Books Like The Redbreast

Loved The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo? If its series, nordic noir and crime hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Enemy, The Butterfly House and The Coffin Maker’s Garden. 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 Redbreast: Series · Nordic Noir · Crime · Male Lead · Detective Protagonist

The Enemy
Lee Child

Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Crime · Conspiracy · Anti-Hero

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The Butterfly House
Katrine Engberg

Nordic Noir · Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Thriller

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The Coffin Maker’s Garden
Stuart MacBride

Detective Fiction · Crime · Anti-Hero · Thriller · Mystery

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Snow White Must Die
Nele Neuhaus

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

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What She Found
Robert Dugoni

Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Conspiracy · Thriller

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Kiss the Girls
James Patterson

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

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MPD Psycho, Vol. 1
Eiji Otsuka, Sho-u Tajima

Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Conspiracy · Thriller

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The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Michael Connelly

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

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The Black Wolf
Louise Penny

Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Crime · Thriller · Conspiracy

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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett

Detective Protagonist · Noir · Crime · Detective Fiction · Anti-Hero

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Dream Town
David Baldacci

Noir · Detective Fiction · Crime · Plot-Driven · Thriller

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Golden State
Ben H. Winters

Noir · Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Conspiracy · Mystery

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The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson

Crime · Conspiracy · Anti-Hero · Violent · Thriller

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The Border
Don Winslow

Crime · Conspiracy · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz

Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Plot-Driven · Conspiracy · Male Lead

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A Plague of Secrets
John Lescroart

Crime · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Mystery · Conspiracy

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The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett

Detective Protagonist · Detective Fiction · Conspiracy · Plot-Driven · Male Lead

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Neuromancer
William Gibson

Noir · Anti-Hero · Conspiracy · Male Lead · Thriller

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Godfall
Van Jensen

Detective Protagonist · Crime · Plot-Driven · Thriller · Conspiracy

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Holy Spy
Rory Clements

Detective Protagonist · Conspiracy · Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Crime

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