13 must-read nonfiction books like The Real Sherlock by Lucinda Hawksley

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The Real Sherlock

By: Lucinda Hawksley

3.46

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed fictional character of all time, and he has been reimagined b…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Real Sherlock by Lucinda Hawksley , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

By: Michael Pollan

3.72

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more

Similar categories in Michael Pollan's Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. Sorry for Your Loss

By: Michael Cruz Kayne

4.13

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

On the 10th anniversary of a profound loss, comedian Michael Cruz Kayne felt compelled to describe … read more

Similar categories in Michael Cruz Kayne's Sorry for Your Loss book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Agent 355

By: Marie Benedict

3.73

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's Agent 355 book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • historical
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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4. Devil of Black Creek

By: Victor Methos

3.34

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Mia is reluctant to go camping with her boyfriend and sister, who are graduate students working on … read more

Similar categories in Victor Methos's Devil of Black Creek book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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5. Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential

By: Collin Hansen

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“A Christian without a church is a Christian in trouble.” Since a global pandemic abruptly closed p… read more

Similar categories in Collin Hansen's Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • nonfiction
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6. The Roommate (Cormac Reilly, #0.7)

By: Dervla McTiernan

3.69

Format: None pages, Audiobook

This audio novella is a stand-alone prequel to the Cormac Reilly series Twenty-two year old Niam… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's The Roommate (Cormac Reilly, #0.7) book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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7. Sea Wall / A Life

By: Simon Stephens

3.55

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

1 hr and 22 minsMeet Alex, a photographer on a holiday with his family in the south of France. Mee… read more

Similar categories in Simon Stephens's Sea Wall / A Life book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • adult
  • british literature
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8. Something Ain't Right

By: Roger Stringer

4.10

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Roger Stringer grew up in rural Mississippi, hunting and eating everything from deer to rabbits. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Roger Stringer's Something Ain't Right book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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9. Alone with the Stars

By: David R. Gillham

3.27

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Listening time 2 hours 10 minutes In the summer of 1937, Amelia Earhart is the most famous woman… read more

Similar categories in David R. Gillham's Alone with the Stars book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • historical
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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10. A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

By: Ben Garrod

3.93

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 42 minutes Most children go through a dinosaur phase. Learning all… read more

Similar categories in Ben Garrod's A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. Break Shot: My First 21 Years

By: James Taylor

3.96

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

James Taylor presenting and narrating the first twenty-one years of his life. read more

Similar categories in James Taylor's Break Shot: My First 21 Years book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Flying Flamingo Sisters

By: Carrie Seim

3.64

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

THE FLYING FLAMINGO SISTERS This hilarious, heartfelt and soaring adventure will delight fans of… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Seim's The Flying Flamingo Sisters book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • historical
  • audiobook
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13. Evil Eye

By: Madhuri Shekar

4.01

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in… read more

Similar categories in Madhuri Shekar's Evil Eye book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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14. Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde

By: Libby Spurrier

3.43

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

First published to critical acclaim in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson’s mesmerising thriller is a ter… read more

Similar categories in Libby Spurrier's Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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15. A Mind of Her Own

By: Paula McLain

3.17

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Paris, 1893. Twenty-five-year-old Marie Sklodowska is studying science at the Sorbonne - one of the… read more

Similar categories in Paula McLain's A Mind of Her Own book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • historical
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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16. Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine

By: Ben H. Winters

3.19

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Three offbeat stories of crime and conundrum, set in the present moment, from The New York Times be… read more

Similar categories in Ben H. Winters's Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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17. Stuck

By: Chris Grabenstein

3.53

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

On his 11th birthday, Jackson is nervous about moving up to middle school where he knows he'll be b… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Stuck book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • audiobook
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18. The Cuckoo's Cry

By: Caroline Overington

3.50

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

On the eve of the global lockdown, Don Barlow opens the door of his old beachside cottage to find a… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Overington's The Cuckoo's Cry book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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19. Malcolm and Me

By: Ishmael Reed

3.15

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

In 1960, Ishmael Reed, then an aspiring young writer, interviewed Malcolm X for a local radio stati… read more

Similar categories in Ishmael Reed's Malcolm and Me book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Getaway

By: Greer Hendricks

3.32

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

In this short thriller from number one 'New York Times' best-selling authors Greer Hendricks and Sa… read more

Similar categories in Greer Hendricks's The Getaway book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. In the Lap of the Goddess

By: Arvind Ethan David

2.99

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

The people of ancient Sumer are gathered to celebrate the rite of the Sacred Marriage, a joyous and… read more

Similar categories in Arvind Ethan David's In the Lap of the Goddess book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of A Murder of Manatees (Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent, #2) by Larry Correia

22. A Murder of Manatees (Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent, #2)

By: Larry Correia

3.45

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

The Further Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent When half your galaxy i… read more

Similar categories in Larry Correia's A Murder of Manatees (Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent, #2) book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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23. The Real Sherlock

By: Lucinda Hawksley

3.46

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed fictional character of all time, and he has been reimagined b… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. Exit Interview with My Grandmother

By: Lily Meyersohn

2.90

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Lily Meyersohn’s Exit Interview With My Grandmother is a rumination on young adulthood, through the… read more

Similar categories in Lily Meyersohn's Exit Interview with My Grandmother book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. Herbie

By: Rich Cohen

3.21

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Every life reaches that crucial intersection, the place where you must choose your fate, or have it… read more

Similar categories in Rich Cohen's Herbie book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. The Mountain and the Sea

By: Kwame Dawes

3.08

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Esther, a painter living in Jamaica and recovering from the death of her husband, comes across a ma… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Dawes's The Mountain and the Sea book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. The Half-Life of Marie Curie

By: Lauren Gunderson

3.92

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

In 1912, scientist Marie Curie spent two months on the British seaside at the home of Hertha Ayrton… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Gunderson's The Half-Life of Marie Curie book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. The Minuteman: The Forgotten Legacy of Nat Arno and the Fight Against Newark's Nazis

By: Greg Donahue

3.44

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Join writer and documentary producer Greg Donahue as he explores the history of domestic Nazis on t… read more

Similar categories in Greg Donahue's The Minuteman: The Forgotten Legacy of Nat Arno and the Fight Against Newark's Nazis book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. Life Ever After

By: Carla Grauls

3.20

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

Tech City: Society is obsessed with relentless progress and the possibility of eternal life. A woma… read more

Similar categories in Carla Grauls's Life Ever After book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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30. Beyond Strange Lands

By: Simon Taylor

2.57

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

This series contains mature themes and strong language and listener discretion is advised. Beyon… read more

Similar categories in Simon Taylor's Beyond Strange Lands book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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31. Blood Territory: The Death of Jimmy O'Connell

By: Mark Whittaker

3.11

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Please note: this series contains mature themes and graphic imagery; and listener discretion is adv… read more

Similar categories in Mark Whittaker's Blood Territory: The Death of Jimmy O'Connell book and Lucinda Hawksley's The Real Sherlock

  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

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Michael Pollan

3.72

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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

Ben Garrod

3.93

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James Taylor

3.96

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Ishmael Reed

3.15

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3.82

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Frank Rich , David Henry Hwang

4.48

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Nick Offerman

3.20

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Marie Benedict

3.73

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