Mystery · Similar reads
Books like The Long Call
The best books like The Long Call are In Cold Blood, A Fatal Grace, and Raven Black. The Long Call by Ann Cleeves is about identity and belonging, faith and community, outsiderdom. 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 → - 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 → - Raven Black
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Ann Cleeves · Mystery
Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves's Shetland series, set on the Scottish island archipelago at the very edge of British territory.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Still Life
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Louise Penny · Mystery
Still Life is the first novel featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, and the book that introduces the fictional village of Three Pines in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Dry
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Jane Harper · Mystery
Federal agent Aaron Falk returns to the drought-ravaged farming town of Kiewarra, Victoria, for the first time in twenty years, drawn back by the apparent murder-suicide of his childhood friend Luke Hadler.
Both dig into guilt and complicity.
Read the summary → - A Darker Shade of Magic
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V.E. Schwab · Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic is set across four parallel versions of London — Red, Grey, White, and the long-destroyed Black — each existing in the same location but separated by the barriers between worlds.
Both dig into identity and belonging.
Read the summary → - Exit West
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Mohsin Hamid · Literary fiction
Exit West follows Saeed and Nadia, two young people who meet and fall in love in an unnamed city beginning to fracture under the pressure of civil conflict.
Both dig into identity and belonging.
Read the summary → - Little Fires Everywhere
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Celeste Ng · Contemporary fiction
In Shaker Heights, Ohio — a meticulously planned, deliberately integrated suburb — two families collide.
Both dig into identity and belonging.
Read the summary → - Oliver Twist
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Charles Dickens · Classics
Oliver Twist is the story of an orphan born in a workhouse who runs away from an abusive apprenticeship, falls in with a gang of thieves in London, and — in Dickens's scheme — is eventually rescued and restored to his rightful identity.
Both dig into identity and belonging.
Read the summary → - Pachinko
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Min Jin Lee · Historical fiction
Pachinko follows four generations of a Korean family from a small fishing village in early twentieth-century Korea to Osaka and Yokohama in postwar Japan.
Both dig into identity and belonging.
Read the summary → - Part of Your World
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Abby Jimenez · Romance
Part of Your World opens with Dr.
Both dig into identity and belonging.
Read the summary → - The Bat
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Jo Nesbø · Thriller
The Bat is the first Harry Hole novel, published in Norwegian in 1997 and set almost entirely in Sydney, Australia.
Both dig into guilt and complicity.
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Books like The Long Call: quick answers
What are the best books like The Long Call?
The best books like The Long Call by Ann Cleeves are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, Still Life by Louise Penny, The Dry by Jane Harper, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Long Call, such as identity and belonging, faith and community, outsiderdom.
What should I read after The Long Call?
A natural next read after The Long Call is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, Still Life by Louise Penny.
What books are similar to The Long Call by Ann Cleeves?
The Long Call centers on identity and belonging, faith and community, outsiderdom. Books with a similar feel include In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, Still Life by Louise Penny, The Dry by Jane Harper, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
