Investigation Books
Investigation-driven books follow characters methodically working to uncover the truth -- whether they are detectives, journalists, or ordinary people who stumbled onto something wrong. These stories reward patience and attention to detail as evidence accumulates and the full picture slowly comes into focus.
113 books

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Memoir
A House in the Sky

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Angels & Demons

Non-Fiction
Billion Dollar Whale

Brilliance

Contemporary Fiction
Case Histories

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Dark Places

Dead Silence

Deep

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Demons

Mystery
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

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Don't Let Go

Memoir
Empire of Pain

Horror
Holly

Non-Fiction
I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Comedy
In Cold Blood

Mystery
In the Woods

Non-Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon

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Killing Floor

Science Fiction
Leviathan Wakes

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Lock Every Door

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Long Bright River

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Low Town

Mystery
Maisie Dobbs

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Missing You

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Motherless Brooklyn

Mystery
Murder on the Orient Express

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Mystic River

Horror
Night Film

Fantasy
Ninth House

Romance
One of Us Is Lying

Young Adult
One of Us Is Lying

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Orphan X

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Point of Impact

Mystery
Pretty Little Liars

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Run Away

Non-Fiction
Salt Sugar Fat

Non-Fiction
Shadow Divers

Snowblind
Splinters
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Splinters

Stiff

Non-Fiction
Stolen Focus

Sun Storm

Non-Fiction
Talking to Strangers

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Historical Fiction
The Alice Network

The Big Over Easy

Non-Fiction
The Big Short

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The Black Echo

Non-Fiction
The Black Swan

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The Blue Zones

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The Bourne Identity

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The Boy from the Woods

Mystery
The Cartographers

Non-Fiction
The Caves of Steel

Horror
The Chain

Mystery
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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The Da Vinci Code

Non-Fiction
The Demolished Man

Horror
The Devil and the Dark Water

Non-Fiction
The Devil in the White City

The Devotion of Suspect X

The Dry

Non-Fiction
The Everything Store

Fantasy
The Eyre Affair

Mystery
The Flanders Panel

Mystery
The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Mystery
The Frozen River

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Mystery
The God of the Woods

Non-Fiction
The Gone World

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The Hunting Party

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The Huntress

The Ice Princess

Non-Fiction
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Young Adult
The Inheritance Games

Mystery
The Inheritance Games

The Innocent

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The Institute

Comedy
The Intuitionist

Horror
The Island of Doctor Moreau

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The It Girl

Horror
The Last Days of Jack Sparks

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The Last Thing He Told Me

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The Last Time I Lied

The Laughing Policeman

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The Likeness

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The Lions of Lucerne

Non-Fiction
The Lost City of Z

Historical Fiction
The Luminaries

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The Lying Game

Mystery
The Maid

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The Maidens

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The Match

Literary Fiction
The Name of the Rose

Young Adult
The Naturals

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The Only One Left

Horror
The Overnight

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The Paris Apartment

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

Crime
The Power of the Dog

Non-Fiction
The Psychology of Time Travel

Mystery
The Redbreast

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The Secret Place

Horror
The Silence

Horror
The Silence of the Lambs

Horror
The Whisper Man

Non-Fiction
Ultra-Processed People

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Watch Over Me

Mystery
Winter Counts

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Zero Day

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Zero Day
