19 Top mystery books like Mystery, Inc. by Joyce Carol Oates

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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 …

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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

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • books about books
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2. Book Club

By: Loren D. Estleman

3.23

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

When a bibliophile is murdered, it takes a bookseller to solve the crime. Good Advice, New Mexico, … read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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3. 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

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
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4. The Sequel

By: R.L. Stine

3.37

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

Writer’s block shows up in person to terrorize a bestselling author Zachary Gold, struggling to wri… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. Condor in the Stacks (Bibliomysteries)

By: James Grady

2.90

Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition

Short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors  A thrilling Condor novella from the bestsel… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. 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

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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7. The Book of Virtue

By: Ken Bruen

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

With his hated father dead, a man's life takes a dangerous turn He doesn't cry when his father, Fra… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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8. 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

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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9. 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

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

10. 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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. Pronghorns of the Third Reich

By: C.J. Box

2.78

Format: 252 pages,

In frigid Wyoming lies a mystery that stretches back to Nazi Germany Lyle and Juan wait outside the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. 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

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. 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 Joyce Carol Oates's Mystery, Inc.

  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • books about books
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14. An Acceptable Sacrifice

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.44

Format: 347 pages, ebook

A pair of federal agents from either side of the US-Mexico border target a cartel kingpin They call… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • books about books

16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy

By: Elizabeth George

4.16

Format: 114 pages, ebook

Jane Shore was born into a quiet life--the sickly, most easily overlooked daughter of a brood of ei… read more

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22. 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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23. The Travelling Companion

By: Ian Rankin

2.80

Format: None pages, ebook

A thrilling new novella about a Jekyll and Hyde-obsessed Scot in Paris from the international-bests… read more

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24. 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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25. Every Seven Years

By: Denise Mina

3.00

Format: 107 pages, ebook

Elsa finds a book with strange powers and must face her tortured past. It's been seven years since … read more

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26. The Haze

By: James W. Hall

4.38

Format: 83 pages, ebook

An aging mobster finds trouble in a nursing home in the latest caper from an Edgar Award-winning au… read more

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27. 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

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
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28. 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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29. 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
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30. The Last Honest Horse Thief

By: Michael Koryta

4.16

Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition

A boy comes of age among a family of grifters in this powerful story from a New York Times–bestsell… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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31. The Hemingway Valise

By: Robert Olen Butler

3.79

Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition

An American spy in Paris solves a legendary mystery as the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “thrilli… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction

19 must-read fiction books like Mystery, Inc. by Joyce Carol Oates

Transform Your Habits

The Final Testament

Peter Blauner

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Book Club

Loren D. Estleman

3.23

Transform Your Habits

The Gospel of Sheba

Lyndsay Faye

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Sequel

R.L. Stine

3.37

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

Transform Your Habits

The Final Testament

Peter Blauner

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Gospel of Sheba

Lyndsay Faye

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Remaindered

Peter Lovesey

3.47

Transform Your Habits

From the Queen (Death on Demand, #25.5)

Carolyn G. Hart

4.39

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