22 best-selling mystery books like I Am the Sea by Matt Stanley

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I Am the Sea

By: Matt Stanley

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

1870. Apprentice lighthouseman James Meakes joins two others at the remote offshore rock of Ripsaw …

If you liked the mystery plot in I Am the Sea by Matt Stanley , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. All the Beautiful Lies

By: Peter Swanson

3.62

Format: 10 pages, Audiobook

From the acclaimed author of Her Every Fear and The Kind Worth Killing comes a diabolically clever … read more

Similar categories in Peter Swanson's All the Beautiful Lies book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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2. How to be Champion: My Autobiography

By: Sarah Millican

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Part autobiography, part self help, part confession, part celebration of being a common-or-garden w… read more

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3. The Double Comfort Safari Club (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, #11)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.79

Format: None pages,

Readers will agree that this touching and dramatic new installment in Alexander McCall Smith's belo… read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Double Comfort Safari Club (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, #11) book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction

4. The Silence

By: Tim Lebbon

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the darkness of a vast cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt b… read more

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5. When God Was a Rabbit

By: Sarah Winman

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When God was a Rabbitis an incredibly exciting debut from an extraordinary new voice in fiction. Sp… read more

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6. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • historical
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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7. Magpie

By: Elizabeth Day

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She has almost everything. The rest she’ll take. Single White Female meets The Perfect Nanny in … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Magpie book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
"She watches him walk around the room, naked apart from those silly flip-flops he's put on because his feet feel the cold. She marvels at his lack of self-consciousness. He has a good body: tall and b…"

-Elizabeth Day, Magpie

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8. The Lamplighters

By: Emma Stonex

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a haunting true story, a gorgeous and atmospheric novel about the mysterious disappeara… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
"Helen thinks I haven't noticed that she's stopped wearing it. But I notice everything about her, all that's changed when I go ashore."

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

"It felt like the more I read, the more free I was in my mind, and if you’re free in your mind, then it doesn’t matter what else is going on."

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

"Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of y…"

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

"Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of y…"

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

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9. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Faulks's The Seventh Son book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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10. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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11. Platform Seven

By: Louise Doughty

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkw… read more

Similar categories in Louise Doughty's Platform Seven book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
"The dead don't bother haunting graveyards- they are the last place on earth they need to haunt. The living do that job for them with their messy combination of grief, desire, imagination. There is no…"

-Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

"It's a deal we all make, I remember thinking. What kind of life will I live with this person? All relationships are a balancing act, after all, each individual perched on either side of a seesaw. You…"

-Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

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12. Exit

By: Belinda Bauer

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MURDER ...Pensioner Felix Pink is about to find out that it’s never too… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Bauer's Exit book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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13. The Sleepwalkers

By: Scarlett Thomas

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Thomas's The Sleepwalkers book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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14. Early Morning Riser

By: Katherine Heiny

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A wise, bighearted, boundlessly joyful novel of love, disaster, and unconventional family Jane f… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Heiny's Early Morning Riser book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Does Gary have to come too?" "You know as well as I do that Gary doesn't like to be alone after dark," Duncan said. "He says the toilet whispers."

-Katherine Heiny, Early Morning Riser

"Sometimes she though being with her mother was like crossing a desert: long, hard stretches of burning sand that exhausted you, but every once in a while, you happened on a little oasis of kindness."

-Katherine Heiny, Early Morning Riser

"Another woman was accompanied by a man with the most unfortunate facial hair Jane had ever seen—a moustache no thicker than dental floss that started under his nose and continued down either side of …"

-Katherine Heiny, Early Morning Riser

"Jimmy gave a startled yelp. She had put cute little candy cane striped glass cocktail stirrers in everyone's drinks and Jimmy had thought they were real candy canes and bitten his in half. "Goodness.…"

-Katherine Heiny, Early Morning Riser

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15. The Hidden Hours

By: Sara Foster

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Keeping her secret may save her family. But telling it may save her life. Arabella Lane, seni… read more

