Books like B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)

B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2) by Sue Grafton reads as straightforward, observant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)

Sue Grafton · 2004

Shares the academia thread

82% genome match

The case of the velvet claws

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1933

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

Quincannon

Bill Pronzini · 1985

Shares the academia thread

70% genome match

La nuit du carrefour

Georges Simenon · 1931

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

The Golden Spiders

Rex Stout · 1953

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

A Mind to Murder

P. D. James · 1963

Shares the academia thread

74% genome match

The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy · 1987

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000

Donald E. Westlake · 2000

Shares the academia thread

74% genome match

Down the River unto the Sea

Walter Mosley · 2018

Shares the academia thread

74% genome match

Farewell, My Lovely

Raymond Chandler · 1940

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

The Eighth Circle

Stanley Ellin · 2014

Shares the academia thread

74% genome match

Room to Swing

Ed Lacy · 2022

Both explore justice & crime

70% genome match