Help me stick to reading- What are some engaging mystery/thrillers that aren’t just for women (young 20’s male)- have previously liked Poirot, and also enjoyed Matt Haig, Malcolm Gladwell, Dostoyevsky..
I would prefer something shorter, less than 300 pages
If you want something that’s “masculine” and also anti-toxic masculinity, if you will, pretty much anything by SA Cosby. They’re all good but Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland were my favorites.
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is pretty great! Written by a woman and narrated by a fictional woman but it’s really just an excellent mystery/suspense plot.
Maybe the Secret History, too? That one is written by a woman but it’s narrated by a male character and focuses on a mostly male group of students and their male professor. It’s not a conventional mystery, but it’s a killer story.
There’s also The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco—it’s a bit denser than the average suspense book because there’s a bunch of medieval jargon and medieval Catholic politics, but also it’s cool as hell, lol. And if you’ve read Dostoevsky you might not mind!
My other thought is The Collector by John Fowles. Or maybe The Magus if you’re up for something mysterious, but more rambly and less narratively straightforward.
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If you want something that’s “masculine” and also anti-toxic masculinity, if you will, pretty much anything by SA Cosby. They’re all good but Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland were my favorites.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is pretty great! Written by a woman and narrated by a fictional woman but it’s really just an excellent mystery/suspense plot.
Maybe the Secret History, too? That one is written by a woman but it’s narrated by a male character and focuses on a mostly male group of students and their male professor. It’s not a conventional mystery, but it’s a killer story.
There’s also The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco—it’s a bit denser than the average suspense book because there’s a bunch of medieval jargon and medieval Catholic politics, but also it’s cool as hell, lol. And if you’ve read Dostoevsky you might not mind!
My other thought is The Collector by John Fowles. Or maybe The Magus if you’re up for something mysterious, but more rambly and less narratively straightforward.
The Jack Reacher books maybe?
Highly recommend Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series.
Check out the Brunetti novels by Donna Leon!
Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
Night Walk by Elizabeth Daly
Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan