Mystery · Similar reads
Books like The Hound of the Baskervilles
The best books like The Hound of the Baskervilles are The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Death on the Nile, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle is about superstition versus reason, isolation and the moors, inheritance and greed. 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 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · Short stories
Twelve stories, first published in The Strand Magazine between 1891 and 1892, collected here in their original order: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.
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 → - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
Roger Ackroyd, a wealthy widower in the English village of King's Abbot, is found stabbed in his study the evening after confiding to a friend that a blackmailer has driven his new fiancée to suicide.
A kindred mystery 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 mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Day of the Jackal
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Frederick Forsyth · Thriller
In the summer of 1963, the OAS — a right-wing French terrorist organization furious at de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria — hires a professional assassin known only as the Jackal to kill the French president.
Both dig into identity and disguise.
Read the summary → - The Name of the Wind
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Patrick Rothfuss · Fantasy
The Name of the Wind is the first volume of the Kingkiller Chronicle, told as the oral history of Kvothe — a figure of such mythological status that stories about him have become wildly contradictory and probably false.
Both dig into legend and reality.
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 → - 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.
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Books like The Hound of the Baskervilles: quick answers
What are the best books like The Hound of the Baskervilles?
The best books like The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle are The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Hound of the Baskervilles, such as superstition versus reason, isolation and the moors, inheritance and greed.
What should I read after The Hound of the Baskervilles?
A natural next read after The Hound of the Baskervilles is The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
What books are similar to The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle?
The Hound of the Baskervilles centers on superstition versus reason, isolation and the moors, inheritance and greed. Books with a similar feel include The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
