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Books Like The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler · about this book

Loved The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler? If its crime, classics and series hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Dream Town, The Maltese Falcon and Sherlock Holmes. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Big Sleep: Crime · Classics · Series · Detective Fiction · Private Investigator

1. 

   Dream Town

   David Baldacci

   Private Investigator · Noir · Detective Fiction · Crime · Dialogue-Heavy

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2. 

   The Maltese Falcon

   Dashiell Hammett

   Private Investigator · Noir · Detective Fiction · Crime · Classics

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3. 

   Sherlock Holmes

   Arthur Conan Doyle

   Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Blackmail · Classics · Crime

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4. 

   The Wrong Side of Goodbye

   Michael Connelly

   Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Wealthy Families

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5. 

   Snow White Must Die

   Nele Neuhaus

   Detective Fiction · Crime · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Twisty

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6. 

   A Drop of Corruption

   Robert Jackson Bennett

   Detective Fiction · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Plot-Driven · Dry Humor

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7. 

   Murder On The Orient Express

   Agatha Christie

   Detective Fiction · Classics · Dialogue-Heavy · Crime · Mystery

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8. 

   Grey Mask: A Miss Silver Mystery

   Patricia Wentworth

   Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Classics · Mystery · Wealthy Families

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9. 

   The Harbor

   Katrine Engberg

   Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Plot-Driven

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10. 

    A Book of Bones

    John Connolly

    Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Series

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11. 

    The House of Silk

    Anthony Horowitz

    Detective Fiction · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Plot-Driven · Twisty

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12. 

    The House on Vesper Sands (Inspector Cutter Mystery, An)

    Paraic O'Donnell

    Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Dry Humor · Wealthy Families

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13. 

    The Finisher

    Peter Lovesey

    Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Dry Humor · Detective Protagonist

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14. 

    Raven Black

    Ann Cleeves

    Detective Fiction · Crime · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Twisty

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15. 

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Holly Jackson

    Detective Fiction · Blackmail · Crime · Mystery · Twisty

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16. 

    The Last Party

    Clare Mackintosh

    Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Twisty

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17. 

    Kiss the Girls

    James Patterson

    Detective Fiction · Crime · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Plot-Driven

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18. 

    In the Woods

    Tana French

    Detective Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Series

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19. 

    Murder on Cold Street

    Sherry Thomas

    Detective Fiction · Dialogue-Heavy · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Twisty

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20. 

    Golden State

    Ben H. Winters

    Detective Fiction · Noir · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Twisty

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