15 Best mystery books like The Archivist: A Thriller by Rex Pickett

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The Archivist: A Thriller

By: Rex Pickett

3.09

Format: 700 pages, Hardcover

A November Book Pick from The New York Times When archivist Nadia Fontaine is found dead of an appa…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Archivist: A Thriller by Rex Pickett , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1) by Colin Cotterill

1. The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)

By: Colin Cotterill

3.97

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Laos, 1976: Dr. Siri Paiboun, a 72-year-old medical doctor, has been unwillingly appointed the nati… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"There was nothing fake or added about him. He was all himself."

-Colin Cotterill, The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)

"There was nothing fake or added or subtracted about him. He was all himself."

-Colin Cotterill, The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)

"Watching Siri and Dtui 'run' to the administration block would have saddened even the most benevolent of athletic coaches"

-Colin Cotterill, The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)

"He put his hand on his forehead and scoured the French department of his memory for a word. He knew it was in there. He'd put it in almost fifty years before and hadn't had cause to remove it. But fo…"

-Colin Cotterill, The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)

Cover of Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

2. Sarum: The Novel of England

By: Edward Rutherfurd

4.08

Format: 912 pages, Paperback

Sarum: The Novel of England - a novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. … read more

Similar categories in Edward Rutherfurd's Sarum: The Novel of England book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wicked Charms (Lizzy & Diesel, #3) by Janet Evanovich, Phoef Sutton

3. Wicked Charms (Lizzy & Diesel, #3)

By: Janet Evanovich , Phoef Sutton

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Lizzy and Diesel return once again in an all-new adventure in the #1 New York Timesbestselling seri… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) by Raymond Chandler

4. Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

As Chandler's last novel opens, Philip Marlowe meets a well-endowed redhead as she disembarks from … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction

5. The Rembrandt Affair (Gabriel Allon, #10)

By: Daniel Silva

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for ... Determined to sever his ties with… read more

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6. An Autobiography

By: Agatha Christie , None

3.00

Format: 1118 pages,

Back in print in an all-new edition, is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the … read more

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7. Piece of My Heart (Inspector Banks, #16)

By: Peter Robinson

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

1969... In an era of free love and rebellion, a dead body is discovered among the detritus of a rec… read more

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8. Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4)

By: Val McDermid

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, whose gripping,… read more

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Cover of Chrysalis (Jeremy Logan, #6) by Lincoln Child

9. Chrysalis (Jeremy Logan, #6)

By: Lincoln Child

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unex… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Fatal Justice (Cavendish & Walker, #2) by Sally Rigby

10. Fatal Justice (Cavendish & Walker, #2)

By: Sally Rigby

4.16

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

A vigilante’s on the loose, dishing out their kind of justice…A string of mutilated bodies sees Det… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Y/N

By: Esther Yi

2.95

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

Y/Na novel about a Korean American woman living in Berlin whose obsession with a K-pop idol sends h… read more

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  • fiction
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You are not your dryness," the Boys said in small copy on the box, "You are not your sebum." They wanted to make the world a better place, and that began with my enlarged pores."

-Esther Yi, Y/N

"I knew how all of this felt, better than if I had felt it myself. The boy was my ambassador, sent to a foreign land with which my own land was in delicate relations. I'd never visited this country my…"

-Esther Yi, Y/N

"As a human being who cannot live without love, I know full well that I have exhausted my options on this disappointing planet. The question is no longer ‘Who are the people who will accept my unusual…"

-Esther Yi, Y/N

"Inside your mother, you were perfectly round, complete unto yourself. You wanted for nothing. But you were born, and the nightmare began. Your body was pulled in all directions. Your arms, legs, neck…"

-Esther Yi, Y/N

Cover of The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading by James  Patterson

12. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

Cover of Table for Two by Amor Towles

13. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

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14. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

Similar categories in Adelle Waldman's Help Wanted book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • novels
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

15. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Cover of Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

16. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

Similar categories in Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • adult
  • audiobook
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Cover of The Colors of All the Cattle (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #19) by Alexander McCall Smith

17. The Colors of All the Cattle (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #19)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.16

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

In this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, P… read more

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  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Island by Karen Jennings

18. An Island

By: Karen Jennings

3.56

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE - A "powerful" (The Guardian) novel about a lighthouse keeper with … read more

Similar categories in Karen Jennings's An Island book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Corpse Flower (Kaldan og Schäfer, #1) by Anne Mette Hancock

19. The Corpse Flower (Kaldan og Schäfer, #1)

By: Anne Mette Hancock

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo meets Sharp Objects in this internationally bestselling psychologic… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Tsarina

By: Ellen Alpsten

3.89

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness an… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5) by Val McDermid

21. Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

By: Val McDermid

4.18

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

Alice Somerville's inheritance lies six feet under in a Highland peat bog - a pair of valuable vint… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5) book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson

22. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

By: Tommy Tomlinson

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Tomlinson's Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora

23. The Paper Wasp

By: Lauren Acampora

3.32

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying debut novel from the acclaimed author of The Wonder Garden, The Paper Wasp is a riv… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Acampora's The Paper Wasp book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
Cover of Properties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins

24. Properties of Thirst

By: Marianne Wiggins

4.17

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A National Bestseller A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 Fifteen years after the publication of Evi… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Wiggins's Properties of Thirst book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • novels
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1) by Colleen Cambridge

25. Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

By: Colleen Cambridge

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore thi… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1) book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"If I could fix an airplane engine, I could roast a chicken. It couldn't be that difficult, could it? Yes. Yes, it could."

-Colleen Cambridge, Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)

Cover of The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson

26. The Girl Who Died

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.44

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Teacher Wanted At the Edge of the World Una wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been u… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's The Girl Who Died book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman

27. Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

By: John Hodgman

4.04

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on f… read more

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  • audiobook
"There is no peace in dying."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"Raccoons are beyond fear, and they are assholes."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"Maine is a beautiful place that I paradoxically want to hoard to myself and share with everyone I meet."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"...not everything in life is unpleasant, but most of it is, and certainly all of things that lead to real and lasting pleasure are."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

Cover of Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day

28. Death at Greenway

By: Lori Rader-Day

3.31

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

"Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforce… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Wasn't it remarkable that one might go about one's life, thinking oneself at the center, barely looking right or left, only to discover that everyone else was exactly the same?"

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

"A fete in the streets--what good was it? What good was waving a flag and pointing fingers into the air, when they'd lost so much? Too much. They would erect stone plinths to lay wreaths on for the me…"

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

29. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Room on the Sea by André Aciman

30. Room on the Sea

By: André Aciman

3.40

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Paul was reading a newspaper. Catherine was reading a novel. So begins Room on the Sea, André Acima… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Archivist: A Thriller by Rex Pickett

31. The Archivist: A Thriller

By: Rex Pickett

3.09

Format: 700 pages, Hardcover

A November Book Pick from The New York Times When archivist Nadia Fontaine is found dead of an appa… read more

Similar categories in Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller book and Rex Pickett's The Archivist: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • romantic suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook

23 Best fiction books like The Archivist: A Thriller by Rex Pickett

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The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)

Colin Cotterill

3.97

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Sarum: The Novel of England

Edward Rutherfurd

4.08

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Wicked Charms (Lizzy & Diesel, #3)

Janet Evanovich , Phoef Sutton

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)

Raymond Chandler

4.11

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

James Patterson

3.92

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The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl

3.84

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Lee Morgan

4.41

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