Penguin

by Andrey Kurkov

3.79 · 38 ratings
death · journey · adult · contemporary · politics · satire · humor · mystery · fiction · suspense · book · drama · animals · crime · thriller · 21st-century · historical-fiction · 20th-century · comedy · law-enforcement

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Hannibal Lecter

by Thomas Harris

4.00 · 266 ratings
literary · suspense · contemporary · psychological · classics · 20th-century · thriller · horror · crime · drama · mystery · serial-killers · fiction · cannibalism · killer · audiobook · book · terror · spooky · dark
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Dublin Murder Squad

by Tana French

3.91 · 294 ratings
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The Trials of Apollo

by Rick Riordan

4.23 · 456 ratings
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The Green Mile

by Stephen King

4.50 · 322 ratings
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The Godfather

by Mario Puzo

4.28 · 111 ratings
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El cementerio de los libros olvidados

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.21 · 257 ratings
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Aaron Falk

by Jane Harper

3.97 · 105 ratings
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The Karla Trilogy

by John le Carré

4.11 · 94 ratings
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The Deptford Trilogy

by Robertson Davies

4.12 · 123 ratings
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Dr. Laszlo Kreizler

by Caleb Carr

3.82 · 85 ratings
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Joe Talbert

by Allen Eskens

4.08 · 81 ratings
book · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · crime · drama · fiction · mystery · thriller · adult · amateur-sleuth · literary-fiction · psychological · killer · 21st-century · family · murder · dark · death · law-enforcement
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George Smiley

by John le Carré

3.97 · 263 ratings
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

4.04 · 559 ratings
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Mark Renton

by Irvine Welsh

3.95 · 124 ratings
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New York Trilogy

by Paul Auster

3.81 · 96 ratings
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L.A. Quartet

by James Ellroy

3.97 · 113 ratings
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Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

3.80 · 110 ratings
dark · classics · book · psychological · audiobook · literary · killer · suspense · fiction · murder · mystery · lgbtq · crime · dark-academia · adult · female-author · noir · 20th-century · thriller · serial-killers
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Raylan Givens

by Elmore Leonard

3.78 · 85 ratings
crime · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · pulp · western · noir · thriller · law-enforcement · adult · action-adventure · humor · fiction · mystery · animals · cozy · book · hard-boiled · police-procedural · killer
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Underworld USA

by James Ellroy

4.05 · 60 ratings
political-intrigue · politics · conspiracies · cold-war · suspense · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · organized-crime · dark · adult · historical · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · noir · crime · thriller · hard-boiled · espionage · fiction
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Mrs. Pollifax

by Dorothy Gilman

4.07 · 252 ratings
book · audiobook · political-intrigue · cozy · suspense · action-adventure · fiction · humor · mystery · crime · espionage · thriller · law-enforcement · female-mc · adult · female-author · historical-fiction · 20th-century · killer · historical
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Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi

by Zoë Ferraris

3.86 · 50 ratings
female-author · law-enforcement · islam · thriller · book · fiction · spirituality · murder · mystery · crime · family · contemporary · suspense · religion · historical-fiction · journey · adult · female-mc · 21st-century · audiobook
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Lew Archer

by Ross Macdonald

3.96 · 178 ratings
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Young Sherlock Holmes

by Andy Lane

3.92 · 74 ratings
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Stonewall Investigations Miami

by Max Walker

4.18 · 28 ratings
comedy · angst · realistic · thriller · middle-class · family · crime · lgbtq · drama · humor · mystery · investigator · domestic-drama · working-class · suspense · found-family · forced-proximity · audiobook · contemporary · multi-pov
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