Books like A Is for Alibi

A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton reads as witty, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Monkey's Raincoat

Robert Crais

Shares the detective thread

76% genome match

The case of the counterfeit eye

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1935

Shares the detective thread

72% genome match

Farewell, My Lovely

Raymond Chandler · 1940

Both explore detective & noir

71% genome match

If Death Ever Slept

Rex Stout · 1957

Shares the detective thread

70% genome match

The Eighth Circle

Stanley Ellin · 2014

Shares the detective thread

74% genome match

Lost Light

Michael Connelly · 2003

Both explore detective & murder

83% genome match

Appointment with Death

Agatha Christie · 1938

Shares the detective thread

80% genome match

Liberty Square

Katherine V. Forrest · 1996

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Quincannon

Bill Pronzini · 1985

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Glory in Death

J.D. Robb · 1995

Both explore detective & murder

79% genome match

The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett · 1934

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers

Shares the detective thread

77% genome match