8 Top short stories books like Austin Noir (Akashic Noir) by Hopeton Hay

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Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

By: Hopeton Hay

3.75

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Austin joins Dallas and Houston in Akashic's deep dive into the Lone Star State's darkest dimension…

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Cover of Lemons Never Lie (Alan Grofield #4) by Richard Stark

1. Lemons Never Lie (Alan Grofield #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.85

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

When he's not pulling heists with his friend Parker, Alan Grofield runs a small theatre in Indiana.… read more

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  • mystery
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2. The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

By: Elizabeth Kendall

4.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Ted Bundy read more

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3. Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.67

Format: 48 pages,

Hap Collins is a complicated man. He looks like a good 'ol boy, but his politics don't match. After… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
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4. Backflash (Parker, #18)

By: Richard Stark

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Following on the heels of Comeback, a New York Times Notable Book, a new Parker adventure finds the… read more

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  • mystery
"The shirtsleeved bald bartender was tall and fat, looking like a retired cop who'd gone to seed the day his papers had come through. At the bar, muttering together about sports and politics—other peo…"

-Richard Stark, Backflash (Parker, #18)

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5. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss In the 1980… read more

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6. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Matthew Scudder, #6)

By: Lawrence Block

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Downing a bourbon or two with a couple of cronies, Scudder witnesses a heist. The Morrisey brothers… read more

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7. The Fallen

By: Ace Atkins

3.91

Format: 241 pages,

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8. American Tabloid (Underworld USA, #1)

By: James Ellroy

3.37

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassina… read more

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9. Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan #1)

By: Laura Lippman

3.95

Format: 473 pages, Hardcover

In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be… read more

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10. Lone Star Noir

By: Bobby Byrd , None , None

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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11. D.C. Noir

By: None , Laura Lippman , James Grady , None , Robert Andrews , Jim Fusilli , Rubén Castañeda , Kenji Jasper , Richard Currey , David Slater , None , None , None , None , None , None

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Brand new stories by: George Pelecanos, James Grady, Kenji Jasper, Jim Beane, Jabari Asim, Ruben Ca… read more

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12. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • mystery
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13. Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” ( Denver Post ), the… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
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14. My Darkest Prayer

By: S.A. Cosby

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut novel My Darkest Prayer is rep… read more

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  • mystery
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15. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • mystery
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16. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

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  • mystery
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17. The Devil Takes You Home

By: Gabino Iglesias

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father despera… read more

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  • mystery
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18. She Memes Well

By: Quinta Brunson

4.07

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy Award-winning writer Quinta Brunson (creator and star of Abbott Elementary ) comes a deep… read more

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19. Everybody Knows

By: Jordan Harper

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag… read more

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  • mystery
"You have to be invited in. Cops are like vampires that way."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"What she tells him after that blows out the back of Chris’s head like a book-depository bullet."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"Brass and the DAs are the true villains in a cop’s life. The knuckleheads are just the product they trade in."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

"His hands in his lap grasp and clench the air like he’s trying to find the world’s throat and choke it until it’s dead."

-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

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20. Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies

By: Vicky Zimmerman

3.84

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

An unlikely friendship between two stubborn, lonely souls anchors this big-hearted book and dares u… read more

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21. Sing Her Down

By: Ivy Pochoda

3.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

No Country for Old Men meets Killing Eve in this gritty, feminist Western thriller from the award-w… read more

Similar categories in Ivy Pochoda's Sing Her Down book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • mystery
"If we could avenge people for their personalities, we'd all be in trouble."

-Ivy Pochoda, Sing Her Down

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22. Just Because

By: Matthew McConaughey

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The debut picture book by Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matt… read more

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23. Denver Noir

By: Cynthia Swanson

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Denver enters the Noir Series arena with a wide range of mile-high misgivings and perils. Featur… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Swanson's Denver Noir book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • mystery
  • short stories
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24. Cleveland Noir

By: Michael Ruhlman

3.89

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Cleveland Noir joins Columbus Noir as the Akashic Noir Series continues its tour of Ohio, and navig… read more

Similar categories in Michael Ruhlman's Cleveland Noir book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • short stories
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25. 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

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  • mystery
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26. 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 Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • mystery
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27. City on the Edge

By: David Swinson

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family in this thrilling n… read more

Similar categories in David Swinson's City on the Edge book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • mystery
Cover of Austin Noir (Akashic Noir) by Hopeton Hay

28. Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

By: Hopeton Hay

3.75

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Austin joins Dallas and Houston in Akashic's deep dive into the Lone Star State's darkest dimension… read more

Similar categories in Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir) book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • short story collection
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29. South Central Noir (Akashic Noir)

By: Gary Phillips

3.91

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

The Akashic Noir Series’ forensic study of Southern California sharpens its focus on one of Los Ang… read more

Similar categories in Gary Phillips's South Central Noir (Akashic Noir) book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • short stories
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30. Santa Cruz Noir

By: Susie Bright

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Noir, San Francisco Noir, San Diego Noir, Orange County N… read more

Similar categories in Susie Bright's Santa Cruz Noir book and Hopeton Hay's Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)

  • mystery
  • short stories
Cover of East Jerusalem Noir (Akashic Noir) by Rawya Jarjoura Burbara

31. East Jerusalem Noir (Akashic Noir)

By: Rawya Jarjoura Burbara

3.84

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

In East Jerusalem Noir —published simultaneously with West Jerusalem Noir —the Akashic Noir Series … read more

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  • short stories

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