Suggest me novels that are not from the USA and England.
Suggest me best mystery/thriller/crime/romantic suspense novels that are not based in the USA and England. Every novel that I end up reading is from these countries.
Phryne fisher series by Kerry greenwood. About a lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. Kerry also has a contemporary series called Corinna Chapman about a bread baker who solves mysteries in modern day Melbourne.
They are a little more light mystery (not quite cozy but closer yo that end of the spectrum).
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Do you mean England, or are you using England as a synonym for Great Britain/ the United Kingdom? Would books set in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland be acceptable?
Val McDermid is a wonderful author. Her series about Scotland are Karen Pirie and Lindsay Gordon.
Peter Ho Davies’s The Welsh Girl is beautiful
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Milkman by Anna Burns. Set in the north of Ireland. Or Northern Ireland, if you’re from the Loyalist community
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Drive Your Plough Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. (Polish)
August Into Winter by Guy Vanderhaeghe (Canadian)
I’ve liked Sebastian Barry’s prose as well (Irish)
edit: Tokarczuk is Polish not Czech
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*Whom Were We Running From?* by Perihan Mağden — Turkish contemporary, literary, crime-thriller-ish
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Irvine Welsh’s books Filth, Crime and The Long Knives are good, gritty crime/thriller novels set in Scotland.
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*The Dry* is a fantastic crime novel from Australia.
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I am doing the Read Around the World challenge on StoryGraph. Check that out!
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Jo Nesbo mentioned already. Good stuff there.
Arnaldur Indriðason another good detective series.
Henning Mankell
sistamichael on
please check out tana french! i think it might be what you’re looking for, her books are based in ireland.
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The decagon house murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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My Name Is Red, Orhan Pamuk. He’s a Turkish Nobel (edit: not novel!) Laureate and this is his best work.
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**The Devotion of Suspect X** by Keigo Higashino
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
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Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson is set in Australia. He also has Everyone on this Train is a Suspect. Both are good!
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The Millennium Trilogy (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) — Stieg Larsson
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Some recs by african authors:
Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi (this is highly rated)
Stay With Me – Ayobami Adebayo
Brother, I’m Dying – Edwidge Danticat
You made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi (this was an easy but good read)
Behold The Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue
Just a couple, can share more depending on what you’re looking for.
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Human Acts – Han Kang
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Marquez
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
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Donna Leon has a series of mystery novels set in Venice, Italy. Venice is a character in the books. Police inspector Brunnetti has to solve crimes in a beautiful old city that has its own cultural and political entanglements. Very well written.
If you want a more challenging mystery try Umberto Ecco’s The Name of the Rose. It is set in an Italian monastery in 1397. Very deeply engaging.
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The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa
It is a time loop murder mystery set in modern day Japan.
Excellent thrillers from Jo Nesbø (Norway) and Keigo Higashino (Japan.)
*Let the Right One In* by John Ajvide Lindqvist
*Night Watch* by Sergei Lukyanenko
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Scandinoir is a whole genre Im it’s own right, you could try starting there? https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/nordic-noir-best-books-to-get-to-know-the-genre/
There are a few Japanese classic mystery authors, I’ve not read loads but this was the first one I tried and it is wonderful https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316578/tokyo-express-by-matsumoto-seicho/9780241439081
Mexican Gothic
Pilgrim by Timothy Findley
Canada
The seven moons of mali almeida .
Phryne fisher series by Kerry greenwood. About a lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. Kerry also has a contemporary series called Corinna Chapman about a bread baker who solves mysteries in modern day Melbourne.
They are a little more light mystery (not quite cozy but closer yo that end of the spectrum).
Do you mean England, or are you using England as a synonym for Great Britain/ the United Kingdom? Would books set in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland be acceptable?
Val McDermid is a wonderful author. Her series about Scotland are Karen Pirie and Lindsay Gordon.
Peter Ho Davies’s The Welsh Girl is beautiful
Milkman by Anna Burns. Set in the north of Ireland. Or Northern Ireland, if you’re from the Loyalist community
Drive Your Plough Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. (Polish)
August Into Winter by Guy Vanderhaeghe (Canadian)
I’ve liked Sebastian Barry’s prose as well (Irish)
edit: Tokarczuk is Polish not Czech
*Whom Were We Running From?* by Perihan Mağden — Turkish contemporary, literary, crime-thriller-ish
Irvine Welsh’s books Filth, Crime and The Long Knives are good, gritty crime/thriller novels set in Scotland.
*The Dry* is a fantastic crime novel from Australia.
I am doing the Read Around the World challenge on StoryGraph. Check that out!
Jo Nesbo mentioned already. Good stuff there.
Arnaldur Indriðason another good detective series.
Henning Mankell
please check out tana french! i think it might be what you’re looking for, her books are based in ireland.
The decagon house murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
My Name Is Red, Orhan Pamuk. He’s a Turkish Nobel (edit: not novel!) Laureate and this is his best work.
**The Devotion of Suspect X** by Keigo Higashino
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson is set in Australia. He also has Everyone on this Train is a Suspect. Both are good!
The Millennium Trilogy (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) — Stieg Larsson
Some recs by african authors:
Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi (this is highly rated)
Stay With Me – Ayobami Adebayo
Brother, I’m Dying – Edwidge Danticat
You made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi (this was an easy but good read)
Behold The Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue
Just a couple, can share more depending on what you’re looking for.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Human Acts – Han Kang
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Marquez
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Donna Leon has a series of mystery novels set in Venice, Italy. Venice is a character in the books. Police inspector Brunnetti has to solve crimes in a beautiful old city that has its own cultural and political entanglements. Very well written.
If you want a more challenging mystery try Umberto Ecco’s The Name of the Rose. It is set in an Italian monastery in 1397. Very deeply engaging.
Into the Woods by Tana French
Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg (Denmark)