11 Best thriller books like Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box

Cover of Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box

Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

By: C.J. Box

4.00

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts, an…

"Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"I don't know why it is that alcohol and tobacco are now bad, but jolts of caffeine are suddenly good. It is beyond me, and it makes me feel old."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"...sometimes we see things in animals that aren't really there. It's called transference, if that makes any sense. ...I think there are a lot of people who say they do things for animals when they're really doing it for themselves. They see things in animals that might not really be there. I think sometimes that hurts the animals in the end, and it hurts other people, too. ...There are people on both sides of the issue who think animals are more valuable than people are..."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

If you liked the thriller plot in Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire, #9) by Craig Johnson

1. A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire, #9)

By: Craig Johnson

4.29

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

The inspiration for A&E's Longmire finds himself in the crosshairs in the ninth book of the New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire, #9) book and C.J. Box's Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • westerns
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I've always been taught that religion is supposed to be a comfort to people, not a threat. I think these people have perverted something that's supposed to be holy and turned it into a weapon."

-Craig Johnson, A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire, #9)

Cover of Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) by William Kent Krueger

2. Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve."

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

"Word is you heard the Windigo too." I did. The difference is I'm ready for the son of a bitch." --Cork O'Connor"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" "He looked at his hands. Big hands. How useless a man’s hands were, he thought, when it came to fixing the important things." "

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" They fasted the rest of the day and breathed in the smoke of a cedar fire. At first light next morning, they blackened their faces with the cedar ash, a sign to the spirits of the deep woods that th…"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

Cover of Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6) by Craig Johnson

3. Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6)

By: Craig Johnson

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Read Craig Johnson's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. A missing thumb and dead de… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6) book and C.J. Box's Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • westerns
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I thought about the damage we all did in life simply by being ourselves and getting up in the morning."

-Craig Johnson, Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6)

Cover of Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3) by Craig Johnson

4. Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3)

By: Craig Johnson

3.50

Format: 31 pages,

Walt Longmire has been sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County for almost a quarter of a century and h… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • westerns
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Any Other Name (Walt Longmire, #10) by Craig Johnson

5. Any Other Name (Walt Longmire, #10)

By: Craig Johnson

3.98

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

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

6. Heaven's Keep (Cork O'Connor, #9)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.75

Format: 288 pages,

Intrepid hero Cork O'Connor faces the most harrowing mission of his life when a charter plane carry… read more

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7. An Obvious Fact (Walt Longmire #12)

By: Craig Johnson

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling Longmire series--the basis for the hit … read more

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8. Another Man's Moccasins (Walt Longmire, #4)

By: Craig Johnson

4.20

Format: None pages,

Walt Longmire unravels a mystery that connects two murders across forty years When the body of a yo… read more

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9. The Dark Horse (Walt Longmire, #5)

By: Craig Johnson

3.75

Format: None pages,

The Denver Posthails Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mystery series as a must-read. Joining the four … read more

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10. Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2)

By: Craig Johnson

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Walt investigates a death by poison in this gripping novel from theNew York Times bestselling autho… read more

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11. The Western Star (Walt Longmire, #13)

By: Craig Johnson

2.00

Format: None pages,

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12. Hell Is Empty (Walt Longmire, #7)

By: Craig Johnson

4.08

Format: 96 pages,

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13. As The Crow Flies (Walt Longmire, #8)

By: Craig Johnson

3.93

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The eighth novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire series, the basis for L… read more

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Cover of Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box

14. Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

By: C.J. Box

4.00

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts, an… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) book and C.J. Box's Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"I don't know why it is that alcohol and tobacco are now bad, but jolts of caffeine are suddenly good. It is beyond me, and it makes me feel old."

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

"...sometimes we see things in animals that aren't really there. It's called transference, if that makes any sense. ...I think there are a lot of people who say they do things for animals when they're…"

-C.J. Box, Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

15. The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)

By: Craig Johnson

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

Walt Longmire, sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County, knows he's got trouble when Cody Pritchard is … read more

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16. Dry Bones (Walt Longmire, #11)

By: Craig Johnson

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Wyoming's beloved lawman must solve his coldest case yet when a T. rexskeleton surfaces--along with… read more

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Cover of Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) by Michael    Connelly

17. 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

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and C.J. Box's Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) by John Sandford

18. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

By: John Sandford

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest p… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19) by Craig Johnson

19. The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19)

By: Craig Johnson

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Walt Longmire faces one of his most challenging crime scenes as he tries to reckon with the revelat… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • westerns
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Depth of Winter (Walt Longmire, #14) by Craig Johnson

20. Depth of Winter (Walt Longmire, #14)

By: Craig Johnson

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

“It’s the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Cra… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • westerns
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Land of Wolves (Walt Longmire, #15) by Craig Johnson

21. Land of Wolves (Walt Longmire, #15)

By: Craig Johnson

4.33

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.Attempting to r… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • westerns
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

11 Best fiction books like Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box

Transform Your Habits

A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire, #9)

Craig Johnson

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

William Kent Krueger

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6)

Craig Johnson

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3)

Craig Johnson

3.50

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12 Best fiction books like Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3) by Craig Johnson

Transform Your Habits

Force Of Nature (Joe Pickett, #12)

C.J. Box

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Blood Trail (Joe Pickett, #8)

C.J. Box

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Below Zero (Joe Pickett, #9)

C.J. Box

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Nowhere To Run (Joe Pickett, #10)

C.J. Box

4.29

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