Books like The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton reads as suspenseful, clever. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
I Am Pilgrim
Terry Hayes · 2013
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69% genome match
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo · 2015
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69% genome match
Mystery of a Handsom Cab
Fergus Hume · 1887
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69% genome match
The Night Manager
John le Carre · 1993
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The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith · 2013
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69% genome match
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch · 2006
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69% genome match
Nothing Ventured
Jeffrey Archer · 2019
Both explore crime
64% genome match
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie · 1939
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69% genome match
Fall of Giants
Ken Follett · 2010
Both explore class
63% genome match
The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson · 2006
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69% genome match
A Perry Mason omnibus
Erle Stanley Gardner · 1956
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69% genome match
The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly · 2005
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69% genome match
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