Books like Homicide

Homicide by David Simon reads as gritty, realistic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Murder and mayhem

James Ellroy · 1991

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Dirty dealing

Gary Cartwright · 1984

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Final Harvest

Andrew H. Malcolm · 1986

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

The Only Living Witness

Stephen Michaud · 1983

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Too Late to Say Goodbye

Ann Rule · 2007

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

The Best American Crime Writing 2006

Thomas H. Cook · 2006

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Bad Blood

Levine, Richard M. · 1982

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Gomorrah

Roberto Saviano · 2006

Both explore crime

60% genome match

Killings

Calvin Trillin · 1984

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

The city of falling angels

John Berendt · 2005

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

Lost Girls

Robert Kolker · 2013

Shares the detective thread

69% genome match

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