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Books like Roughhouse

If you loved Roughhouse by Jeffery Hess, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Noir, Criminology, Crime, and Social Science.

Noir Criminology Crime Social Science Fiction

Top related books to Roughhouse

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Bold Tricks (the Artists Trilogy 3) — Karina Halle

Bold Tricks (the Artists Trilogy 3)

Themes: Noir • Criminology • Crime

Central City — Indy Perro

Themes: Noir • Criminology • Crime

The Slanted Gutter — S. Craig Zahler

The Slanted Gutter — S. Craig Zahler

Themes: Noir • Criminology • Crime

Hero of the Day? — Henry D. Trett

Hero of the Day?

Themes: Noir • Criminology • Social Science

Drago Descending — Greg F. Gifune

Drago Descending

Themes: Noir • Criminology • Social Science

One More Chance — Lucy Ayrton

One More Chance

Themes: Noir • Crime • Social Science

Never Go Back — Jessie Keane

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Buried at the Lake — Dan Petrosini

Buried at the Lake

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax — Dorothy Gilman

The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

The Least of My Scars — Stephen Graham Jones

The Least of My Scars

Stephen Graham Jones

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Age of Vice — Deepti Kapoor

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Deep Blue Cover The Pledged — Joel W. Barrows

Deep Blue Cover The Pledged

Joel W. Barrows

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Casino Love and Honor in Las Vegas — Nicholas Pileggi

Casino Love and Honor in Las Vegas

Nicholas Pileggi

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Forfeit — Barbara Nadel

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Hell to Pay — Andy Rausch

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Animal 3 Revelations — K’wan

Animal 3 Revelations — K’wan

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Stealing the Countess — David Housewright

Stealing the Countess

David Housewright

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Go Seek — Michelle Teahan

Michelle Teahan

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Thirty Seconds to Life — Kitty Kaye

Thirty Seconds to Life

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Curse of the Jade Lily — David Housewright

Curse of the Jade Lily

David Housewright

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Italian Stallion — Steven Henry

Italian Stallion

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill — C. S. Robertson

The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill

C. S. Robertson

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Cut, Paste, Kill A Vigilante with a Deadly Hobby is Stalking Los Angeles — Marshall Karp

Cut, Paste, Kill A Vigilante with a Deadly Hobby is Stalking Los Angeles

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

Get Up Offa That Thing Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of James Brown — Gary Phillips

Get Up Offa That Thing Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of James Brown

Themes: Criminology • Crime • Social Science

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Noir, Criminology, Crime — the same threads that run through Roughhouse by Jeffery Hess. Among the authors featured: Karina Halle, Indy Perro, S Craig Zahler, Henry D. Trett, and others.

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