16 must-read thriller books like The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed

Cover of The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed

The Man from Milwaukee

By: Rick R. Reed

4.28

Format: None pages, ebook

2021 Rainbow Awards Winner * Best Gay Book of the Year * Best Gay Mystery/Thriller It’s the su…

"People can change a lot in a very short time."

-Rick R. Reed, The Man from Milwaukee

"People can change a lot in a very short time."

-Rick R. Reed, The Man from Milwaukee

"His fingers just flew over the notebook paper of their own accord. The words, just right, continued to flow from Emory, using only instinct and no thought."

-Rick R. Reed, The Man from Milwaukee

"His fingers just flew over the notebook paper of their own accord. The words, just right, continued to flow from Emory, using only instinct and no thought."

-Rick R. Reed, The Man from Milwaukee

If you liked the thriller plot in The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Tenant by Thomas Ligotti, Francis K. Price, Roland Topor

1. The Tenant

By: Thomas Ligotti , Francis K. Price , Roland Topor

3.91

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

The Tenantchronicles a harrowing, fascinating descent into madness as the pathologically alienated … read more

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  • horror
Cover of Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke

2. Sour Candy

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different … read more

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  • thriller
  • dark
  • horror
"Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton's teeth fell out."

-Kealan Patrick Burke, Sour Candy

Cover of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Sōji Shimada, Ho-Ling Wong

3. The Decagon House Murders

By: Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly mu… read more

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  • thriller
Cover of Snowblind by Eli Easton

4. Snowblind

By: Eli Easton

3.00

Format: 76 pages, ebook

Snow, steam, and secrets. The latest snowstorm carries something unexpected to the doorstep of Hutc… read more

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  • lgbt
Cover of Ill Will by Dan Chaon

5. Ill Will

By: Dan Chaon

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Two sensational unsolved crimes--one in the past, another in the present--are linked by one man's m… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror

6. The Master Key

By: Masako Togawa , None

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Fans of P.D. James, Robert Barnard and other literate writers in the genre will welcome US publicat… read more

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7. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.50

Format: 262 pages, ebook

The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more

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8. The Minds of Billy Milligan

By: Daniel Keyes

4.28

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Billy Milligan can be anyone he wants to be . . . except himself. Out of control of his actions… read more

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  • thriller
"Rasa benci tidak mungkin sepenuhnya dibersihkan. Itulah hal yang harus kita terima, agar tetap punya sifat kuat dan agresif."

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

"By shutting out the real world we can live peacefully in ours. We know that a world without pain is a world without feeling… But a world without feeling is a world without pain."

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

"Chiudendo la porta sul mondo reale, potremo vivere in pace nel nostro. Sappiamo che un mondo senza dolore è un mondo senza sentimento... ma un mondo senza sentimento è un mondo senza dolore."

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

"Что важнее, расширять кругозор или демонстрировать чувства? Может, даже сам вопрос неверный, потому что у тебя чувств нет. Вероятно, если подавить их и жить исключительно логикой, можно стать выдающи…"

-Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan

9. Exquisite Corpse

By: Poppy Z. Brite

4.00

Format: 208 pages,

To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own de… read more

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10. Always

By: Kindle Alexander

4.36

Format: 39 pages, ebook

Born to a prestigious political family, Avery Adams plays as hard as he works. The gorgeous, charis… read more

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11. Sette giorni

By: Cristina Bruni

3.86

Format: 144 pages, ebook

Durante un torneo di golf in Virginia, il giovane Reginald Weston conosce Russell Lee, campione ing… read more

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12. The Hole

By: Sora Kim-Russell , Hye-Young Pyun , None

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Bestseller in Korea, a Psychological Thriller about Loneliness and the Dark Truths We Try to Bury… read more

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Cover of The Kite (The Milvus Files Series Book 1) by N.R. Walker

13. The Kite (The Milvus Files Series Book 1)

By: N.R. Walker

4.22

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Ex-Australian Specialist Response Group, Tim “Harry” Harrigan, has been running covert ops for almo… read more

Similar categories in N.R. Walker's The Kite (The Milvus Files Series Book 1) book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
  • lgbt
Cover of The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

14. The Lost Village

By: Camilla Sten

3.54

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, … read more

Similar categories in Camilla Sten's The Lost Village book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
  • horror
"This isn't a movie. In a movie we would have hugged and been best friends again, now and forever. That's never going to happen. I think I'll be living with this dull pain for the rest of my life. I'l…"

-Camilla Sten, The Lost Village

"She's right. They all are. I can feel it in my bones, that fear, like a sour taste on my tongue. I want nothing more than to stay here, to give in to their reason. I've seen the movies, too—I know wh…"

-Camilla Sten, The Lost Village

Cover of We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III

15. We Need to Do Something

By: Max Booth III

3.42

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM IFC … read more

Similar categories in Max Booth III's We Need to Do Something book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
  • horror
  • lgbt
Cover of Bath Haus by P.J.  Vernon

16. Bath Haus

By: P.J. Vernon

3.76

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriet… read more

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  • thriller
  • horror
  • lgbt
Cover of Tallowwood (Tallowwood, #1) by N.R. Walker

17. Tallowwood (Tallowwood, #1)

By: N.R. Walker

4.44

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Cold cases, murder, lies, and an unimaginable truth. Sydney Detective August Shaw has spent the… read more

Similar categories in N.R. Walker's Tallowwood (Tallowwood, #1) book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
  • lgbt
Cover of Hijinks With a Hellhound (Hidden Species #3) by Louisa Masters

