16 best-selling thriller books like Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5) by Lawrence Block

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Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

By: Lawrence Block

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prost…

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Cover of Lemons Never Lie (Alan Grofield #4) by Richard Stark

1. Lemons Never Lie (Alan Grofield #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.85

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

When he's not pulling heists with his friend Parker, Alan Grofield runs a small theatre in Indiana.… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Lemons Never Lie (Alan Grofield #4) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Flashfire (Parker, #19) by Richard Stark, Richard Stark (pseud. Donald E Westlake)

2. Flashfire (Parker, #19)

By: Richard Stark , Richard Stark (pseud. Donald E Westlake)

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Melander likes to do things flashy. When Parker finds himself working with Melander on a bank heist… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"This is crazy," he said. "You don't just shoot people." "Yes I do," Parker said."

-Richard Stark, Flashfire (Parker, #19)

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3. The First Quarry (Quarry #8)

By: Max Allan Collins

4.01

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Alla… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Hi my name's Quarry. I'm in town to blow your favorite professor's brains out. Can you tell me whether you're planning to stop by his place this afternoon, so I can pick a time when I wouldn't have t…"

-Max Allan Collins, The First Quarry (Quarry #8)

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4. Quarry's Ex (Quarry #10)

By: Max Allan Collins

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Even the enigmatic hit man called Quarry had to start somewhere. And for him that was the day he re… read more

Similar categories in Max Allan Collins's Quarry's Ex (Quarry #10) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2) by John D. MacDonald

5. 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

Similar categories in John D. MacDonald's Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Put a Lid on It

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.79

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Francis gets out of prison if he'll pull off one very special heist--of an incriminating videotape … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Black Ice Score (Parker, #11) by Richard Stark

7. The Black Ice Score (Parker, #11)

By: Richard Stark

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A corrupt African colonel has converted half his country's wealth into diamonds and smuggled them t… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Black Ice Score (Parker, #11) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Backflash (Parker, #18) by Richard Stark

8. Backflash (Parker, #18)

By: Richard Stark

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Following on the heels of Comeback, a New York Times Notable Book, a new Parker adventure finds the… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Backflash (Parker, #18) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The shirtsleeved bald bartender was tall and fat, looking like a retired cop who'd gone to seed the day his papers had come through. At the bar, muttering together about sports and politics—other peo…"

-Richard Stark, Backflash (Parker, #18)

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9. Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

By: Lawrence Block

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prost… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16) by Richard Stark

10. Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16)

By: Richard Stark

4.41

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

The sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher’s Moon is more than twice as long most of the master heister’s … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"He's a man who didn't hear the twig snap."

-Richard Stark, Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16)

11. The Last Quarry (Quarry #7)

By: Max Allan Collins

4.10

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Coming out of retirement to do one last--and extremely lucrative--job for a media magnate, professi… read more

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12. Slayground (Parker, #14)

By: Richard Stark

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his number had finally come up. An armored car heist… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Slayground (Parker, #14) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Comeback (Parker, #17) by Richard Stark

13. Comeback (Parker, #17)

By: Richard Stark

4.09

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A robbery of a Christian Crusade executed in the heat of the night comes off without a hitch, but i… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Comeback (Parker, #17) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"A TV preacher, you know those guys? Evangelists." "I thought they were all in jail," Parker said."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

"She was naked, and remained the only woman in Archibald's experience to overflow her birthday suit."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

14. The Outfit (Parker, #3)

By: Richard Stark

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more

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15. Firebreak (Parker, #20)

By: Richard Stark

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Parker put down the body and answered the phone. And from that moment on he had two jobs to do. One… read more

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16. The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2)

By: Richard Stark

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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17. Immortality, Inc.

By: Robert Sheckley

3.36

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1959 as a startling, revolutionary novel of the future, then pushed to new cinem… read more

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18. The Grifters

By: Jim Thompson

3.00

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworki… read more

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19. The Hunter (Parker, #1)

By: Richard Stark

4.12

Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Double-crossed, shot, and left for dead -- by his wife. The thriller that introduces Parker. "A bri… read more

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20. The Mourner (Parker, #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Mourner (Parker, #4) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."

-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)

Cover of Plunder Squad (Parker, #15) by Richard Stark

21. Plunder Squad (Parker, #15)

By: Richard Stark

4.05

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Hearing the click behind him, Parker threw his glass straight back over his right shoulder and dove… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Plunder Squad (Parker, #15) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

22. The Busy Body

By: Donald E. Westlake

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Previously published in paperback by Ballantine. read more

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23. The Handle (Parker, #8)

By: Richard Stark

3.96

Format: 158 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Baron ran a gambling island off the Texas coast in the Gulf’s blue waters. To Parker, it was ju… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's The Handle (Parker, #8) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Parker simply went where money was and took it away."

-Richard Stark, The Handle (Parker, #8)

24. The Damsel (Alan Grofield, #1)

By: Richard Stark

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

Alan Grofield has a knack for attracting damsels in distress. When Ellen Marie Fitzgerald comes in … read more

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25. Somebody Owes Me Money (Hard Case Crime #44)

By: Donald E. Westlake

3.86

Format: 144 pages,

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26. The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1)

By: Ellery Queen

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fine silk custom top-hat is missing from a crooked lawyer who was poisoned by lead alcohol in the… read more

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27. The Score (Parker, #5)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more

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28. Quarry (Quarry, #1)

By: Max Allan Collins

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Broker deals in murder on the open market with the assistance of a highly paid precise killer named… read more

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Cover of Deadly Edge (Parker, #13) by Richard Stark

29. Deadly Edge (Parker, #13)

By: Richard Stark

4.10

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Deadly Edge bids a brutal adieu to the 1960s as Parker robs a rock concert, and the heist goes sout… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Deadly Edge (Parker, #13) book and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History by Nellie Bowles

30. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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31. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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16 must-read fiction books like Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder, #5) by Lawrence Block

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Max Allan Collins

4.01

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3.72

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3.56

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4.03

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