Books like Malice

Malice by Keigo Higashino reads as dark, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Devotion of Suspect X

Keigo Higashino · 2005

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83% genome match

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith · 1955

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69% genome match

Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King · 2014

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71% genome match

The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy · 1987

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70% genome match

The Ice Beneath Her

Camilla Grebe · 2015

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83% genome match

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes

Lawrence Block

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72% genome match

A Judgement in Stone

Ruth Rendell · 1977

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69% genome match

Hannibal

Thomas Harris · 1999

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69% genome match

A Mind to Murder

P. D. James · 1963

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69% genome match

The Snowman

Jo Nesbo · 2007

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69% genome match

The Eighth Circle

Stanley Ellin · 2014

Shares the academia thread

69% genome match

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