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12 books with a reading profile close to Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar. Practical and outward-looking; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Art Forger

    The Art Forger

    by Barbara A. Shapiro

    narrative, mystery

    Claire Roth is a talented but blacklisted artist earning a living by painting high-quality reproductions for a popular website.

  2. 2 Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

    Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

    by Robert Kolker

    narrative, mystery

    Robert Kolker reconstructs the lives of five women—Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Shannan Gilbert—whose bodies were discovered on a remote strip of Gilgo Beach, Lon…

  3. 3 The Magnolia Palace

    The Magnolia Palace

    by Fiona Davis

    narrative, mystery

    Set within the Upper East Side’s historic Frick mansion, the narrative weaves together two timelines centered on the building’s evolution from private residence to public gallery.

  4. 4 The Violin Conspiracy

    The Violin Conspiracy

    by Brendan Slocumb

    narrative, mystery

    Rayquan "Ray" McMillian is a gifted Black classical violinist who discovers that his family’s weathered fiddle is actually a priceless 1711 Stradivarius.

  5. 5 Big Lies in a Small Town

    Big Lies in a Small Town

    by Diane Chamberlain

    Also practical · narrative, mystery

    In 2018, Morgan Christopher is released from a North Carolina prison on the condition that she restores a massive, crumbling mural in the quiet town of Edenton.

  6. 6 Tangerine

    Tangerine

    by Edward Bloor

    narrative, mystery

    Paul Fisher is a legally blind soccer goalkeeper who has moved to Tangerine County, Florida, where underground coal fires burn indefinitely and lightning strikes are a daily occurrence.

  7. 7 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

    From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

    by E.L. Konigsburg

    narrative, mystery

    Twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid decides to run away from her home in suburban Connecticut to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

  8. 8 Apples Never Fall

    Apples Never Fall

    by Liane Moriarty

    narrative, mystery

    The Delaney family appears defined by their lifelong obsession with competitive tennis.

  9. 9 Joyland

    Joyland

    by Stephen King

    narrative, mystery

    Set in 1973, the story follows college student Devin Jones, who takes a summer job at Joyland, a small-town North Carolina amusement park.

  10. 10 The Frozen River

    The Frozen River

    by Ariel Lawhon

    narrative, mystery

    In 1789 Maine, Martha Ballard is a midwife and healer tasked with investigating a body found trapped in the Kennebec River.

  11. 11 The Westing Game

    The Westing Game

    by Ellen Raskin

    Also outward-looking · narrative, mystery

    When the eccentric paper tycoon Samuel Westing dies, sixteen unlikely people are summoned to the reading of his will at Sunset Towers.

  12. 12 Big Little Lies

    Big Little Lies

    by Liane Moriarty

    narrative, mystery

    In the coastal town of Pirriwee, three mothers find their lives entangled through their children’s kindergarten class.

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