Books like The Book of Speculation
12 books with a reading profile close to The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim
narrative, mystery
When Mia Parkson’s father disappears during a morning hike in Virginia, the only witness is her younger brother, Eugene, who has autism and a rare genetic condition called Angelman syndrome.
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2
Motherless Brooklyn
narrative, mystery
Lionel Essrog has Tourette's syndrome, which makes him blurt, count and tap compulsively.
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3
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
narrative, mystery
In a small Mississippi town, two boys grew up on opposite sides of a divide: Larry Ott, a white loner whose father owned a garage, and Silas Jones, a Black boy who became friends with him.
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4
The Muse
narrative, mystery
In 1967 London, Odelle Bastien, a Trinidadian immigrant, begins working at the Skelton Institute under the enigmatic Marjorie Quick.
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5
The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
During a 1961 summer party, teenager Laurel Nicolson witnesses her mother, Dorothy, kill a stranger with a paring knife.
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6
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
narrative, mystery
Cameron Bright is found dead from heat exhaustion at the Stockman’s Grave, a remote landmark in the brutal Australian outback.
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7
The Distant Hours
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
Edmund's daughter, Katherine, receives a cryptic letter leading her to Milderhurst, a crumbling castle filled with secrets.
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8
Winter's Bone
narrative, mystery
Ree Dolly is a sixteen-year-old girl living in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, taking care of her two younger brothers and her mentally ill mother.
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9
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
narrative, mystery
Set in the smog-laden streets of Victorian London, the story follows Sue Trinder, an orphan raised among a family of petty thieves and fences.
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10
The Survivors
by Jane Harper
narrative, mystery
Kieran Elliott returns to his coastal hometown of Evelyn Bay, Tasmania, to help his parents move while grappling with the guilt of a past boating accident that claimed his brother’s life.
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11
Lady in the Lake
narrative, mystery
In 1966 Baltimore, Maddie Schwartz walks out of her marriage at thirty-seven, determined to become a journalist.
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12
I Have Some Questions for You
narrative, mystery
Bodie Kane, a successful film scholar and podcaster, returns to Granby School, the New Hampshire boarding school where she spent four uncomfortable years.
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