5 Top mystery thriller books like The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas

Cover of The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas

The Second Shooter

By: Nick Mamatas

3.25

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

In the first reports of every mass shooting, there’s always mention of a second shooter—two sets of…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2) by Charles Stross

1. Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2)

By: Charles Stross

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Krina Alizond is a metahuman in a universe where the last natural humans became extinct five thousa… read more

Similar categories in Charles Stross's Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2) book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Only debt is forever."

-Charles Stross, Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2)

"Starships are all work and no fun."

-Charles Stross, Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2)

"We are, after all, homo economicus ."

-Charles Stross, Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2)

"...butcher, baker, fusion-reactor maker."

-Charles Stross, Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2)

Cover of Borne (Borne, #1) by Jeff VanderMeer

2. Borne (Borne, #1)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.93

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

In a ruined, nameless city of the future, a woman named Rachel, who makes her living as a scavenger… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Borne (Borne, #1) book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"People with packs are people with purpose."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Borne (Borne, #1)

"It's not being hurt that hurts,' Borne said."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Borne (Borne, #1)

"The real reality is something we create every moment of every day, that realities spin off from our decisions in every second we've alive."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Borne (Borne, #1)

"You forgive if you can forgive yourself. Or live with what you've done. If you cannot live with what you've done, you cannot live with what others have done either."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Borne (Borne, #1)

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3. Ice

By: Anna Kavan

3.67

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as the warden search for an elusiv… read more

Similar categories in Anna Kavan's Ice book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight."

-Anna Kavan, Ice

"I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons."

-Anna Kavan, Ice

"What I saw had no solidity, it was all made of mist and nylon, with nothing behind."

-Anna Kavan, Ice

"I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously; the overlapping of these planes was confusing."

-Anna Kavan, Ice

Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

4. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

5. Influx

By: Daniel Suarez

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Physicist Jon Grady and his team have discovered a device that can reflect gravity--a triumph that … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Suarez's Influx book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

6. Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy, #2)

By: Mira Grant

3.91

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his si… read more

Similar categories in Mira Grant's Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy, #2) book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

Cover of Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway

7. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

Similar categories in Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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8. Skyward Inn

By: Aliya Whiteley

3.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people … read more

Similar categories in Aliya Whiteley's Skyward Inn book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1) by Sylvain Neuvel

9. A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1)

By: Sylvain Neuvel

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a scfi thriller reminiscent of B… read more

Similar categories in Sylvain Neuvel's A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1) book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"It's like a choice, but with fewer options."

-Sylvain Neuvel, A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1)

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10. Big Time

By: Ben H. Winters

3.43

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Ben Winters, whom critics attest  "you'll follow...anywhere" ( New York Times Book Review ), return… read more

Similar categories in Ben H. Winters's Big Time book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • science fiction
Cover of The Beauty of Impossible Things by Rachel Donohue

11. The Beauty of Impossible Things

By: Rachel Donohue

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Foresight is not always a gift... Natasha Rothwell leads a sheltered life with her beautiful, bo… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Donohue's The Beauty of Impossible Things book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. Cold Storage

By: David Koepp

3.70

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic… read more

Similar categories in David Koepp's Cold Storage book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • science fiction
"The fucking deer just took the fucking elevator."

-David Koepp, Cold Storage

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13. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

Similar categories in Keanu Reeves's The Book of Elsewhere book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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14. Buying Time

By: Eric Brown

3.78

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

A bold new time-warping direction for a leading light in science fiction. In January 2017, somethin… read more

Similar categories in Eric Brown's Buying Time book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper

15. No Gods for Drowning

By: Hailey Piper

3.56

Format: 430 pages, Paperback

IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS PREY. WITHOUT THE GODS, THEY'LL BE PREY AGAIN. The old gods have fl… read more

Similar categories in Hailey Piper's No Gods for Drowning book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. The Leftovers

By: Cassandra Parkin

3.86

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A saga about power, consent, and the myth of the perfect victim. Callie’s life is spent caring f… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Parkin's The Leftovers book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • fiction
Cover of The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas

17. The Second Shooter

By: Nick Mamatas

3.25

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

In the first reports of every mass shooting, there’s always mention of a second shooter—two sets of… read more

Similar categories in Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen

18. Theft of Fire

By: Devon Eriksen

4.23

Format: 500 pages, ebook

At the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or th… read more

Similar categories in Devon Eriksen's Theft of Fire book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford

19. Plague Birds

By: Jason Sanford

3.62

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Glowing red lines split their faces. Shock-red hair and clothes warn people to flee their approach.… read more

Similar categories in Jason Sanford's Plague Birds book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Good Neighbours by Nina Allan

20. The Good Neighbours

By: Nina Allan

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Cath is a photographer hoping to go freelance, working in a record shop to pay the rent and eking o… read more

Similar categories in Nina Allan's The Good Neighbours book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) by Nathan Ballingrud

21. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) book and Nick Mamatas's The Second Shooter

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

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Charles Stross

3.85

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Jeff VanderMeer

3.93

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Anna Kavan

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

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Nicola Griffith

4.08

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Ann Leckie

4.09

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.11

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Martha Wells

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