6 must-read mystery books like Letters from Alcatraz by Michael Esslinger

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Letters from Alcatraz

By: Michael Esslinger

3.49

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Letters from Alcatraz features an impressive collection of original correspondence from inmates bot…

If you liked the mystery plot in Letters from Alcatraz by Michael Esslinger , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. We're Going to Need More Wine

By: Gabrielle Union

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Union's We're Going to Need More Wine book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Your world is only as small as you make it."

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"My humaness doesn't insulate me from racism or sexism."

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself"

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"An empress does not concern herself with the antics of fools"

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

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2. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

By: Jenny Lawson

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, Jenny Lawson baffled readers with stories about growing up th… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Lawson's Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

3. Where the Line Bleeds

By: Jesmyn Ward

2.88

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

Set in a rural town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Where the Line Bleedstells the story of fraterna… read more

Similar categories in Jesmyn Ward's Where the Line Bleeds book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

4. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

By: Jenny Lawson

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris--Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her lit… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

5. Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3)

By: Dennis Lehane

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Dennis Lehane won a Shamus Award for A Drink Before the War, his first book about working-class Bos… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3) book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

6. People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges

By: Jen Mann

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the write… read more

Similar categories in Jen Mann's People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

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7. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

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8. Madhouse at the End of the Earth

By: Julian Sancton

4.27

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more

Similar categories in Julian Sancton's Madhouse at the End of the Earth book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

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9. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's The Amish Wife book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1) by Jess Lourey

10. The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1)

By: Jess Lourey

4.23

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Two girls vanished. A woman buried alive. Between two crimes—decades of secrets yet to be unearthed… read more

Similar categories in Jess Lourey's The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1) book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • mystery
  • crime
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11. A Bit of a Stretch

By: Chris Atkins

4.21

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's prisons. Where can a tin of tun… read more

Similar categories in Chris Atkins's A Bit of a Stretch book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter

12. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer

By: Harold Schechter

3.76

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten … read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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13. The Summer House

By: Keri Beevis

4.05

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Mead House was once our childhood home. Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return … read more

Similar categories in Keri Beevis's The Summer House book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • mystery
  • crime
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14. Snowflakes

By: Ruth Ware

3.52

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

When a barrier between truth and illusion grows stronger, a family’s trust crumbles in this arresti… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's Snowflakes book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • mystery
Cover of Keep Your Friends Close by Lucinda Berry

15. Keep Your Friends Close

By: Lucinda Berry

3.78

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

When Kiersten McCann, president of the West Hollywood Moms’ Club, turns up dead in her own pool, it… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Berry's Keep Your Friends Close book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Letters from Alcatraz by Michael Esslinger

16. Letters from Alcatraz

By: Michael Esslinger

3.49

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Letters from Alcatraz features an impressive collection of original correspondence from inmates bot… read more

Similar categories in Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz book and Michael Esslinger's Letters from Alcatraz

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime

7 Top nonfiction books like Letters from Alcatraz by Michael Esslinger

Transform Your Habits

We're Going to Need More Wine

Gabrielle Union

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Madhouse at the End of the Earth

Julian Sancton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

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8 must-read adult books like Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter

Transform Your Habits

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

Gary L. Stewart , Susan D. Mustafa

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Want-Ad Killer

Ann Rule

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

James Renner

3.74

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