Best historical mystery books according to redditors
We found 288 Reddit comments discussing the best historical mystery books. We ranked the 41 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 288 Reddit comments discussing the best historical mystery books. We ranked the 41 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Some of my favorite books available on Kindle Unlimited:
They Mostly Come Out At Night and Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton
Danse Macabre by Laura M. Hughes
The Half Killed by Quenby Olson
A Star Reckoners Lot by Darrell Drake
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
Jaeth's Eye by K. S. Villoso
Here are some that I haven't read, but have heard mostly positive things about:
The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
Revenant Winds by Mitchell Hogan
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R Fletcher
A Warrior's Path by Davis Ashura
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
Faithless by Graham Austin-King. He also has another series, The Riven Wyrde Saga, beginning with Fae - The Wild Hunt
Ours is the Storm by D. Thourson Palmer
Path of Man by Matt Moss
Threat of Madness by D.K. Holmberg
To Whatever End by Claire Frank
House of Blades by Will Wight
Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
The Woven Ring by M. D. Presley
Awaken Online: Catharsis by Travis Bagwell
Wolf of the North by Duncan M. Hamilton
Free the Darkness by Kel Kade
The Cycle of Arawn Trilogy by Edward W. Robinson
Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw
Benjamim Ashwood by AC Cobble
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
The Queens Poinsoner by Jeff Wheeler
Stiger's Tigers by Marc Alan Edelheit
Rise of the Ranger by Philip C. Quaintrell
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black
Here are some older fantasy and sci-fi books that I enjoyed:
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - African inspired S&S by an extremely talented writer.
Witch World as well as other good books by Andre Norton
Swords and Deviltry The first volume of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber - Many of the tropes of the rogue/thief came from this legendary duo created by Leiber. And it's worth noting that Leiber actually coined the term Sword & Sorcery. This collection contains 3 stories, two average origin stories for each character and the final story is the Hugo and Nebula winning novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" detailing the first meeting of Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser.
Swords Against Darkness - A '70s S&S anthology. It has few stinkers, a few mediocre stories, and a some really good ones. Poul Anderson and Ramsey Campbell both have awesome stories in this anthology that are well worth checking out. For some reason, there were quite a few typos in this book, it was slightly distracting, but may have been fixed since I read it.
The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore. I read this earlier this year and I absolutely loved it. The collection is all sci-fi and one Jirel of Joiry story, which is her famous female Sword & Sorcery character. I was suprised by how well her sci-fi stories held up, often times pulp sci-fi doesn't age well, but this collection was great. Moore was married to the writer Henry Kuttner, and up until his death they wrote a bunch of great stories together. Both of their collections are basically collaborations, although I'm sure a few stories were done solo. His collection The Best of Henry Kuttner features the short story that the movie The Last Mimzy was based on. And, if you are into the original Twilight Zone TV series there is a story that was adapted into a memorable season 1 episode entitled "What You Need". Kuttner and Moore are two of my favorite pulp authors and I'm not even that into science fiction, but I really enjoy their work.
There was a lot of good stuff in here but personally I was most pleased to find the following -
Fata Morgana by Kotzwinkle
and
[The Still](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AQAD1YG/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpageo04?ie=UTF8&psc=1) & The King by Feintuch
also
Budayeen Nights by Effinger and
Tourist by Goldstein.
But overall, lots of gems if your willing to dig and like older stuff.
I haven't read it, but it sounds like you're looking for Quenby Olson's The Half Killed. I believe she also has a sequel (with an AWESOME cover) coming out soon if it's not already out.
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Oh hello, may I interest you in The Half Killed by u/QuenbyOlsen
It has all those things! Strong female lead in a Victorian paranormal fantasy with romance elements! It's a very atmospheric book, in this alternate London there's an unprecedented heat wave and I could almost feel the heat while reading. Very beautiful prose, really unique story - one of the only Victorian books I've liked!
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Bought! Here is that Amazon UK link.
Do you like mysteries?? I hope you do! Because I'm about to tell you about my favorite mystery series ever! =D
Check out The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. It's the first in an absolutely amazing mystery series. Mysteries are my favorite books, but I'm weird and I'm really picky about them. So I promise this one is good!
To sum it up, the stories follow an 11-year-old girl who lives in a small village in 1950s England. She is very clever for her age and is very talented at chemistry. In particular, she is very fond of poisons. Long story short, a murder occurs and she helps solve it!
They're SO GOOD. I haven't heard many people IRL talk about these books, but according to the first couple of pages or so, they win awards and such. Anyway, I'd highly recommend this book and the whole series!
Thank you so much for this contest! =D
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Mine is The Half Killed, which is [here.] (https://www.amazon.com/Half-Killed-Quenby-Olson-ebook/dp/B00YWLVX4K)
The Four Treasures
A murder at the base of The Spire in the heart of Dublin, Ireland launches a centuries old race for power.
Amber, a frustrated agent of the Irish National Bureau of Investigation, and Sean, a fresh-faced but disheartened Garda officer, must team up to catch a madman who believes that the Four Treasures of an ancient civilization, the Tuatha De Danann, will grant him unimaginable control over the country. Together, the two must join the hunt for the artifacts in the hopes of preventing any more deaths.
But, set in Dublin and the university town of Maynooth, the two soon find that the ravings of a lunatic might have more power behind them than first imagined.
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My first book and first jaunt into self-publishing. Have it up on Amazon and its available on KindleUnlimited as well. I'm still new to the whole self-publicizing thing but have spent a lot of time reading through the topics on this subreddit. So, yeah. Thanks :)
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Thanks for passing on the literary enjoyment!
Check out the Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley. While they do feature murder they're light, humorous, and quick reads. There are only 4 currently in print, but I think there'll be something like 7 in total. Bradley is pushing them out pretty quick.
Those books are insanely awesome!!
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
I would recommend Indrek Hargla Apothecary Melchior saga. It is about medieval apothecary who solves crimes in medieval Tallinn. He likes to drink some nice herbal snapps and he has also his own demons. Books are good because Hargla is very experienced author who has written a lot of sci-fi and now crime novels, too. These novels are written nowadays so it's more easier to understand them for foreign (than maybe some old time authors) and descriptions of medieval town is rather visual and include nice knowledge about medieval culture and everyday life. And crime stories are quite strong.
First novel of the saga is below:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apothecary-Melchior-Mystery-St-Olafs/dp/0720618444
Next best guesses:
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Whitewater-Church-Inishowen-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07DZ1WHP3/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
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The novel I was referring to is
https://www.amazon.com/dp/name/B01N9FDTPK
which claims to be a novel (in the title) of 300-odd pages, (in the description:-)