Mystery · Similar reads
Books like Magpie Murders
The best books like Magpie Murders are In Cold Blood, The Thursday Murder Club, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is about fiction within fiction, obsession and authorship, death and legacy. 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 → - 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.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson · Thriller
Mikael Blomkvist is a financial journalist in Stockholm who has just lost a libel case brought by a billionaire industrialist.
A kindred mystery 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 mystery read.
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 → - A Is for Alibi
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Sue Grafton · Mystery
Kinsey Millhone is a private investigator in Santa Teresa, California — Grafton's fictionalized Santa Barbara — recently divorced for the second time and living alone in a small apartment she describes with genuine affection.
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.
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 → - Don't Look Back
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Karin Fossum · Mystery
A teenage girl, Annie Holland, is found dead beside a mountain lake in a small Norwegian village.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Faceless Killers
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Henning Mankell · Mystery
Faceless Killers is the first Kurt Wallander novel, published in Swedish in 1991 and translated to English in 1997.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Force of Nature
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Jane Harper · Mystery
Five women from the same financial services firm set off on a corporate team-building hike through the Giralang Ranges in Victoria.
A kindred mystery read.
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Books like Magpie Murders: quick answers
What are the best books like Magpie Murders?
The best books like Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Magpie Murders, such as fiction within fiction, obsession and authorship, death and legacy.
What should I read after Magpie Murders?
A natural next read after Magpie Murders is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre.
What books are similar to Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz?
Magpie Murders centers on fiction within fiction, obsession and authorship, death and legacy. Books with a similar feel include In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
