Crime

Dark alleys and courtrooms, prison cells and forensics labs set the stage for gripping tales of justice and injustice, where detectives, lawyers, and criminals clash in society's shadows. These stories and investigations expose the underbelly of human nature, from sophisticated financial fraud to brutal murders, while exploring the complex machinery of law enforcement and criminal justice that shapes our world.

Crime Book Summaries

Behold a Pale Horse

by Milton William Cooper • 1991

A detective uncovers a murder ring that fakes natural deaths with mind control and rare poison.

3.85

6k+

🕵️ Psychological Mystery 🔫 Crime Thriller 🧪 Murder By Poison 🕴️ Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Psychological Warfare

Behold a Pale Horse

A detective uncovers a murder ring that fakes natural deaths with mind control and rare poison.

by Milton William Cooper 1991 534 pages

3.85

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Mystery 🔫 Crime Thriller 🧪 Murder By Poison 🕴️ Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Psychological Warfare

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron • 2023

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

3.90

13k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

This Book Kills

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages

3.90

13k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Killing Floor

by Lee Child • 1997

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

4.08

300k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge 👮 Corrupt Law Enforcement 🌙 Southern Noir

Killing Floor

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

by Lee Child 1997 474 pages

4.08

300k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge 👮 Corrupt Law Enforcement 🌙 Southern Noir

Count My Lies

by Sophie Stava • 2025

A compulsive liar becomes a Brooklyn family's nanny. The wife needs a double.

3.72

100k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👯 Doppelganger Plot 🤥 Compulsive Liar 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Count My Lies

A compulsive liar becomes a Brooklyn family's nanny. The wife needs a double.

by Sophie Stava 2025 336 pages

3.72

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👯 Doppelganger Plot 🤥 Compulsive Liar 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Smilla's Sense of Snow

by Peter Høeg • 1992

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

3.73

52k+

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

by Peter Høeg 1992 480 pages

3.73

52k+ ratings

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧊 Outsider Detective 🌫️ Atmospheric

Penpal

by Dathan Auerbach • 2012

A classroom balloon release yields only blurry photos of a boy, each showing him being watched.

3.86

62k+

👹 Creepypasta 👁️ Nosleep Horror 📸 Eerie Photographs 🔍 Missing Friend 🕵️ Childhood Stalker

Penpal

A classroom balloon release yields only blurry photos of a boy, each showing him being watched.

by Dathan Auerbach 2012 242 pages

3.86

62k+ ratings

👹 Creepypasta 👁️ Nosleep Horror 📸 Eerie Photographs 🔍 Missing Friend 🕵️ Childhood Stalker

Consumed by Deception

by Rina Kent • 2021

A mafia wife jumps from a cliff, wakes up homeless, and cannot remember her possessive husband.

4.13

64k+

🔪 Mafia Dark Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 💀 Touch Her And Die 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌑 Morally Gray Lovers

Consumed by Deception

A mafia wife jumps from a cliff, wakes up homeless, and cannot remember her possessive husband.

by Rina Kent 2021 284 pages

4.13

64k+ ratings

🔪 Mafia Dark Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 💀 Touch Her And Die 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌑 Morally Gray Lovers

Darkest Sins

by Neva Altaj • 2024

An assassin stalks a mafia heiress from the shadows. Loving him could cost her everything.

4.11

36k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Assassin Hero 👶 Secret Baby 👑 Mafia Princess 💫 Second Chance Romance

Darkest Sins

An assassin stalks a mafia heiress from the shadows. Loving him could cost her everything.

by Neva Altaj 2024 372 pages

4.11

36k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Assassin Hero 👶 Secret Baby 👑 Mafia Princess 💫 Second Chance Romance

Are Prisons Obsolete?

by Angela Y. Davis • 2003

Prisons are modern slavery, built for profit rather than safety. Reform only makes them stronger.

4.51

30k+

⛓️ Prison Abolition 🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏭 Prison Industrial Complex ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Prisons are modern slavery, built for profit rather than safety. Reform only makes them stronger.

by Angela Y. Davis 2003 126 pages

4.51

30k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Abolition 🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏭 Prison Industrial Complex ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Desert Star

by Michael Connelly • 2022

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

4.47

86k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir ⏳ Aging Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Desert Star

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

by Michael Connelly 2022 400 pages

4.47

86k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir ⏳ Aging Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Criminology

by Tim Newburn • 2007

Crime is whatever the powerful say it is. A textbook that rewrites the syllabus.

