5 Top mystery books like The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett

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The Unfortunates

By: Kim Liggett

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old senator's son Grant Tavish is involved in a fatal accident, all he wants to…

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1. The Night in Question

By: Tobias Wolff

4.16

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

A man is shot dead while standing in line at the bank, another is fired for printing an obituary of… read more

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"I'm a survivor, " I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary."

-Tobias Wolff, The Night in Question

"Getting from La Jolla to Alta Vista State Hospital isn't easy, unless you have a car or a breakdown. April's Father had a breakdown and they got him there in no time."

-Tobias Wolff, The Night in Question

"Someday Miller is going to die. He knows that and he prides himself on knowing it when everyone else only pretends to, secretly believing that they will live forever.....A simple truth . His mother i…"

-Tobias Wolff, The Night in Question

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2. Mr Starlight

By: Laurie Graham

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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3. Stately Pursuits

By: Katie Fforde

4.16

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Just the thing for a broken heart. A wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Timesbestsell… read more

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4. The Future Homemakers of America

By: Laurie Graham

4.53

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,this moving novel, filled with warmth, w… read more

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5. The Early Birds

By: Laurie Graham

4.47

Format: 310 pages,

The Early Birdsis a hymn to lifelong female friendship and the touching and funny follow-up to The … read more

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6. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)

By: Jane Gardam

4.10

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more

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7. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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8. Life According To Lubka

By: Laurie Graham

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

Pittsburgh was too small for Beryl Wexler. Barely out of high school, she changed her name to Buzz,… read more

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9. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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10. Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn't Work, and How I Recovered for Good

By: Kathryn Hansen

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

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11. Year of Wonders

By: Geraldine Brooks

2.65

Format: 34 pages,

When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named… read more

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12. Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War

By: Virginia Nicholson

4.95

Format: 224 pages,

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13. The Grand Duchess of Nowhere

By: Laurie Graham

3.59

Format: 32 pages,

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14. The Confession of Brother Haluin (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #15)

By: Ellis Peters

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Brother Cadfael is witness to a shocking near-death confession and accompanies a fellow Benedictine… read more

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15. The Shipping News

By: Annie Proulx

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Paperback

When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just desserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his an… read more

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16. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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17. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

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18. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • thriller
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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19. Run, Hide, Fight Back

By: April Henry

3.83

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Six teens must band together to survive after a shooting breaks out. When a deadly shooting brea… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • survival
  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • mystery
  • thriller
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20. The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the dark and stunning sequel to The Initial Insult, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis conclude… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Tress nods, unsurprised. Her life has taken so many turns for the worse I guess at some point you just don't expect the road signs to offer you anything better."

-Mindy McGinnis, The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

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21. The Brightwood Code

By: Monica Hesse

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seven months ago Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred “Hello Girls,” femal… read more

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  • mystery
  • young adult
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22. Be Not Far from Me

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhe… read more

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  • survival
  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • thriller
"Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help."

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

"I've always known my body, its strength and purpose, the long muscles of my legs and the lean bulge of my biceps. This is different; this is an intimacy with my skeleton, from the exposed broken tips…"

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

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23. George Michael: A Life

By: James Gavin

3.76

Format: 528 pages, ebook

The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the … read more

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24. The Plant Hunter

By: T.L. Mogford

3.83

Format: 423 pages, Paperback

1867. King's Road, Chelsea, is a sea of plant nurseries, catering to the Victorian obsession with r… read more

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  • adventure
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25. Sigrid Rides: The Story of an Extraordinary Friendship and An Adventure on Two Wheels

By: Travis Nelson

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

'A one-man, one-cat mission to cheer people up' - The Mirror When Travis Nelson arrived in London, … read more

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26. Not So Pure and Simple

By: Lamar Giles

4.05

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s f… read more

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  • teen
  • young adult
"I'd told the truth. That shouldn't be wrong, but the truth could be a weapon depending on who used it."

-Lamar Giles, Not So Pure and Simple

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27. The Last Language

By: Jennifer duBois

3.74

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From Jennifer duBois, “one of a handful of living American novelists who can comprehend both the lo… read more

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28. The Unfortunates

By: Kim Liggett

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old senator's son Grant Tavish is involved in a fatal accident, all he wants to… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • survival
  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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29. Golden Arm

By: Carl Deuker

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks find… read more

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  • teen
  • young adult
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30. Bored of Lunch: The Healthy Slow Cooker Book: The Number One Bestseller

By: Nathan Anthony

4.37

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BESTSELLING SLOW COOKER BOOK OF ALL TIMEThe number 1 bestseller from the hugely popular healthy… read more

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Transform Your Habits

A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Run, Hide, Fight Back

April Henry

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Last Laugh (The Initial Insult, #2)

Mindy McGinnis

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Brightwood Code

Monica Hesse

3.83

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Bonkers: My Life in Laughs

Jennifer Saunders

3.85

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

Billy Connolly

4.16

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