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Books like Mr. Mercedes

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King is about obsession and pursuit, guilt and responsibility, loneliness and alienation. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. In Cold Blood
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    In Cold Blood

    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.

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  2. No Country for Old Men
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    No Country for Old Men

    Cormac McCarthy · Literary fiction

    No Country for Old Men begins in the Texas desert in 1980 where a Vietnam veteran named Llewelyn Moss stumbles on the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong: a ring of dead men, trucks, a cache of heroin, and two million dollars in a case.

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  3. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
    Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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    Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

    Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry · Memoir

    Helter Skelter is the account of the Tate-LaBianca murders of August 1969 written by Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney who prosecuted Charles Manson, with journalist Curt Gentry.

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  4. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

    Stephen King · Memoir

    On Writing is Stephen King's memoir of the writing life combined with a practical toolkit for writers.

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  5. A Time to Kill
    A Time to Kill

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    A Time to Kill

    John Grisham · Thriller

    In Clanton, Mississippi, two white men rape and nearly kill ten-year-old Tonya Hailey.

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  6. Along Came a Spider
    Along Came a Spider

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    Along Came a Spider

    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.

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