14 must-read fiction books like The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

By: J.K. Rowling , Robert Galbraith

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym …

If you liked the fiction plot in The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French

1. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD 2008 FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

2. The Casual Vacancy

By: J.K. Rowling

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN ... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pa… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

3. Magpie Murders

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

4. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

By: J.K. Rowling , Robert Galbraith

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

By: Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue. A Sensati… read more

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6. Gone Girl

By: Gillian Flynn

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anni… read more

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7. The Girl on the Train

By: Paula Hawkins

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every day the same Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she ratt… read more

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8. Sharp Objects

By: Gillian Flynn

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment:… read more

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9. Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)

By: Dan Brown

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target... Wh… read more

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10. A Study in Scarlet

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

'There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is t… read more

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11. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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12. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

13. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

Cover of The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) by Agatha Christie

14. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

4.00

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

Agatha Christie's debut novel was also the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"A man in love is a sorry spectacle."

-Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

"A good conscience makes a sound sleeper"

-Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

"An appreciative listener is always stimulating."

-Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

"Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend."

-Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)

Cover of The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) by Nita Prose

15. The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

By: Nita Prose

3.83

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover t… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) book and J.K. Rowling's The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

16. 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 J.K. Rowling's The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) by Anthony Horowitz

17. The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? New York Times bestselling auth… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) by Richard Osman

18. The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

By: Richard Osman

4.38

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

One Thursday afternoon in the seniors' center, a decade-old cold case --their favorite kind-- leads… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?"

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Love? Try Googling it. There aren't any answers."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"When you look backwards, everything is inevitable."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Ron's mouth opens, but, unusually for him, no words come out."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

Cover of The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman

19. The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

By: Richard Osman

3.88

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07S5D5TH7 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely frien… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) book and J.K. Rowling's The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If you hit women, you hit women"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"Ron Ritchie is, as so often, having none of it."

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"The sun is up, the skies are blue, and murder is in the air"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"I'm afraid I don't know WTF. I only discovered LOL from Joyce last week"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

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20. Career of Evil: by Robert Galbraith | Summary & Analysis

By: Key Point Breakdowns

4.51

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Limited Time $2.99 Regularly $3.99 Having solved two high profile homicide investigations with… read more

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  • thriller
Cover of The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2) by Richard Osman

21. The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

By: Richard Osman

4.37

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with w… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Does it hurt?" asks Ibrahim. "Only when I breathe," says Donna."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

"Why did people always get so angry? We'll all be dead soon enough."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

"La gente que nunca se pierde no ha viajado nunca a ningún sitio interesante."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

"He buys three other books too, because he wants the bookshop still to be there when he comes back next week."

-Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

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4.64

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