Books to Read If You Love Motherless Brooklyn
Crackling dialogue, sly humor, dizzying plot twists – Motherless Brooklyn is a must-read and a must-see. If you’re already a fan of the book and can’t wait for the upcoming movie, get your fill of noir, crime mysteries, and historical fiction below.
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by Jonathan Lethem
If you haven’t yet read the book that led to the movie, start here! St. Vincent’s Home for Boys, Brooklyn, early 1970s. For Lionel Essrog, a.k.a. The Human Freakshow, a victim of Tourette’s syndrome (an uncontrollable urge to shout out nonsense, touch every surface in reach, rearrange objects), Frank Minna is a savior. The four grow up to be the Minna Men, a fly-by-night detective agency-cum-limo service, and their days and nights revolve around Frank, the prince of Brooklyn, who glides through life on street smarts, attitude, and secret knowledge. Then one dreadful night, Frank is knifed and thrown into a Dumpster, and Lionel must become a real detective to find the killer.
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Tin Badges
by Lorenzo Carcaterra
A top NYPD detective is pulled out of retirement to take down a notorious drug dealer. But will he risk the only family he’s ever had to crack the case?
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami
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The Earthquake Bird
by Susanna Jones
The only suspect for a murder is Lucy Fly. Her friend is dead, her lover has disappeared, and as far as anyone is concerned, she’s as good as guilty. However, as she excavates the dangerous secrets–both past and present–that haunt her waking mind, Lucy relates an unsettling life story that spans bustling Tokyo, the British countryside, and remote Japanese islands, each step taking us closer to the chilling truth about her friend’s death.
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The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
The New York Review of Books has called Paul Auster’s work “one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature.” Moving at the breathless pace of a thriller, this uniquely stylized triology of detective novels includes City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room.
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A Ladder to the Sky
by John Boyne
Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn’t have is talent—but he’s not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don’t need to be his own. Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso.
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie’s debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious sleuthing skills to work.
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The Maltese Falcon (Special Edition)
by Dashiell Hammett and Josephine Hammett Marshall
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Judgment
by Joseph Finder
New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder returns with an explosive new thriller about a female judge and the one personal misstep that could lead to her—and her family’s—downfall.
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