304 pages,

A long-lost bookmobile opens a wild new chapter in the lives of dysfunctional Texas detectives Hap … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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7. What's in a Name?

By: Thomas H. Cook

4.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Five decades after war's end, a rare-books dealer receives a strange visitor. The guns went silent … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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8. Before I Met You

By: Lisa Jewell

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

After her grandmother Arlette's death, Betty is finally ready to begin her life. She had forfeited … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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9. Mystery, Inc.

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.91

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Have you ever wanted something so badly you would kill for it? Identified only by the hastily--and … read more

Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's Mystery, Inc. book and Robert Olen Butler's The Hemingway Valise

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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10. An Acceptable Sacrifice

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.44

Format: 347 pages, ebook

A pair of federal agents from either side of the US-Mexico border target a cartel kingpin They call… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

11. Reconciliation Day

By: Christopher Fowler

3.90

Format: 448 pages,

A man obsessed with Draculapursues a legendary lost edition of the classic vampire book in this chi… read more

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12. The Compendium of Srem

By: F. Paul Wilson

4.11

Format: None pages,

It is the time of the Inquisition, and mass conversion, terror, and swift trials determine who will… read more

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13. The Book of Ghosts

By: Reed Farrel Coleman

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The lie that bought Jacob Weisen a new life cannot help him escape the past Birkenau could not kill… read more

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14. The Museum of Literary Souls

By: John Connolly

3.96

Format: None pages,

Mr. Berger has spent thirty-four years keeping his life as empty as possible. His job title as a cl… read more

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15. Death Leaves a Bookmark

By: William Link

3.84

Format: 255 pages, ebook

Attempting the perfect murder, a killer encounters the perfect cop After years of get-rich-quick sc… read more

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16. The Book of the Lion

By: Thomas Perry

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Professor Dominic Hallkyn receives an anonymous phone call late one night from a voice claimin… read more

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17. The Travelling Companion

By: Ian Rankin

2.80

Format: None pages, ebook

A thrilling new novella about a Jekyll and Hyde-obsessed Scot in Paris from the international-bests… read more

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18. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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19. Every Seven Years

By: Denise Mina

3.00

Format: 107 pages, ebook

Elsa finds a book with strange powers and must face her tortured past. It's been seven years since … read more

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20. The Haze

By: James W. Hall

4.38

Format: 83 pages, ebook

An aging mobster finds trouble in a nursing home in the latest caper from an Edgar Award-winning au… read more

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21. The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.40

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Ann Cleeves returns with a darkly delicious short story, "The Girls on the Shore", featuring DI Mat… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) book and Robert Olen Butler's The Hemingway Valise

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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22. Seven Years (Bibliomysteries)

By: Peter Robinson

3.63

Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping novella from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Inspector Banks Mysteries and … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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23. The Pretty Little Box

By: Charles Todd

3.42

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

A simple theft leads to unforeseen tragedy in this story from the New York Times–bestselling author… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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24. The Dark Door (Bibliomysteries)

By: Lisa Unger

3.91

Format: 73 pages, Kindle Edition

A horror writer’s death leaves his daughter haunted by voices in this short story by the New York T… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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25. Dead Dames Don't Sing

By: John Harvey

3.48

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Ex-cop Jack Kiley is bored, and his work as a PI, tailing cheating spouses and investigating insura… read more

Similar categories in John Harvey's Dead Dames Don't Sing book and Robert Olen Butler's The Hemingway Valise

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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26. The Last Honest Horse Thief

By: Michael Koryta

4.16

Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition

A boy comes of age among a family of grifters in this powerful story from a New York Times–bestsell… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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27. The Honeymoon Trap (Bibliomysteries)

By: Peter Swanson

3.30

Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition

A pulp novel has a book critic wondering if his new wife is out to kill him in this thrilling story… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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28. The Hemingway Valise

By: Robert Olen Butler

3.79

Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition

An American spy in Paris solves a legendary mystery as the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “thrilli… read more

Similar categories in Robert Olen Butler's The Hemingway Valise book and Robert Olen Butler's The Hemingway Valise

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29) by David Rosenfelt

29. Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Paterson, New Jersey’s favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the n… read more

Similar categories in David Rosenfelt's Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter, #29) book and Robert Olen Butler's The Hemingway Valise

  • mystery
  • fiction
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30. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Bibliotheca Classica (Bibliomysteries) by Simon Brett

31. Bibliotheca Classica (Bibliomysteries)

By: Simon Brett

3.89

Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition

A rare eighteenth-century encyclopedia reveals a murderous secret in this short story by the CWA Di… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

20 Best mystery books like The Hemingway Valise by Robert Olen Butler

Transform Your Habits

Book Club

Loren D. Estleman

3.23

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The Gospel of Sheba

Lyndsay Faye

3.68

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The Sequel

R.L. Stine

3.37

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Remaindered

Peter Lovesey

3.47

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The Final Testament

Peter Blauner

4.50

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The Gospel of Sheba

Lyndsay Faye

3.68

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Remaindered

Peter Lovesey

3.47

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Carolyn G. Hart

4.39

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