Mystery · Similar reads
Books like A Is for Alibi
The best books like A Is for Alibi are In Cold Blood, Devil in a Blue Dress, and The Poet. A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton is about female independence, deception and self-deception, class and vulnerability. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote · Memoir
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas — and of the investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock — is the founding document of the true crime genre and one of the most admired works of American nonfiction of the twentieth century.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Devil in a Blue Dress
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Walter Mosley · Mystery
Easy Rawlins is a Black World War II veteran living in Watts in 1948.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Poet
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Michael Connelly · Thriller
Jack McEvoy is a crime reporter in Denver whose twin brother, a homicide detective, apparently kills himself.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time
Maria Konnikova · Psychology
Maria Konnikova has a PhD in psychology and writes about it for a wide audience.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
Gavin de Becker · Psychology
Gavin de Becker's central argument is that fear is a gift, not a problem to manage.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Thursday Murder Club
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Richard Osman · Mystery
The Thursday Murder Club is set in Coopers Chase, an upscale English retirement village, where four residents — Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron — meet weekly to examine unsolved cold cases from the files of Elizabeth's late-policewoman friend.
Both dig into justice outside institutions.
Read the summary → - Killing Floor
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Lee Child · Thriller
Jack Reacher has just left the Army after thirteen years as a military policeman.
Both dig into justice outside institutions.
Read the summary → - Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen · Classics
Pride and Prejudice opens with one of the most famous sentences in English literature and immediately establishes its ironic mode: a truth universally acknowledged turns out to be a social pressure universally imposed.
Both dig into female independence.
Read the summary → - Villette
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Charlotte Brontë · Literary fiction
Villette is Charlotte Brontë's final and most autobiographical novel, narrated by Lucy Snowe, an Englishwoman who travels alone to the fictional Belgian city of Villette after an unspecified catastrophe has stripped her of family, home, and prospects.
Both dig into female independence.
Read the summary → - A Fatal Grace
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Louise Penny · Mystery
A Fatal Grace is the second novel in Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, set in the fictional Quebec village of Three Pines.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - And Then There Were None
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
Ten strangers are invited to an island off the Devon coast under various pretexts.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Death on the Nile
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
A luxury Nile cruise becomes the setting for one of Agatha Christie's most accomplished locked-room puzzles.
A kindred mystery read.
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Books like A Is for Alibi: quick answers
What are the best books like A Is for Alibi?
The best books like A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, The Poet by Michael Connelly, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with A Is for Alibi, such as female independence, deception and self-deception, class and vulnerability.
What should I read after A Is for Alibi?
A natural next read after A Is for Alibi is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, The Poet by Michael Connelly, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova.
What books are similar to A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton?
A Is for Alibi centers on female independence, deception and self-deception, class and vulnerability. Books with a similar feel include In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, The Poet by Michael Connelly, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
