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If you loved Conviction by Julia Dahl, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Hard-Boiled, Women Sleuths, Crime, and Suspense.

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Top related books to Conviction

Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Conviction — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Silent Scream — Angela Marsons

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Sins of the Fathers A J.P. Beaumont Novel — J. A. Jance

Sins of the Fathers A J.P. Beaumont Novel — J. A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Lost Girls of Penzance A Totally Gripping and Unputdownable Crime Thriller — Sally Rigby

The Lost Girls of Penzance A Totally Gripping and Unputdownable Crime Thriller

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Dark Corners of the Night — Meg Gardiner

The Dark Corners of the Night

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Where Memories Lie — Deborah Crombie

Where Memories Lie

Deborah Crombie

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Overboard A V.I. Warshawski Novel — Sara Paretsky

Overboard A V.I. Warshawski Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Scared to Death — Rachel Amphlett

Scared to Death

Rachel Amphlett

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

The Mobster’s Lament — Ray Celestin

The Mobster’s Lament

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Festive in Death An Eve Dallas Thriller (Book 39) — J. D. Robb

Festive in Death An Eve Dallas Thriller (Book 39)

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

This is Why We Lied — Karin Slaughter

This is Why We Lied

Karin Slaughter

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

A Killing of Innocents A Novel — Deborah Crombie

A Killing of Innocents A Novel

Deborah Crombie

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Her Sweet Revenge The Unmissable New Thriller from Sarah Bonner – Compelling, Dark and Twisty — Sarah Bonner

Her Sweet Revenge The Unmissable New Thriller from Sarah Bonner – Compelling, Dark and Twisty

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Overboard — Sara Paretsky

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Damage Control A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

Damage Control A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Gone to Ground — Rachel Amphlett

Rachel Amphlett

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

By a Spider’s Thread — Laura Lippman

By a Spider’s Thread

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Spider Bones — Kathy Reichs

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Bones Are Forever — Kathy Reichs

Bones Are Forever

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Little White Lies — Cheryl Bradshaw

Little White Lies

Cheryl Bradshaw

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Fever of the Bone — Val McDermid

Fever of the Bone

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel — Laura Lippman

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Beautiful Remains A Totally Captivating Mystery That Will Hook You from the Start — Gwyn Bennett

Beautiful Remains A Totally Captivating Mystery That Will Hook You from the Start

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Camino Ghosts — John Grisham

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

Now We Are Dead — Stuart MacBride

Now We Are Dead

Stuart MacBride

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Women Sleuths • Crime

If Conviction by Julia Dahl is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Hard-Boiled, Women Sleuths, Crime and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Angela Marsons, J.A. Jance, Sally Rigby, Meg Gardiner, and others.

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