23 Books for 2023 - hosted by how_novel

A book related to crime or about a crime
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The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

The Burning Girls

C.J. Tudor

333 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Duke Alone by Christi Caldwell

The Duke Alone

The McQuoids of Mayfair #1

Christi Caldwell

319 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional slow-paced
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

484 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

Piper Kerman

327 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan

River Woman, River Demon

Jennifer Givhan

12 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism thriller challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Pages To Fill by Travis Baldree

Pages To Fill

Legends & Lattes #0.5

Travis Baldree

34 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters

How to Defy a Vampire

VRC: Vampire Related Crimes #5

Alice Winters

355 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

435 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family by John Glatt

The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family

John Glatt

8 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City by Nicholas Dawidoff

The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City

Nicholas Dawidoff

464 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional reflective sad medium-paced