Adam Sims

58 books

After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

After the Quake

Haruki Murakami

132 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

The Beautiful Mystery

Chief Inspector Gamache #8

Louise Penny

390 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Better Man by Louise Penny

A Better Man

Chief Inspector Gamache #15

Louise Penny

437 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Edward Gorey, Mark Dery

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey, Mark Dery

504 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art biography informative reflective slow-paced
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

The Brutal Telling

Chief Inspector Gamache #5

Louise Penny

336 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

Bullet Train

Assassins #2

Kōtarō Isaka

415 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction thriller adventurous funny tense fast-paced
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Bury Your Dead

Chief Inspector Gamache #6

Louise Penny

371 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

The Cruelest Month

Chief Inspector Gamache #3

Louise Penny

313 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Defense by Steve Cavanagh

The Defense

Eddie Flynn #1

Steve Cavanagh

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

99 pages • first pub 1911 (editions)

fiction classics dark emotional sad medium-paced