12 Top short stories books like What's in a Name? by Thomas H. Cook

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What's in a Name?

By: Thomas H. Cook

4.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Five decades after war's end, a rare-books dealer receives a strange visitor. The guns went silent …

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1. The Final Testament

By: Peter Blauner

4.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

It is autumn of 1938 in London. The Nazis have invaded Austria and are seizing Jewish assets, rumor… read more

Similar categories in Peter Blauner's The Final Testament book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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2. The Gospel of Sheba

By: Lyndsay Faye

3.68

Format: 81 pages, ebook

A librarian is tormented by a lethal volume of black magic. When A. Davenport Lomax’s young daughte… read more

Similar categories in Lyndsay Faye's The Gospel of Sheba book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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3. Remaindered

By: Peter Lovesey

3.47

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

The backroom of the Precious Finds Bookstore has served many purposes in its twenty-six years: a mu… read more

Similar categories in Peter Lovesey's Remaindered book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. From the Queen (Death on Demand, #25.5)

By: Carolyn G. Hart

4.39

Format: None pages, ebook

The next story in theBibliomysteries series, penned by MWA Grand Master Carolyn Hart Everyone dream… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn G. Hart's From the Queen (Death on Demand, #25.5) book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. The Little Men

By: Megan Abbott

3.91

Format: 340 pages, ebook

In 1953, Penny is just another washed-up, wannabe Hollywood actress who is past her prime. She has … read more

Similar categories in Megan Abbott's The Little Men book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

6. Hoodoo Harry

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.63

Format: 304 pages,

A long-lost bookmobile opens a wild new chapter in the lives of dysfunctional Texas detectives Hap … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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7. What's in a Name?

By: Thomas H. Cook

4.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Five decades after war's end, a rare-books dealer receives a strange visitor. The guns went silent … read more

Similar categories in Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name? book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. Mystery, Inc.

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.91

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Have you ever wanted something so badly you would kill for it? Identified only by the hastily--and … read more

Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's Mystery, Inc. book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction

9. Reconciliation Day

By: Christopher Fowler

3.90

Format: 448 pages,

A man obsessed with Draculapursues a legendary lost edition of the classic vampire book in this chi… read more

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10. Rides a Stranger

By: David Bell

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

After the death of his father, a literature professor is drawn into the murder investigation of a b… read more

Similar categories in David Bell's Rides a Stranger book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

11. The Compendium of Srem

By: F. Paul Wilson

4.11

Format: None pages,

It is the time of the Inquisition, and mass conversion, terror, and swift trials determine who will… read more

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12. The Book of Ghosts

By: Reed Farrel Coleman

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The lie that bought Jacob Weisen a new life cannot help him escape the past Birkenau could not kill… read more

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13. The Scroll

By: Anne Perry

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

An ancient scroll draws a bookseller into a chilling mystery Monty Danforth finds the tin buried be… read more

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14. The Museum of Literary Souls

By: John Connolly

3.96

Format: None pages,

Mr. Berger has spent thirty-four years keeping his life as empty as possible. His job title as a cl… read more

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15. The Book Thing

By: Laura Lippman

3.86

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A thief targets a local bookstore and it will take a bibliophile PI to save the shop Tess Monaghan … read more

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16. Death Leaves a Bookmark

By: William Link

3.84

Format: 255 pages, ebook

Attempting the perfect murder, a killer encounters the perfect cop After years of get-rich-quick sc… read more

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17. The Book of the Lion

By: Thomas Perry

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Professor Dominic Hallkyn receives an anonymous phone call late one night from a voice claimin… read more

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18. It's In The Book

By: Max Allan Collins , Mickey Spillane

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A new bibliomystery with a decidedly hardboiled tone from two of the masters of the genre. read more

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19. The Long Sonata of the Dead

By: Andrew Taylor

3.52

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

In pursuit of the find of a lifetime, an academic confronts an old rival. Once visited by the likes… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The Long Sonata of the Dead book and Thomas H. Cook's What's in a Name?

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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20. The Nature of My Inheritance

By: Bradford Morrow

3.68

Format: 98 pages, ebook

When Liam Everett's reverend father passes away in the prime of his life, Liam knows something foul… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
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21. Dead Dames Don't Sing

By: John Harvey

3.48

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Ex-cop Jack Kiley is bored, and his work as a PI, tailing cheating spouses and investigating insura… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

11 must-read fiction books like What's in a Name? by Thomas H. Cook

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The Final Testament

Peter Blauner

4.50

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The Gospel of Sheba

Lyndsay Faye

3.68

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Remaindered

Peter Lovesey

3.47

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From the Queen (Death on Demand, #25.5)

Carolyn G. Hart

4.39

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Book Club

Loren D. Estleman

3.23

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The Sequel

R.L. Stine

3.37

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The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

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Remaindered

Peter Lovesey

3.47

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