6 Top contemporary books like Pickard County Atlas by Chris Harding Thornton

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Pickard County Atlas

By: Chris Harding Thornton

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Small-town secrets loom large in this spellbinding rural noir about the aftershocks of crime and tr…

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Cover of August Snow (August Snow #1) by Stephen Mack Jones

1. August Snow (August Snow #1)

By: Stephen Mack Jones

3.86

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Tough, smart, and struggling to stay afloat, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Mack Jones's August Snow (August Snow #1) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)

By: Brian Panowich

3.99

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Clayton Burroughs comes from a long line of outlaws. For generations, the Burroughs clan has made i… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Forty Words for Sorrow (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #1) by Giles Blunt

3. Forty Words for Sorrow (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #1)

By: Giles Blunt

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In the quiet Canadian town of Algonquin Bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaf… read more

Similar categories in Giles Blunt's Forty Words for Sorrow (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #1) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Eskimos, it is said, have forty different words for snow. Never mind about snow, Cardinal mused, what people really need is forty words for sorrow. Grief. Heartbreak. Desolation"

-Giles Blunt, Forty Words for Sorrow (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #1)

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4. Christmas in Absaroka County (Walt Longmire #8.1)

By: Craig Johnson

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's holiday season in Absaroka County and Sheriff Walt Longmire gets personal in this delightful c… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's Christmas in Absaroka County (Walt Longmire #8.1) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction

5. Above the Waterfall

By: Ron Rash

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Les, a long-time sheriff nearing retirement, contends with the ravages of poverty and crystal meth … read more

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6. Down River

By: John Hart

4.26

Format: None pages,

Everything that shaped him happened near that river... Now its banks are filled with lies and greed… read more

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7. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Nothing but the Bones book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Heart of It All

By: Christian Kiefer

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how … read more

Similar categories in Christian Kiefer's The Heart of It All book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. The Heart in Winter

By: Kevin Barry

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Barry's The Heart in Winter book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."

-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

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10. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The Devil Himself

By: Peter Farris

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

For Fans of Brian Panowich and Ron Rash. Southern Noir at its finest, The Devil Himself,  sizzles … read more

Similar categories in Peter Farris's The Devil Himself book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. Into the Jungle

By: Erica Ferencik

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this “ hypnotic, violent, unsparing” (A.J. Banner, USA TODAY bestselling author) thriller from t… read more

Similar categories in Erica Ferencik's Into the Jungle book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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13. Shifty's Boys

By: Chris Offutt

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Army cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this second vi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's Shifty's Boys book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Shoot the Moonlight Out

By: William Boyle

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A haunting crime story about the broken characters inhabiting yesterday's Brooklyn, this is the new… read more

Similar categories in William Boyle's Shoot the Moonlight Out book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time

By: Ryan McGee

4.36

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more

Similar categories in Ryan McGee's Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. California Bear

By: Duane Swierczynski

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four un… read more

Similar categories in Duane Swierczynski's California Bear book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Something New Under the Sun

By: Alexandra Kleeman

3.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A novelist discovers the dark side of Hollywood and reckons with a… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Kleeman's Something New Under the Sun book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Why was the only choice paper or plastic, rathern than being able to choose to buy nothing at all?"

-Alexandra Kleeman, Something New Under the Sun

Cover of Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2) by Brian Panowich

18. Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2)

By: Brian Panowich

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and last surviving member of the brutal and blood-ste… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Winterkill (Dark Iceland, #6) by Ragnar Jónasson

19. Winterkill (Dark Iceland, #6)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.89

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður, Police Inspe… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's Winterkill (Dark Iceland, #6) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Broken

By: Don Winslow

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In six intense short novels connected by the themes of crime, corruption, vengeance, justice, loss,… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's Broken book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Glass Kingdom

By: Lawrence Osborne

3.20

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Escaping New York for the anonymity of Bangkok, Sarah Mullins arrives in Thailand on the lam with n… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Osborne's The Glass Kingdom book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. Small Town Sins

By: Ken Jaworowski

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing th… read more

Similar categories in Ken Jaworowski's Small Town Sins book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. House of Bone and Rain

By: Gabino Iglesias

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's House of Bone and Rain book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. Pickard County Atlas

By: Chris Harding Thornton

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Small-town secrets loom large in this spellbinding rural noir about the aftershocks of crime and tr… read more

Similar categories in Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Let the Devil Ride by Ace Atkins

25. Don't Let the Devil Ride

By: Ace Atkins

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more

Similar categories in Ace Atkins's Don't Let the Devil Ride book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lie Until It's True by Jessie Weaver

26. Lie Until It's True

By: Jessie Weaver

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder meets Knives Out in this haunting YA thriller. To redeem herself, tru… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Lie Until It's True book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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27. Broiler

By: Eli Cranor

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Broiler book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. Where They Last Saw Her

By: Marcie R. Rendon

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear series, a harrowing novel of a Native American … read more

Similar categories in Marcie R. Rendon's Where They Last Saw Her book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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29. Wordhunter

By: Stella Sands

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ab… read more

Similar categories in Stella Sands's Wordhunter book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5) by Lana Harper

30. Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5)

By: Lana Harper

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A magical romantic comedy sparkling with spells and witchcraft. To save both her town and the woma… read more

Similar categories in Lana Harper's Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3) by Attica Locke

31. Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3)

By: Attica Locke

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Attica Locke's Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3) book and Chris Harding Thornton's Pickard County Atlas

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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3.83

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Don Winslow

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Don Winslow

4.42

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Sarai Walker

3.99

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Joe R. Lansdale

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