9 must-read fiction books like Resume Speed and Other Stories by Lawrence Block

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Resume Speed and Other Stories

By: Lawrence Block

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Lawrence Block's new collection assembles seven works of fiction written over a period of sixty yea…

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Cover of The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27) by Michael    Connelly

1. The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)

By: Michael Connelly

4.13

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So w… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27) book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • mystery
  • fiction
"I have waited twenty years for this phone call . . . and all this time I thought it would go away. I knew I would always be sad for my sister. But I thought the other would go away."

-Michael Connelly, The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)

Cover of Relic (Pendergast, #1) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

2. Relic (Pendergast, #1)

By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visi… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Relic (Pendergast, #1) book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Lullaby (87th Precinct, #41) by Ed McBain

3. Lullaby (87th Precinct, #41)

By: Ed McBain

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

The squadroom at 5:15 on New Year's morning looked much as it did on any other day... But an except… read more

Similar categories in Ed McBain's Lullaby (87th Precinct, #41) book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

4. The Ballad of Black Tom

By: Victor LaValle

3.85

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles… read more

Similar categories in Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • fiction
"I wish I’d been more like my father,"

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"I'll take Cthulhu over you devils any day."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"A good hustler isn't curious. A good hustler only wants his pay."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"Because to watch would be to understand the play isn't being staged for us."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

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5. The Hellbound Heart

By: Clive Barker

4.07

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. … read more

Similar categories in Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • fiction
"She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Allí el placer era dolor, y viceversa. Y él lo conocía tan bien que era como sentirse en casa."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas"

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

Cover of Cabal by Clive Barker

6. Cabal

By: Clive Barker

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

For more than two decades, Clive Barker has twisted the worlds of horrific and surrealistic fiction… read more

Similar categories in Clive Barker's Cabal book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • fiction

7. Fuzz (87th Precinct, #22)

By: Ed McBain

4.23

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

-- In Fuzz the 87th Precinct is up against the Deaf Man, master criminal. In a race to stop a strin… read more

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8. Blood Relatives (87th Precinct, #30)

By: Ed McBain

4.23

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

A killer is out for blood, and it's up to Detective Steve Carella to bring him in ? but a shocking … read more

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9. Stormy Weather

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more

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10. A Clean Kill in Tokyo (John Rain, #1)

By: Barry Eisler

3.95

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as Rain Fall (John Rain, #1) Name: John Rain. Vocation: Assassin. Specialty: N… read more

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Cover of Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

11. Gone to See the River Man

By: Kristopher Triana

3.67

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers. These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be t… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Triana's Gone to See the River Man book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • mystery
  • fiction
"That didn't matter, though. Her thoughts toward her were entirely justified. They'd always been there, but were suppressed by a guilt she'd now began to think she never should have felt in the first …"

-Kristopher Triana, Gone to See the River Man

Cover of The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1) by Hailey Piper

12. The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)

By: Hailey Piper

3.75

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

New York City, 1990: When you slip through the cracks, no one is there to catch you. Monique learns… read more

Similar categories in Hailey Piper's The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1) book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • fiction
"She’s part of the nothing now."

-Hailey Piper, The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)

"I think death is what happens when anyone meets a god."

-Hailey Piper, The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)

Cover of Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy (Dark Tide Mysteries and Thrillers #1) by Chad Lutzke

13. Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy (Dark Tide Mysteries and Thrillers #1)

By: Chad Lutzke

4.31

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

Three separate yet strangely connected novellas kick off Crystal Lake’s Dark Tide series with stori… read more

Similar categories in Chad Lutzke's Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy (Dark Tide Mysteries and Thrillers #1) book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • short stories
Cover of Resume Speed and Other Stories by Lawrence Block

14. Resume Speed and Other Stories

By: Lawrence Block

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Lawrence Block's new collection assembles seven works of fiction written over a period of sixty yea… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories book and Lawrence Block's Resume Speed and Other Stories

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

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