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Books like The Big Sleep
The best books like The Big Sleep are In Cold Blood, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, and The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is about corruption and power, chivalry in a corrupt world, money and moral decay. 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 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 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 Devil in the White City
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Erik Larson · History
The Devil in the White City tells two stories that unfolded simultaneously in Chicago in 1893.
A kindred thriller read.
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.
Read the summary → - Die Trying
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Lee Child · Thriller
Jack Reacher is in the wrong place at the wrong time in Chicago — helping a woman with dry cleaning when she is snatched off the street.
A kindred thriller read.
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Books like The Big Sleep: quick answers
What are the best books like The Big Sleep?
The best books like The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, A Time to Kill by John Grisham, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Big Sleep, such as corruption and power, chivalry in a corrupt world, money and moral decay.
What should I read after The Big Sleep?
A natural next read after The Big Sleep is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
What books are similar to The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler?
The Big Sleep centers on corruption and power, chivalry in a corrupt world, money and moral decay. Books with a similar feel include In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time by Maria Konnikova, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, A Time to Kill by John Grisham, Along Came a Spider by James Patterson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
