Books like Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
12 books with a reading profile close to Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder by Ann Rule. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Art Forger
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Claire Roth is a talented but blacklisted artist earning a living by painting high-quality reproductions for a popular website.
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Big Lies in a Small Town
Also practical and clear-cut · 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.
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Also clear-cut · 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.
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Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
Also clear-cut · 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.
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The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis
Also clear-cut · 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.
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The Violin Conspiracy
Also clear-cut · 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.
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Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
Also practical · narrative, mystery
In 1959, nine experienced Soviet hikers fled their tent on the slopes of Kholat Syakhl in the Ural Mountains, only to perish under bizarre circumstances.
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8
Apples Never Fall
narrative, mystery
The Delaney family appears defined by their lifelong obsession with competitive tennis.
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Sooley
by John Grisham
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the civil war-torn landscape of South Sudan, seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleyman receives an invitation to play basketball for a scouting team in the United States.
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Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
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…
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Moxie
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In a small Texas town, sixteen-year-old Vivian Carter grows tired of her high school’s double standards, ranging from sexist dress code enforcement to the unchecked harassment from the football team.
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The Lost Apothecary
by Sarah Penner
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, mystery
In 1791 London, Nella operates a hidden apothecary shop, preparing toxic tinctures for women to use against abusive or unfaithful men.
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