4.11

234

📚 Criminological Theory ⚖️ Critical Criminology 💼 White Collar Crime 🛡️ Crime Prevention 🏙️ Environmental Criminology

Criminology

Crime is whatever the powerful say it is. A textbook that rewrites the syllabus.

by Tim Newburn 2007 1048 pages

4.11

234 ratings

📚 Criminological Theory ⚖️ Critical Criminology 💼 White Collar Crime 🛡️ Crime Prevention 🏙️ Environmental Criminology

Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens • 1838

A workhouse orphan falls among London's child thieves, not knowing his very name hides a fortune.

3.88

400k+

🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Social Critique 🧒 Orphan Narrative 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🔍 Hidden Parentage

Oliver Twist

A workhouse orphan falls among London's child thieves, not knowing his very name hides a fortune.

by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages

3.88

400k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Social Critique 🧒 Orphan Narrative 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🔍 Hidden Parentage

Digital Fortress

by Dan Brown • 1998

A cryptographer's weekend is interrupted when an unbreakable code threatens to destroy the NSA.

3.71

600k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 👁️ Surveillance State 💻 Cybersecurity

Immersive

Digital Fortress

A cryptographer's weekend is interrupted when an unbreakable code threatens to destroy the NSA.

by Dan Brown 1998 510 pages

3.71

600k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 👁️ Surveillance State 💻 Cybersecurity

Something in the Water

by Catherine Steadman • 2018

During their honeymoon, a couple finds a bag of cash and diamonds, awakening a deadly threat.

3.55

200k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🏝️ Honeymoon Gone Wrong 💰 Found Fortune 💔 Marital Betrayal 👁️ Paranoia

Something in the Water

During their honeymoon, a couple finds a bag of cash and diamonds, awakening a deadly threat.

by Catherine Steadman 2018 342 pages

3.55

200k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🏝️ Honeymoon Gone Wrong 💰 Found Fortune 💔 Marital Betrayal 👁️ Paranoia

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

4.13

400k+

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏜️ American Frontier

A Study in Scarlet

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 123 pages

4.13

400k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏜️ American Frontier

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

4.18

3.4M+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👥 Mismatched Investigators 📰 Investigative Journalism

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

by Stieg Larsson 2005 480 pages

4.18

3.4M+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👥 Mismatched Investigators 📰 Investigative Journalism

All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby • 2023

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

4.20

100k+

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

All the Sinners Bleed

A school shooting exposes secret child killers, forcing a Virginia sheriff to hunt his neighbors.

by S.A. Cosby 2023 338 pages

4.20

100k+ ratings

🔥 Southern Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Tortured Lawman ✝️ Religious Fanaticism

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

200k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages

3.90

200k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

How to Kill Your Family

by Bella Mackie • 2021

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

3.51

100k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

How to Kill Your Family

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

by Bella Mackie 2021 355 pages

3.51

100k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

Q & A

by Vikas Swarup • 2005

After winning a fortune on a quiz show, a penniless waiter must defend his impossible knowledge.

4.03

39k+

🪙 Rags To Riches 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Dark Comedy 🇮🇳 Contemporary India

Q & A

After winning a fortune on a quiz show, a penniless waiter must defend his impossible knowledge.

by Vikas Swarup 2005 318 pages

4.03

39k+ ratings

🪙 Rags To Riches 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Dark Comedy 🇮🇳 Contemporary India

The Oath We Give

by Monty Jay • 2023

A paper marriage protects her from her past, until her escaped stalker proves paper burns.

4.29

22k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚠️ Kidnapping Survivor 🔪 Stalker Villain 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

The Oath We Give

A paper marriage protects her from her past, until her escaped stalker proves paper burns.

by Monty Jay 2023 429 pages

4.29

22k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚠️ Kidnapping Survivor 🔪 Stalker Villain 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

34k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

From the Ashes

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019 384 pages

4.49

34k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware • 2019

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

3.90

300k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Turn of the Key

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

by Ruth Ware 2019 337 pages

3.90

300k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Unfair

by Adam Benforado • 2015

Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.

