Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Waiting

Looking for read-alikes for The Waiting by Michael Connelly? These 24 titles overlap in Criminal Procedure, Fatherhood, Hard-Boiled, and Urban & Street Lit and overall literary texture.

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Top related books to The Waiting

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

The Fifth Witness

Michael Connelly

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Criminology

Moonlight Mile

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

Festive in Death An Eve Dallas Thriller (Book 39)

J. D. Robb

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Urban & Street Lit • International Crime & Mystery

Worst Fears Realized

Stuart Woods

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

This Body of Death A Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators • 21st Century

Midnight and Blue

Ian Rankin

Themes: Criminal Procedure • 21st Century • Police Procedural

The Bricklayer

Noah Boyd

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators • 21st Century

The New Girl

Daniel Silva

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • 21st Century • World Literature

The Order

Daniel Silva

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • 21st Century • World Literature

#10

House of Spies A Novel

Silva, Daniel

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • 21st Century • World Literature

#11

The Widow

John Grisham

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • 21st Century • World Literature

#12

The Girl who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • City Life • Police Procedural

#13

Cat and Mouse The Addictive and Gripping Crime Thriller Of 2025

M. J. Arlidge

Themes: Criminal Procedure • Hard-Boiled • Police Procedural

#14

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel

Laura Lippman

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

#15

Gone, Baby, Gone A Kenzie and Gennaro Novel

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

#16

Tombstone Courage — J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

#17

Dead Wrong A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

#18

Blood Business

Barbara Nadel

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators • Criminology

#19

The Night Man

Jørn Lier Horst

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

#20

The King of Swords

Nick Stone

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators • City Life

#21

Shell Game A V. I. Warshawski Novel

Sara Paretsky

Themes: Hard-Boiled • International Crime & Mystery • Private Investigators

#22

Careless in Red An Inspector Lynley Novel

Elizabeth George

Themes: International Crime & Mystery • 21st Century • Police Procedural

#23

Just Another Missing Person

Gillian McAllister

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • Police Procedural

#24

I Am Pilgrim

Terry Hayes

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • International Crime & Mystery • City Life

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Criminal Procedure, Fatherhood, Hard-Boiled — the same threads that run through The Waiting by Michael Connelly. Among the authors featured: Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, J. D. Robb, Stuart Woods, and others.