8 must-read historical fiction books like The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1) by Jed Rubenfeld

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The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

By: Jed Rubenfeld

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadis…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1) by Jed Rubenfeld , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Messiah

By: Boris Starling

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Renowned detective Red Metcalfe investigates three odd and brutal murders, only to become convinced… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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2. The Madness of a Seduced Woman

By: Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

4.26

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Agnes is on her way to Montpelier, when she sees a young man rescue a girl from a burning building.… read more

Similar categories in Susan Fromberg Schaeffer's The Madness of a Seduced Woman book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • psychology
  • historical fiction
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3. The Women

By: T. Coraghessan Boyle

3.41

Format: 331 pages,

Welcome to the troubled, tempestuous world of Frank Lloyd Wright. Scandalous affairs rage behind cl… read more

Similar categories in T. Coraghessan Boyle's The Women book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Genius

By: Jesse Kellerman

4.20

Format: 32 pages,

A tenant has disappeared in a New York slum, leaving behind strange, original artwork. Gallery owne… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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5. The Strangler Vine (The Blake and Avery Mystery Series, #1)

By: M.J. Carter

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Calcutta 1837. The East India Company rules India - or most of it; and its most notorious and celeb… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

By: Jed Rubenfeld

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadis… read more

Similar categories in Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • historical
  • psychology
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus, #18) by Ian Rankin

7. Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus, #18)

By: Ian Rankin

4.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten yea… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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8. The Captain and the Enemy (Penguin Classics)

By: Graham Greene , John Auchard

3.46

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Victor Baxter is a young boy when a secretive stranger known simply as “the Captain” takes him from… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
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9. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (Ballad, #2)

By: Sharyn McCrumb

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Everyone in Dark Hollow, Tennesee, knew that old Nora Bonesteel had "the Sight." So naturally she w… read more

Similar categories in Sharyn McCrumb's The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (Ballad, #2) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Devil in the Marshalsea

By: Antonia Hodgson

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

London, 1727, and Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-h… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

11. Scaredy Cat (Tom Thorne, #2)

By: Mark Billingham

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Paperback

SCARE SOMEONE ENOUGH, THEY'LL DO ANYTHING... It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer select… read more

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12. The Grifters

By: Jim Thompson

3.00

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworki… read more

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13. Remembering the Bones

By: Frances Itani

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Unknown Binding

Best-selling author Frances Itani's second novel is a beautifully written, moving tale of the stayi… read more

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14. Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane, #1)

By: Christopher Brookmyre

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Quite Ugly One Morning is the book that made Christopher Brookmyre a star in his native Britain, es… read more

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15. The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh #13)

By: None

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling serie… read more

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16. Fatherland

By: Robert Harris

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country i… read more

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17. Stick

By: Elmore Leonard

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In Stick,an ex-con trying to go straight finds himself tempted by a high stakes, sweet-revenge scam… read more

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18. Brat Farrar

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Listening Length: 7 hours and 55 minutes Brat Farrar has been carefully coached to assume the ident… read more

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19. The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Chandler's 5th novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter… read more

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20. Killshot

By: Elmore Leonard

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

"[Leonard has] written so many first-rate crime stories that it would be fatuous to say Killshotis … read more

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21. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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22. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

By: Barry Kirwan

4.23

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more

Similar categories in Barry Kirwan's The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • fiction
"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

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23. The Sacred Well Murders

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young Ame… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Sacred Well Murders book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Take it away,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"I EAT THE DARK"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"So, Mr. Jeffreys,"

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

"Wife of Lir eat horse."

-Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

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24. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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25. Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

By: Karl Braungart

4.36

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Spy craft between the United States and Iraq takes a turn for the deadly when Iraq teams up with Ir… read more

Similar categories in Karl Braungart's Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • fiction
"You understand, gentlemen,"

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

"This can only be an urgent call at this late hour."

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

"We have three sets of passports. Two are Egyptian with false names."

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

"Jesus, I wonder if that sound was our listening receiver falling to the floor."

-Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity (Remmich/Miller, #3)

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26. Holy Island (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #1)

By: L.J. Ross

4.01

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take … read more

Similar categories in L.J. Ross's Holy Island (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #1) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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27. Headlong (Bill Slider #21)

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bill Slider and his team investigate the death of a prominent literary agent in this intriguing con… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles's Headlong (Bill Slider #21) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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28. The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.32

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Following on from 'Our Blue Orange', 'The Girl with the Porcelain Lips' continues the story. The de… read more

Similar categories in A.R. Merrydew's The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

"My name is Jenny,’ the prototype curtly informed Theodore, with a stance that advertised her statement to perfection."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"     ‘And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"The machines were simple and harmless, developed by a human genius who set in motion something, which ultimately had far reaching consequences."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

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29. The Horror of Haglin House (The Violet Thorn Mysteries, #1)

By: M.R.C. Kasasian

3.14

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

Home is where the horror is… Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk… read more

Similar categories in M.R.C. Kasasian's The Horror of Haglin House (The Violet Thorn Mysteries, #1) book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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30. Sverigevänner: Historien om hur pappa och jag försökte bli svenskast på Tjörn

By: Arash Sanari

3.83

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Familjen kommer till Tjörn i slutet av 80-talet efter att ha flytt krigets Iran. Pappa Jamshid är i… read more

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31. Makam

By: Rita Chowdhury

4.13

Format: 606 pages, Hardcover

Makam, which means “golden horse” in Cantonese, is a fictionalized historical account of the Chines… read more

Similar categories in Rita Chowdhury's Makam book and Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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