4.05

1k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Implicit Bias ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🗣️ False Confessions

Unfair

Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.

by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Implicit Bias ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🗣️ False Confessions

Dangerous Personalities

by Joe Navarro • 2014

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

3.88

2k+

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Dangerous Personalities

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

by Joe Navarro 2014 242 pages

3.88

2k+ ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Perfume

by Patrick Süskind • 1985

A scentless man with a perfect nose will kill to distill beauty itself into a bottle.

4.04

500k+

🇫🇷 18th Century France 🌸 Scent And Perfume 🔪 Serial Killer Fiction 🧠 Obsessive Genius 👹 Grotesque Protagonist

Perfume

A scentless man with a perfect nose will kill to distill beauty itself into a bottle.

by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages

4.04

500k+ ratings

🇫🇷 18th Century France 🌸 Scent And Perfume 🔪 Serial Killer Fiction 🧠 Obsessive Genius 👹 Grotesque Protagonist

Hidden Bodies

by Caroline Kepnes • 2016

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

3.75

94k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

Hidden Bodies

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

by Caroline Kepnes 2016 448 pages

3.75

94k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie • 1924

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

3.95

100k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

The Man in the Brown Suit

A Tube death and a cryptic note send a woman hunting stolen diamonds across the ocean.

by Agatha Christie 1924 381 pages

3.95

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💎 Jewel Heist 🚢 Shipboard Mystery 🌍 International Intrigue

Money Men

by Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

2k+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Money Men

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

by Dan McCrum 2022 352 pages

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

The Purity of Vengeance

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2010

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

4.07

30k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

The Purity of Vengeance

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010 11 pages

4.07

30k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Inferno

by Catherine Cho • 2020

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

4.24

4k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

Inferno

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

by Catherine Cho 2020 240 pages

4.24

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis • 1991

A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.

3.80

300k+

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🩸 Satirical Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💼 Wealthy Sociopath 👤 Double Life

American Psycho

A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.

by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages

3.80

300k+ ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🩸 Satirical Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💼 Wealthy Sociopath 👤 Double Life

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc • 1907

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

3.85

16k+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔎 Criminal Sleuth 💎 Heist Stories

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages

3.85

16k+ ratings

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔎 Criminal Sleuth 💎 Heist Stories

Ragdoll

by Daniel Cole • 2017

A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.

3.87

25k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Haunted Detective 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎯 Detective As Target

Ragdoll

A stitched corpse and a list of six names: a disgraced detective is the last.

by Daniel Cole 2017 384 pages

3.87

25k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Haunted Detective 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎯 Detective As Target

The Cabin

by Natasha Preston • 2016

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

3.62

45k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

The Cabin

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

by Natasha Preston 2016 327 pages

3.62

45k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

The Minds of Billy Milligan

by Daniel Keyes • 1981

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

4.27

35k+

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Minds of Billy Milligan

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

by Daniel Keyes 1981 448 pages

4.27

35k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Snowman

by Jo Nesbø • 2007

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

4.03

100k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight

The Snowman

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

by Jo Nesbø 2007 383 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight

Lakestone - Tome 1

by Sarah Rivens • 2024

To survive, Iris waitresses at a violent nightclub. To keep her, its owner will destroy everything.

4.35

13k+

💔 Tragic Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Lakestone - Tome 1

To survive, Iris waitresses at a violent nightclub. To keep her, its owner will destroy everything.

by Sarah Rivens 2024 800 pages

4.35

13k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Joey

by Sadie Kincaid • 2023

A mafia princess wants her brother's enforcer: forbidden, haunted, one touch from ruin.

4.09

51k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Brothers Best Friend 👑 Mafia Princess 🔪 Touch Her And Die ⏳ Age Gap Romance

Joey

A mafia princess wants her brother's enforcer: forbidden, haunted, one touch from ruin.

by Sadie Kincaid 2023 406 pages

4.09

51k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Brothers Best Friend 👑 Mafia Princess 🔪 Touch Her And Die ⏳ Age Gap Romance

Artemis

by Andy Weir • 2017

A porter and smuggler on the moon takes a job sabotaging harvesters that goes violently wrong.

