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Books like Farewell, My Lovely
The best books like Farewell, My Lovely are The Big Sleep, In Cold Blood, and The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time. Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler is about race and power in america, nostalgia and loss, corruption at every level. 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.
- The Big Sleep
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Raymond Chandler · Thriller
Philip Marlowe is hired by a very old, very rich man to deal with a blackmail situation involving his younger daughter.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - 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 thriller 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 thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre · History
Ben Macintyre tells the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who became the most important British spy of the Cold War.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton · Literary fiction
Newland Archer is a well-meaning, intelligent young man preparing to marry May Welland — a suitable, beautiful, entirely conventional young woman from his own social world — when her cousin Ellen Olenska arrives in New York.
Both dig into nostalgia and loss.
Read the summary → - A Time to Kill
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John Grisham · Thriller
In Clanton, Mississippi, two white men rape and nearly kill ten-year-old Tonya Hailey.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Along Came a Spider
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James Patterson · Thriller
Along Came a Spider introduces Alex Cross, a Black homicide detective and forensic psychologist working in Washington D.C., in the case that made James Patterson a bestseller.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Angels & Demons
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Dan Brown · Thriller
Physicist Leonardo Vetra is found dead at CERN with a symbol burned into his chest: the Illuminati ambigram.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Big Little Lies
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Liane Moriarty · Thriller
Big Little Lies begins with a death at a school trivia night and then spends its entire length working backward to explain how it happened.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Blacklands
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Belinda Bauer · Thriller
Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb lives in the shadow of an unresolved disappearance.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Blindsighted
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Karin Slaughter · Thriller
Blindsighted is Karin Slaughter's debut novel, published in 2001, and the first book in the Grant County series set in fictional Heartsdale, Georgia.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Dark Places
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Gillian Flynn · Thriller
Libby Day survived the Kansas farmhouse massacre that killed her mother and two sisters when she was seven.
A kindred thriller read.
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Books like Farewell, My Lovely: quick answers
What are the best books like Farewell, My Lovely?
The best books like Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler are The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Farewell, My Lovely, such as race and power in america, nostalgia and loss, corruption at every level.
What should I read after Farewell, My Lovely?
A natural next read after Farewell, My Lovely is The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre.
What books are similar to Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler?
Farewell, My Lovely centers on race and power in america, nostalgia and loss, corruption at every level. Books with a similar feel include The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, A Time to Kill by John Grisham — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
