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Books like The Underground Man

Readers who finished The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Crime, and Mystery & Detective.

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Top related books to The Underground Man

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Berlin Noir — Philip Kerr

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The Chill — Ross Macdonald

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Troubled Blood — Robert Galbraith

Robert Galbraith

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Moonlight Mile A Kenzie and Gennaro Novel — Dennis Lehane

Moonlight Mile A Kenzie and Gennaro Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Resurrection Walk — Michael Connelly

Resurrection Walk

Michael Connelly

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The Man Who Knew Too Much — Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The Murder on the Links — Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Texas Outlaw The Ranger Has Gone Rogue… — James Patterson

Texas Outlaw The Ranger Has Gone Rogue&#8230

James Patterson

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Prayers for Rain — Dennis Lehane

Prayers for Rain

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Black Jack — Diane Capri

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) Gilded Pocket Edition — Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) Gilded Pocket Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Brush Back — Sara Paretsky

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Murder on the Champ de Mars — Cara Black

Murder on the Champ de Mars

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Lethal White — Robert Galbraith

Robert Galbraith

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

While Drowning in the Desert — Don Winslow

While Drowning in the Desert

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Wrong Place, Wrong Time A Novel — Andrea Kane

Wrong Place, Wrong Time A Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Day of the Dead — J. A. Jance

Day of the Dead — J. A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Fever of the Bone — Val McDermid

Fever of the Bone

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The Devil May Care — David Housewright

The Devil May Care

David Housewright

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

V is for Vengeance — Sue Grafton

V is for Vengeance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Bitter Medicine — Sara Paretsky

Bitter Medicine

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Painted Ladies — Robert B. Parker

Robert B. Parker

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Worst Fears Realized — Stuart Woods

Worst Fears Realized

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Inherit the Dead A Novel — Lee Child

Inherit the Dead A Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Crime — the same threads that run through The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald. Among the authors featured: Philip Kerr, Ross Macdonald, Robert Galbraith, Dennis Lehane, and others.

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