18 Top mystery books like Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1) by James Lee Burke

Cover of Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1) by James Lee Burke

Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

By: James Lee Burke

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sprawling thriller drenched with atmosphere and intrigue that takes a young boy from a chance enc…

If you liked the mystery plot in Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1) by James Lee Burke , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Prayers for Rain (Kenzie & Gennaro, #5) by Dennis Lehane

1. Prayers for Rain (Kenzie & Gennaro, #5)

By: Dennis Lehane

4.09

Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie meets Karen Nichols, she strikes him as an innocent… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Prayers for Rain (Kenzie & Gennaro, #5) book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I’m getting dissed way too much lately."

-Dennis Lehane, Prayers for Rain (Kenzie & Gennaro, #5)

"All right', Bubba said. '... Just remember, the only sin in battle is hesitation. So don't fucking hesitate."

-Dennis Lehane, Prayers for Rain (Kenzie & Gennaro, #5)

"Some ghost of myself still lived back in the days when we'd shared a bed and talked of the future. But that love we'd had and those selves we'd been were gone, placed in a box like old photographs an…"

-Dennis Lehane, Prayers for Rain (Kenzie & Gennaro, #5)

Cover of Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2) by Dennis Lehane

2. Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)

By: Dennis Lehane

4.17

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Bos… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2) book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But I often think we talk way too much in this society, that we consider verbalization a panacea that it very often is not, and that we turn a blind eye to the sort of morbid self-absorption that bec…"

-Dennis Lehane, Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)

Cover of The Man Who Invented Florida (Doc Ford Mystery, #3) by Randy Wayne White

3. The Man Who Invented Florida (Doc Ford Mystery, #3)

By: Randy Wayne White

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When solitary marine biologist Doc Ford focused his telescope on the woman in the white boat, he di… read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Heat Islands (Doc Ford, #2) by Randy Wayne White

4. The Heat Islands (Doc Ford, #2)

By: Randy Wayne White

3.96

Format: 307 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In Randy Wayne White's The Heat Islands, marine biologist and former secret operative Doc Ford is l… read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Last Picture Show

By: Larry McMurtry

4.00

Format: 280 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is one of McMurtry's most memorable novels - the basis for the film of the same name. Set in a… read more

Similar categories in Larry McMurtry's The Last Picture Show book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Hurry up and get changed, and don't call my daughter a bitch again.' 'No promises,' Lois said. 'You know what she's doing as well as I do, Gene. She doesn't give a damn about Sonny, she just wants to…"

-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show

"You have to remember that I've been lonely for a long time. Loneliness is like ice. After you've been lonely long enough you don't realize you're cold, but you are... I don't know, maybe at the cente…"

-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show

"Is growin' up always miserable?" Sonny asked. "Nobody seems to enjoy it much." "Oh, it ain't necessarily misearble," Sam replied. "About eighty percent of the time, I guess." They were silent again, …"

-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show

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6. The Risen

By: Ron Rash

3.67

Format: 230 pages, ebook

New York Timesbestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspense… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Risen book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of I, Sniper (Bob Lee Swagger, #6) by Stephen Hunter

7. I, Sniper (Bob Lee Swagger, #6)

By: Stephen Hunter

3.86

Format: 298 pages,

Four famed '60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. Under enormous media scrutiny, … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger, #10) by Stephen Hunter

8. G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger, #10)

By: Stephen Hunter

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, the latest episode in his Swagger… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. The Drifter (Peter Ash, #1)

By: Nick Petrie , Nicholas Petrie

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

An explosive thriller debut introducing Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war aren'… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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10. The Cove

By: Ron Rash

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows onc… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Cove book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1) by James Lee Burke

11. Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

By: James Lee Burke

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sprawling thriller drenched with atmosphere and intrigue that takes a young boy from a chance enc… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1) book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

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

12. A Cold Heart (Alex Delaware, #17)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

3.65

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis summons his friend, psychologist-sleuth Alex Delaware, to a tr… read more

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13. Bunner Sisters

By: Edith Wharton

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

"Bunner Sisters," written in 1892 but not published until 1916 in Xingu and Other Stories, takes pl… read more

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14. Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8)

By: Walter Mosley

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Walter Mosley's bestselling and award-winning novels -- from Gone Fishin'to Devil in a Blue Dress,n… read more

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15. The Empty Copper Sea (Travis McGee #17)

By: John D. MacDonald

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

"The professional's professional of suspense writers." THE NEW YORK TIMES Van Harder, once a hard d… read more

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16. Bitter Recoil (Bill Gastner Mystery, #2)

By: Steven F. Havill

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Aging Posadas County Undersheriff Bill Gastner has weathered his quadruple bypass and is taking a r… read more

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17. The Kill Switch (Tucker Wayne, #1)

By: James Rollins , Grant Blackwood

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood, the first installment in an exciting ne… read more

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18. World Gone By (Joe Coughlin, #3)

By: Dennis Lehane

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Late spring, 1943. The world is at war but the American mob is in its heyday. Former crime boss Joe… read more

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19. Sudden Prey (Lucas Davenport, #8)

By: John Sandford

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

It begins with a death and ends with one. For months, Lucas Davenport's men have been tracking a vi… read more

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20. Havana (Earl Swagger, #3)

By: Stephen Hunter

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Outgunning all others in the arena of razor-edged action and sheer guts, New york Timesbestselling … read more

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21. Tularosa (Kevin Kerney, #1)

By: Michael McGarrity

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

It's been two years since an on-the-job shooting forced ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives Kevin Kerne… read more

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22. Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7)

By: Walter Mosley

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Set in 1964, Easy is on a mission to lure Brawley Brown back to his mother. But not only is Brawley… read more

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Cover of Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) by C.J. Box

23. Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

By: C.J. Box

4.36

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) by Michael    Connelly

24. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Nothing but the Bones by Brian Panowich

25. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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26. The Last Highway

By: R.J. Ellory

4.17

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

A sheriff investigates his own brother's murder, deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains... … read more

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27. Front Sight

By: Stephen Hunter

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

This collection of three interconnected novellas follows each generation of the iconic Swagger fami… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) by John Connolly

28. The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

By: John Connolly

4.44

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, the beloved and… read more

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"You didn’t have to look very hard to be disappointed by human beings. We were not all bad, just enough of us, although the rest had to work very hard to make up for that minority."

-John Connolly, The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

Cover of City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1) by Don Winslow

29. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1) book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Game of Snipers (Bob Lee Swagger, #11) by Stephen Hunter

30. Game of Snipers (Bob Lee Swagger, #11)

By: Stephen Hunter

4.35

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Bob Lee Swagger is a true American literary icon."--Mark Greaney, New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Hunter's Game of Snipers (Bob Lee Swagger, #11) book and James Lee Burke's Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker

31. Houses of the Unholy

By: Ed Brubaker

3.73

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

19 must-read fiction books like Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1) by James Lee Burke

Transform Your Habits

Prayers for Rain (Kenzie & Gennaro, #5)

Dennis Lehane

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)

Dennis Lehane

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Man Who Invented Florida (Doc Ford Mystery, #3)

Randy Wayne White

3.85

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The Heat Islands (Doc Ford, #2)

Randy Wayne White

3.96

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21 must-read fiction books like Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24) by C.J. Box

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Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

Anne Hillerman

4.29

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

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