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Books like The Midnight Hour
The best books like The Midnight Hour are The Alchemist, Homage to Catalonia, and A Tale of Two Cities. The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths is about fame and identity, post-war britain, truth and performance. 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 Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho · Religion & Spirituality
The Alchemist is a Brazilian novel first published in 1988 and translated into 80 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Homage to Catalonia
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George Orwell · Memoir
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's firsthand account of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, which he joined in late 1936 as a volunteer with the POUM militia — a Trotskyist revolutionary organization that was later suppressed by the Soviet-backed Stalinist wing of the Republican forces.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - A Tale of Two Cities
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Charles Dickens · Historical fiction
A Tale of Two Cities is set against the French Revolution and follows three intertwined characters: Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat who has renounced his title and family legacy; Lucie Manette, the daughter of a man who spent eighteen years imprisoned in the Bastille; and Sydney Carton, a dissolute English lawyer who loves Lucie without hope and knows he will never be the man Darnay already is.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - Animal Farm
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George Orwell · Literary fiction
When the animals of Manor Farm drive out their human farmer and establish a republic governed by the principle that all animals are equal, the revolution feels like liberation.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Likeness
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Tana French · Mystery
Detective Cassie Maddox — introduced as Rob Ryan's partner in In the Woods — is pulled back to undercover work when a murdered woman is found bearing her exact face and carrying a false identity Cassie herself once used as an operative.
Both dig into the past's hold on the present.
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.
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Books like The Midnight Hour: quick answers
What are the best books like The Midnight Hour?
The best books like The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths are The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Likeness by Tana French, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Midnight Hour, such as fame and identity, post-war britain, truth and performance.
What should I read after The Midnight Hour?
A natural next read after The Midnight Hour is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Animal Farm by George Orwell.
What books are similar to The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths?
The Midnight Hour centers on fame and identity, post-war britain, truth and performance. Books with a similar feel include The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Likeness by Tana French, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