3.68

300k+

🚀 Hard Sci-Fi 🌕 Lunar City 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🏭 Corporate Sabotage 🛠️ Working Class Hero

Artemis

A porter and smuggler on the moon takes a job sabotaging harvesters that goes violently wrong.

by Andy Weir 2017 305 pages

3.68

300k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Sci-Fi 🌕 Lunar City 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🏭 Corporate Sabotage 🛠️ Working Class Hero

All the Dangerous Things

by Stacy Willingham • 2023

A year without sleep: a mother with a sleepwalking history fears she is the reason her son vanished.

4.04

200k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Child 🌙 Sleepwalking 🎙️ True Crime Podcast

All the Dangerous Things

A year without sleep: a mother with a sleepwalking history fears she is the reason her son vanished.

by Stacy Willingham 2023 326 pages

4.04

200k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Child 🌙 Sleepwalking 🎙️ True Crime Podcast

Mad Honey

by Jodi Picoult • 2022

A beekeeper's son is charged with his girlfriend's murder. She raised him. Now she must doubt him.

4.07

500k+

🏛️ Courtroom Drama 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🐻 Mother Protecting Son 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Mad Honey

A beekeeper's son is charged with his girlfriend's murder. She raised him. Now she must doubt him.

by Jodi Picoult 2022 464 pages

4.07

500k+ ratings

🏛️ Courtroom Drama 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🐻 Mother Protecting Son 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Maid

by Nita Prose • 2022

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

3.75

700k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Quirky Narrator

The Maid

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

by Nita Prose 2022 289 pages

3.75

700k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Quirky Narrator

Empire of Lust

by Rina Kent • 2022

One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.

4.14

29k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 🔒 Possessive Hero

Empire of Lust

One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.

by Rina Kent 2022 376 pages

4.14

29k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 🔒 Possessive Hero

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco • 1980

A medieval abbey's first death draws a friar into a library that murders to guard a forbidden text.

4.14

300k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Monastic Murder Mystery 📚 Forbidden Library 🧠 Erudite Suspense 🏚️ Gothic Abbey

The Name of the Rose

A medieval abbey's first death draws a friar into a library that murders to guard a forbidden text.

by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages

4.14

300k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Monastic Murder Mystery 📚 Forbidden Library 🧠 Erudite Suspense 🏚️ Gothic Abbey

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum • 1980

An amnesiac follows his only clue, a numbered bank account, into the sights of an infamous assassin.

4.05

400k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔪 Assassin Protagonist 🏃 Fugitive On The Run 🤝 Reluctant Alliance

The Bourne Identity

An amnesiac follows his only clue, a numbered bank account, into the sights of an infamous assassin.

by Robert Ludlum 1980 566 pages

4.05

400k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔪 Assassin Protagonist 🏃 Fugitive On The Run 🤝 Reluctant Alliance

The Cartel

by Ashley Antoinette • 2009

A hitwoman sent to destroy a Miami crime family falls for its reluctant heir.

4.54

11k+

🏙️ Street Lit 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🎭 Secret Identity

The Cartel

A hitwoman sent to destroy a Miami crime family falls for its reluctant heir.

by Ashley Antoinette 2009 278 pages

4.54

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Lit 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🎭 Secret Identity

Punching the Air

by Ibi Zoboi • 2020

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

4.39

24k+

🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

Punching the Air

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

by Ibi Zoboi 2020 400 pages

4.39

24k+ ratings

🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

The Green Mile

by Stephen King • 1996

A death row guard discovers his inmate heals the sick, forcing him to question the execution.

4.49

300k+

🪑 Death Row ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧸 Gentle Giant 😈 Cruel Guard 🐭 Animal Companion

The Green Mile

A death row guard discovers his inmate heals the sick, forcing him to question the execution.

by Stephen King 1996 592 pages

4.49

300k+ ratings

🪑 Death Row ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧸 Gentle Giant 😈 Cruel Guard 🐭 Animal Companion

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998 601 pages

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

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