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Books like Perfidia

24 books recommended for fans of Perfidia by James Ellroy, tied together by themes of Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective, Literary, and Historical.

Top related books to Perfidia

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Perfidia.

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Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

A Drink Before the War The First Kenzie and Gennaro Novel

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

Traitors Gate

Jeffrey Archer

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

Berlin Noir

Philip Kerr

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

Chicago Lightning The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories

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Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

Sentenced to Die Until Proven Guilty, Injustice for All, Trial by Fury — J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

The Man Who Was Thursday — G K Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union LP

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Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

Moonlight Mile

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Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

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Borderline

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Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

#11

Dream Town

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Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#12

The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

#13

The Dead Betray None — J L Buck

J. L. Buck

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#14

The Book of Extraordinary Historical Mystery Stories The Best New Original Stories of the Genre

Maxim Jakubowski

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#15

Two Thousand and Twenty

Lawrence G. Lambros

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

#16

Marauder

Clive Cussler

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#17

Overboard A V. I. Warshawski Novel

Sara Paretsky

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#18

The Lady in the Lake

Raymond Chandler

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

#19

Cold Granite

Stuart MacBride

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Literary

#20

Triple Play A Nathan Heller Casebook

Max Allan Collins

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#21

Rose Gold

Walter Mosley

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#22

The Essential Frank Norris The Octopus, a Story of California: The Pit, a Story of Chicago: McTeague, a Story of San Francisco

Frank Norris

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#23

A Place of Execution

Val McDermid

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

#24

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective, Literary — the same threads that run through Perfidia by James Ellroy. Among the authors featured: James Ellroy, Dennis Lehane, Jeffrey Archer, Philip Kerr, and others.