20 must-read crime books like Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke

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Flags on the Bayou

By: James Lee Burke

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana…

If you liked the crime plot in Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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

1. 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 Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. 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 James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Exchange

By: John Grisham

3.69

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a … read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Exchange book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Winning was always fun, but winning with class was far more important."

-John Grisham, The Exchange

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4. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

Cover of Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15) by John Sandford

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

By: John Sandford

4.36

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more

Similar categories in John Sandford's Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

6. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

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

7. 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

Similar categories in John Sandford's Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) by Lee Child

8. The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look li… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) by David Baldacci

9. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.37

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's A Calamity of Souls book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) by John Grisham

11. Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

By: John Grisham

4.26

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresist… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

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

12. 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

Similar categories in John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • 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 First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

13. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Long Ago

By: Michael McGarrity

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the early 1960s, Ray Lansdale returns from Vietnam to his Montana home to search for his missing… read more

Similar categories in Michael McGarrity's The Long Ago book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. An Honest Man

By: Michael Koryta

4.13

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a y… read more

Similar categories in Michael Koryta's An Honest Man book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

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

16. 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

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's The Longmire Defense (Walt Longmire, #19) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke

17. Flags on the Bayou

By: James Lee Burke

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • civil war
  • war
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23) by Daniel Silva

18. The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23)

By: Daniel Silva

4.38

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thi… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Silva's The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7) by Greg Iles

19. Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7)

By: Greg Iles

4.15

Format: 966 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his l… read more

Similar categories in Greg Iles's Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) by Walter Mosley

20. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)

By: Walter Mosley

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2) by Nelson DeMille

21. Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2)

By: Nelson DeMille

4.32

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Blood Lines features the r… read more

Similar categories in Nelson DeMille's Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2) book and James Lee Burke's Flags on the Bayou

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook

21 Best fiction books like Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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The Exchange

John Grisham

3.69

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The River We Remember

William Kent Krueger

4.29

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21 Best fiction books like The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) by Lee Child

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

Transform Your Habits

The Exchange

John Grisham

3.69

Transform Your Habits

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

John Sandford

4.36

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