Books like The Art Forger
12 books with a reading profile close to The Art Forger by Barbara A. Shapiro. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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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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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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Big Lies in a Small Town
Also clear-cut and escapist · 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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Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
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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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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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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Apples Never Fall
Also escapist · narrative, mystery
The Delaney family appears defined by their lifelong obsession with competitive tennis.
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The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
Also clear-cut and escapist · narrative, mystery
In 1789 Maine, Martha Ballard is a midwife and healer tasked with investigating a body found trapped in the Kennebec River.
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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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Joyland
by Stephen King
Also escapist · 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.
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The Phoenix Crown
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut and escapist · narrative, mystery
Set in 1906 San Francisco, the narrative follows soprano Gemma Bastion and artist Saffron Everleigh, two women whose lives intersect through their connection to a wealthy, mysterious benefactor named Henry Thornton.
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 2009, Edwin Rist, a twenty-year-old flute student and competitive fly-tier, broke into the British Museum of Natural History at Tring.
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