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Books like The Silkworm
The best books like The Silkworm are The Cuckoo's Calling, In Cold Blood, and A Fatal Grace. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith is about literary world and ambition, vengeance and humiliation, obsession and creativity. 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 Cuckoo's Calling
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Robert Galbraith · Mystery
The Cuckoo's Calling was published in 2013 under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith and received modest but positive reviews before an anonymous tip revealed the author was J.K.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - 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 → - Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott · Self-help
Bird by Bird is Anne Lamott's guide to writing and the creative life, grown from a course she taught at UC Davis and developed over years of writing novels, essays, and journalism.
A kindred mystery read.
Read the summary → - The Two Towers
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J.R.R. Tolkien · Fantasy
The Two Towers is the second volume of The Lord of the Rings, split into two halves that follow different threads of the broken Fellowship.
Both dig into loyalty under pressure.
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.
Read the summary → - Force of Nature
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Jane Harper · Mystery
Five women from the same financial services firm set off on a corporate team-building hike through the Giralang Ranges in Victoria.
A kindred mystery read.
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Books like The Silkworm: quick answers
What are the best books like The Silkworm?
The best books like The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith are The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Silkworm, such as literary world and ambition, vengeance and humiliation, obsession and creativity.
What should I read after The Silkworm?
A natural next read after The Silkworm is The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith. A kindred mystery read. Other strong choices are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.
What books are similar to The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith?
The Silkworm centers on literary world and ambition, vengeance and humiliation, obsession and creativity. Books with a similar feel include The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
