5 must-read mystery books like The Mummy by Riccardo Stephens

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The Mummy

By: Riccardo Stephens

3.39

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Armiston, middle-aged bachelor and general practitioner, has his quiet and routine life interru…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Mummy by Riccardo Stephens , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Castle of Otranto

By: Horace Walpole

3.18

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more

Similar categories in Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto book and Riccardo Stephens's The Mummy

  • mystery
  • classics
  • horror
"My soul abhors a falsehood"

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"This life is but a pilgrimage."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

2. The Jewel of Seven Stars

By: Bram Stoker

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An Egyptologist, attempting to raise from the dead the mummy of Tera, an ancient Egyptian queen, fi… read more

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3. Lost in a Pyramid: Other Classic Mummy Stories

By: Andrew Smith

3.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'As he rushed madly and wildly through the night, he could hear a swift, dry patter behind him, and… read more

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4. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

By: Ian Mortimer

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more

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"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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5. The Only Good Indians

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.70

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, c… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Only Good Indians book and Riccardo Stephens's The Mummy

  • mystery
  • horror
"Names are stupid, though. Pretty soon he won't even need his."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard..."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Dealing with cops is like being around a skittish horse: No sudden movements, nothing shiny or loud. Zero jokes."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because …"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

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6. How to Keep House While Drowning

By: K.C. Davis

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revol… read more

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"Shame has never helped anyone's mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

"No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

Cover of Into the Darkening Fog: Eerie Tales of the London Weird by Elizabeth Dearnley

7. Into the Darkening Fog: Eerie Tales of the London Weird

By: Elizabeth Dearnley

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the fog thickens and the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from all o… read more

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  • mystery
  • horror
Cover of Man, Fuck This House by Brian Asman

8. Man, Fuck This House

By: Brian Asman

3.36

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Sabrina Haskins and her family have just moved into their dream home, a gorgeous Craftsman in the r… read more

Similar categories in Brian Asman's Man, Fuck This House book and Riccardo Stephens's The Mummy

  • mystery
  • horror
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9. Call Me Cassandra

By: Marcial Gala

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Marcial Gala, the author of the award-winning The Black Cathedral, Call Me Cassandra is a dark… read more

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10. The Mummy

By: Riccardo Stephens

3.39

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Armiston, middle-aged bachelor and general practitioner, has his quiet and routine life interru… read more

Similar categories in Riccardo Stephens's The Mummy book and Riccardo Stephens's The Mummy

  • mystery
  • classics
  • horror

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3.63

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Nick Cutter

3.42

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Paul Tremblay

3.79

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John Langan

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