Similar categories in Sara Foster's The Hidden Hours book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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16. The Rule

By: David Jackson

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

'The master of razor-sharp one liners. An absolute belter' - MANDASUE HELLER'Brilliant. This is Bri… read more

Similar categories in David Jackson's The Rule book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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17. The House Uptown

By: Melissa Ginsburg

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Megan Abbott and Laura Lippman, Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown is an emotional com… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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18. Everything Is Beautiful

By: Eleanor Ray

3.87

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it's impossible to part with the things we love the most... When Amy Ashton's world ca… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Ray's Everything Is Beautiful book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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19. The Night We Met

By: Zoë Folbigg

3.91

Format: 368 pages, ebook

As a man holds his wife's frail hand, he recounts a journey like no other... Daniel and Olivia a… read more

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20. Remember My Name

By: Sam Blake

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

If she’d turned off her phone, instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died… When Cre… read more

Similar categories in Sam Blake's Remember My Name book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
Cover of Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

21. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

By: Elinor Cleghorn

4.11

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas ab… read more

Similar categories in Elinor Cleghorn's Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

"For centuries, medicine has claimed that women are defined by their bodies and biology. But we have never been respected as reliable narrators of what happens to our bodies. We are denied agency beca…"

-Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

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22. The Way It Is Now

By: Garry Disher

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Set in a beach-shack town an hour from Melbourne, The Way It Is Now tells the story of a burnt-out … read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's The Way It Is Now book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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23. Halcyon

By: Rio Youers

3.88

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

'Halcyon' is the answer for all Americans who want to escape, but paradise isn't what it seems. … read more

Similar categories in Rio Youers's Halcyon book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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24. The Stalker

By: Sarah Alderson

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Newly-weds Liam and Laura are spending their honeymoon in paradise: just the two of them on a remot… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Alderson's The Stalker book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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25. The Missing Hours

By: Julia Dahl

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a distance, Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram f… read more

Similar categories in Julia Dahl's The Missing Hours book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
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26. The Glass Woman

By: Caroline Lea

3.69

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

1686, ICELAND. AN ISOLATED, WINDSWEPT LAND HAUNTED BY WITCH TRIALS AND STEEPED IN THE ANCIENT SAGAS… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Lea's The Glass Woman book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
"Love opens us, as an earthquake opens the earth."

-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman

"In love, every one of us is a cross, every one of us a Christ."

-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman

"She is a woman capable of violence. She is a woman who did what was necessary. She is a woman who has survived."

-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman

"We were but a step away from the vagrants and exiles who are left to beg by the roads until they were murdered by the cold and buried by the snow."

-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman

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27. Every Happy Family

By: Sarah Stovell

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and Bert are over the moon to have their three grown-up children home for the first time in … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stovell's Every Happy Family book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • fiction
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28. The House on Fripp Island

By: Rebecca Kauffman

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families—one rich, one not—vacation toge… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Kauffman's The House on Fripp Island book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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29. The Deception of Harriet Fleet

By: Helen Scarlett

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dark and brimming with suspense, an atmospheric Victorian chiller set in brooding County Durham for… read more

Similar categories in Helen Scarlett's The Deception of Harriet Fleet book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
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30. I Am Dust

By: Louise Beech

3.90

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

The Dean Wilson Theatre is believed to be haunted by a long-dead actress, singing her last song, wa… read more

Similar categories in Louise Beech's I Am Dust book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Money never gave me more than my heart would let it."

-Louise Beech, I Am Dust

Cover of I Am the Sea by Matt Stanley

31. I Am the Sea

By: Matt Stanley

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

1870. Apprentice lighthouseman James Meakes joins two others at the remote offshore rock of Ripsaw … read more

Similar categories in Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea book and Matt Stanley's I Am the Sea

  • mystery
  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction

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Peter Swanson

3.62

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Alexander McCall Smith

3.79

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3.63

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Emma Stonex

3.53

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Adele Parks

3.45

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T.M. Logan

4.02

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