10 Best mystery books like The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright

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The Coyotes of Carthage

By: Steven Wright

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Toussaint Andre Ross has one more shot. Despite being a successful African-American political consu…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Unnamed

By: Joshua Ferris

3.33

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

What drives a man to stay in a marriage, in a job? What forces him away? Is love or conscience enou… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Ferris's The Unnamed book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"They were like two inviolable spheres touching at a fine point in their curves, touching but failing to penetrate, failing to breathe the other's air."

-Joshua Ferris, The Unnamed

Cover of The Pale Criminal (Bernie Gunther, #2) by Philip Kerr

2. The Pale Criminal (Bernie Gunther, #2)

By: Philip Kerr

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hailed by Salman Rushdie as a "brilliantly innovative thriller-writer," Philip Kerr is the creator … read more

Similar categories in Philip Kerr's The Pale Criminal (Bernie Gunther, #2) book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

3. Winter Study (Anna Pigeon, #14)

By: Nevada Barr

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle o… read more

Similar categories in Nevada Barr's Winter Study (Anna Pigeon, #14) book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

4. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

By: John Perkins

3.36

Format: 96 pages,

From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, co… read more

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5. Manitou Canyon (Cork O'Connor, #15)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.78

Format: None pages, ebook

Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend all occurred in previous Novembers, C… read more

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6. A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)

By: Walter Mosley

5.00

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

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7. L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)

By: James Ellroy

3.66

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as crooked as the criminals. Six prisoner… read more

Similar categories in James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

Cover of The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) by Nick Petrie

8. The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

By: Nick Petrie

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash must follow his friend Lewis into a criminal underworld when secrets from the… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Harold

By: Steven Wright

3.48

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the t… read more

Similar categories in Steven Wright's Harold book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Looking at the wingless angel Harold firmly believed her shadow should be in color."

-Steven Wright, Harold

"She smelled too. Like a 22 year old girl. He tried to place that smell but he couldn't. It seemed like a mixture of skin lotion and confidence."

-Steven Wright, Harold

"In Ms Yuka's class he once wrote a poem about it called: 'Listen' The last lines were - I know you know you do it, it doesn't matter to you at all you just want to keep on talking a verbal waterfall"

-Steven Wright, Harold

"Harold thought how weird and strange it must be to be a girl. He was glad he wasn’t one because he didn’t think he would be able to do that. Or he wouldn’t want to do that. It’s probably good that yo…"

-Steven Wright, Harold

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10. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

Similar categories in John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • politics
  • audiobook
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11. The Plinko Bounce

By: Martin Clark

3.73

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

For seventeen years, small-town public defender Andy Hughes has been underpaid to look after the po… read more

Similar categories in Martin Clark's The Plinko Bounce book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Brood

By: Jackie Polzin

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A new literary voice--wryly funny, honest and observational,--depicts one woman's attempt to keep h… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Polzin's Brood book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Life is the ongoing effort to live. Some people make it look easy. Chickens do not."

-Jackie Polzin, Brood

Cover of Cold Brew Corpse (A Coffee Lover's Mystery, #2) by Tara Lush

13. Cold Brew Corpse (A Coffee Lover's Mystery, #2)

By: Tara Lush

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Espresso bar owner Lana Lewis returns in Tara Lush's second Coffee Lover's mystery, a stimulating r… read more

Similar categories in Tara Lush's Cold Brew Corpse (A Coffee Lover's Mystery, #2) book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1) by Ron Corbett

14. The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1)

By: Ron Corbett

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling new series from Edgar®-nominated author Ron Corbett, the most dangerous predator … read more

Similar categories in Ron Corbett's The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1) book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

15. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

By: Dan Egan

4.34

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply … read more

Similar categories in Dan Egan's The Death and Life of the Great Lakes book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • audiobook
"A normal lake is knowable. A Great Lake can hold all the mysteries of an ocean, and then some."

-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

"Sandy beaches still rim the lakes, but if Lake Michigan, for example, were drained it would now be possible to walk almost the entire 100 miles between Wisconsin and Michigan on a bed of trillions up…"

-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

"A thing is right when it tends to promote the integrity, beauty and stability of the biotic community," famed Wisconsin naturalist Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949, which happened to be teh peak of the lam…"

-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

"A single Seaway ship can hold up to six million gallons of vessel-steadying ballast water that gets discharged at a port in exchange for cargo. And that water, scientists would learn after it was too…"

-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

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16. The Sacrament

By: Olaf Olafsson

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investig… read more

Similar categories in Olaf Olafsson's The Sacrament book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I watched them drive away. The Citroën was bright green and jolted slightly. The sun went on shining."

-Olaf Olafsson, The Sacrament

Cover of The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories by Ladee Hubbard

17. The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories

By: Ladee Hubbard

3.68

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

The critically acclaimed author of The Rib King returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of s… read more

Similar categories in Ladee Hubbard's The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) by Paul Doiron

18. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Cuckoo

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven            Wright

21. The Coyotes of Carthage

By: Steven Wright

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Toussaint Andre Ross has one more shot. Despite being a successful African-American political consu… read more

Similar categories in Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage book and Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • politics
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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C.J. Box

4.36

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Craig Johnson

4.37

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James Lee Burke

4.07

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Randy Wayne White

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