18. Hijinks With a Hellhound (Hidden Species #3)

By: Louisa Masters

4.14

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

I’m a one-and-done kind of hellhound… I don’t catch feeeeeeeelings… Once upon a time, my first… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Masters's Hijinks With a Hellhound (Hidden Species #3) book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • lgbt
Cover of Non è un paese per single by Felicia Kingsley

19. Non è un paese per single

By: Felicia Kingsley

4.03

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Belvedere in Chianti, piccolo borgo sulle colline toscane, dove abbondano ulivi e vigne ma di scapo… read more

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"Amare te è come ballare un lento in una stanza che va a fuoco... Sai che dovresti scappare ma vuoi finire la canzone e aspettare di scoprire quale sarà quella successiva, anche se ormai le fiamme ti …"

-Felicia Kingsley, Non è un paese per single

Cover of Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries, #1) by A.J. Sherwood

20. Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries, #1)

By: A.J. Sherwood

4.24

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A psychic without an anchor. A student in trouble. A shooter on the loose. I’m Jonathan Bane, a li… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sherwood's Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries, #1) book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • lgbt
"The Mexiacan Standoff lasted for about two seconds --- which proved those two had the survival instincts of suicidal fruit flies"

-A.J. Sherwood, Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries, #1)

Cover of Norferville by Franck Thilliez

21. Norferville

By: Franck Thilliez

3.83

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Dans l'univers hostile du Grand Nord, personne ne vous entend crier.Détective et criminologue à Lyo… read more

Similar categories in Franck Thilliez's Norferville book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
Cover of Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2) by S.E. Harmon

22. Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

By: S.E. Harmon

4.39

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

No one said being a medium would be easy. Rain Christiansen, former FBI agent and current cold c… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Harmon's Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2) book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • lgbt
"Life would be so much easier if I didn’t mind disappointing you."

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

"I, Daniel McKenna, promise to love, hold, honor, and cherish you. And always say yes to shower sex."

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

"Thanks to a threatening tropical storm, air traffic control had made us unwilling participants in the world’s strangest version of Red Rover. There had to be a rhyme and reason to the complicated air…"

-S.E. Harmon, Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

Cover of Twelve Secrets (Ben Harper, #1) by Robert  Gold

23. Twelve Secrets (Ben Harper, #1)

By: Robert Gold

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben Harper, true crime journalist, is about to unravel his most shocking story yet . . . his own. … read more

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  • thriller
Cover of Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3) by S.E. Harmon

24. Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3)

By: S.E. Harmon

4.46

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Being insatiably curious is a good way to end up dead. Rain Christiansen, cold case detective a… read more

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  • lgbt
"Accept the olive branch for what it is. “Don’t do me any favours,"

-S.E. Harmon, Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3)

Cover of Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso by Gianluca Gotto

25. Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso

By: Gianluca Gotto

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso è il racconto di un viaggio che ha come protagonista Davide… read more

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"Per didelis galvojimas yra liga."

-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso

"Turi rūpintis tik tuo, ką gali kontroliuoti."

-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso

"Skausmas - neišvengiamas, bet kančia yra pasirenkama."

-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso

"Turėti mylimus žmones prie savo stalo reiškia turėti viską."

-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso

Cover of The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre

26. The Cracked Mirror

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more

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  • thriller
Cover of The Unraveling by Vi Keeland

27. The Unraveling

By: Vi Keeland

4.00

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This chilling, sizzling, and addictive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keelan… read more

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  • thriller
Cover of Forever (Always & Forever #2) by Kindle Alexander

28. Forever (Always & Forever #2)

By: Kindle Alexander

4.28

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr. Robert Adams grew up with more advantages than most, the son of a former vice president, he had… read more

Similar categories in Kindle Alexander's Forever (Always & Forever #2) book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • lgbt
Cover of The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed

29. The Man from Milwaukee

By: Rick R. Reed

4.28

Format: None pages, ebook

2021 Rainbow Awards Winner * Best Gay Book of the Year * Best Gay Mystery/Thriller It’s the su… read more

Similar categories in Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
  • horror
  • dark
  • lgbt
"People can change a lot in a very short time."

-Rick R. Reed, The Man from Milwaukee

"His fingers just flew over the notebook paper of their own accord. The words, just right, continued to flow from Emory, using only instinct and no thought."

-Rick R. Reed, The Man from Milwaukee

"The picture, maybe a high school graduate photo, showed a clean-cut young man with curly blond hair and pale blue eyes. He wore a sports coat and tie. This Eric was nothing like the bartender who’d w…"

-Rick R. Reed, The Man from Milwaukee

Cover of The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3) by Sarah  Pearse

30. The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3)

By: Sarah Pearse

3.81

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A perpetual drifter, Kier Templer lives her life on the road. Dubbed “the monster’s daughter” after… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pearse's The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3) book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
Cover of Ushers: A Short Story by Joe Hill

31. Ushers: A Short Story

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short sto… read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story book and Rick R. Reed's The Man from Milwaukee

  • thriller
  • horror

8 best-selling horror books like The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed

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The Tenant

Thomas Ligotti , Francis K. Price , Roland Topor

3.91

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Sour Candy

Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

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Ill Will

Dan Chaon

3.83

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The Lost Village

Camilla Sten

3.54

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Valor on the Move

Keira Andrews

4.02

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Honeymoon for One

Keira Andrews

4.08

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Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori, #1)

C.S. Poe

4.40

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Tallowwood (Tallowwood, #1)

N.R. Walker

4.44

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