Books like the Rizzoli & Isles series
What it is about
- Rizzoli, Jane, Detective
- Police
- Serial murders
- Policewomen
- Medical examiners (Law)
- Maura Isles
- Women
Where it happens
- Boston (Mass.)
- Boston
- Massachusetts
- New England
- United States
Ages
- Adult
Series like this
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Why: Both series are thriller books about serial murders.
Closest books: The Mephisto Club and Darkly Dreaming Dexter
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - serial murders
The Mephisto Club: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders in fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both series are thriller books about serial murders.
Closest books: The Mephisto Club and The Terminal List
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
The Terminal List: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - serial murders
The Mephisto Club: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders in fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Terminal List: "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "serial murder" (WD main subject)
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Why: Both series are thriller books about police.
Closest books: Vanish and Step on a Crack
What both books share
- thriller
Vanish: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Step on a Crack: "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Thrillers" (OL subject) - police
Vanish: "Police" (OL subject); "Police -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Step on a Crack: "Police in fiction" (OL subject); "Police" (OL subject); "Police -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
See the Michael Bennett books in order · Books like the Michael Bennett series
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Why: Both series are thriller books.
Closest books: The Mephisto Club and Killing Floor
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
Killing Floor: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject)
See the Jack Reacher books in order · Books like the Jack Reacher series
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Why: Both series are crime books.
Closest books: Body Double and Faceless Killers
What both books share
- crime
Body Double: "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
Faceless Killers: "Fiction, crime" (OL subject); "Crime & mystery" (OL subject); "FICTION / Crime" (OL subject); "crime literature" (WD genre)
See the Kurt Wallander books in order · Books like the Kurt Wallander series
- crime
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Why: Both series are thriller books.
Closest books: The Mephisto Club and Angels & Demons
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
Angels & Demons: "thrillers" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject)
See the Robert Langdon books in order · Books like the Robert Langdon series
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Why: Both series are thriller books.
Closest books: The Mephisto Club and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
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Why: Both series are thriller books.
Closest books: Vanish and The Gray Man
What both books share
- thriller
Vanish: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Gray Man: "FICTION / Thrillers" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
See the The Gray Man books in order · Books like the The Gray Man series
- thriller
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Why: Both The Mephisto Club and Darkly Dreaming Dexter are thriller books about serial murders.
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - serial murders
The Mephisto Club: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders in fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both The Mephisto Club and The Terminal List are thriller books about serial murders.
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
The Terminal List: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - serial murders
The Mephisto Club: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders in fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Terminal List: "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "serial murder" (WD main subject)
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Why: Both Vanish and Step on a Crack are thriller books about police.
What both books share
- thriller
Vanish: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Step on a Crack: "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Thrillers" (OL subject) - police
Vanish: "Police" (OL subject); "Police -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Step on a Crack: "Police in fiction" (OL subject); "Police" (OL subject); "Police -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both The Keepsake and The Handmaid's Tale are books about women, set in United States.
- Women
- United States
What both books share
- women
The Keepsake: "Women" (OL subject); "Women -- Crimes against -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Handmaid's Tale: "Women" (OL subject); "Women -- Fiction" (LoC 650) - United States
The Keepsake: "United States" (WD narrative location)
The Handmaid's Tale: "United States" (WD narrative location)
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Why: Both Vanish and Killing Floor are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Vanish: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Killing Floor: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject)
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Why: Both The Mephisto Club and Dark Matter are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
The Mephisto Club: "Thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / General" (OL subject); "Thriller / suspense" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
Dark Matter: "Thrillers" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre); "Thrillers (Fiction)" (LoC 655)
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Why: Both Body Double and Mr. Mercedes are crime books.
What both books share
- crime
Body Double: "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
Mr. Mercedes: "crime" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
- crime
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Why: Both Body Double and Faceless Killers are crime books.
What both books share
- crime
Body Double: "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
Faceless Killers: "Fiction, crime" (OL subject); "Crime & mystery" (OL subject); "FICTION / Crime" (OL subject); "crime literature" (WD genre)
- crime
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Why: Both Vanish and The Silent Patient are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Vanish: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Silent Patient: "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
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Why: Both Vanish and The Da Vinci Code are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Vanish: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Da Vinci Code: "Suspense & Thriller" (OL subject); "thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject)
- thriller
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The Rizzoli & Isles books on this site
- Book 1: The Surgeon
- Book 2: The Apprentice
- Book 4: Body Double
- Book 5: Vanish
- Book 6: The Mephisto Club
- Book 7: The Keepsake
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