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A charming, mid-century cozy mystery where a cynical reporter and a brilliant Siamese cat team up to skewer art world pretensions and solve a murder. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards.
- cozy
- nostalgic
- quirky
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The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (A Jim Qwilleran Feline Whodunnit)
Lilian Jackson Braun
A charming, mid-century cozy mystery where a wry journalist and his brilliant Siamese cats outsmart the local eccentric elite.
- 02
The Cat Who Saw Red (A Jim Qwilleran Feline Whodunnit)
Lilian Jackson Braun
A comforting, gently eccentric mystery where the true detectives have whiskers, tails, and a taste for the finer things.
- 03
Nine lives to die
Rita Mae Brown
A wintry, small-town mystery where festive cheer is interrupted by buried secrets, leaving a woman and her animal companions to dig up the chilling truth.
- 04
Sleight of paw
Sofie Kelly
A charming small-town mystery where a resourceful librarian and her magically gifted cats sniff out secrets to solve a local murder.
- 05
The Norths meet murder
Frances Louise Davis Lockridge and Richard Lockridge · 1940
A charming vintage mystery where domestic life collides with a baffling crime, solved through clever deductions and quirky hunches.
- 06
Wish you were here
Rita Mae Brown · 1995
A charmingly nosy postmistress and her fiercely protective pets sniff out deadly secrets in a quaint Virginia town.
- 07
A DEADLY GAME OF MAGIC
Joan Lowery Nixon · 1983
A delightfully eerie, locked-room thriller where every shadow hides a trick and survival depends on seeing through the illusion.
- 08
Key Lime Pie Murder
Joanne Fluke
A bustling, sweet-and-suspenseful cozy mystery where small-town fair festivities collide with amateur sleuthing.
- 09
B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
Sue Grafton · 1986
A sun-drenched, sharply observed dive into the deceptive lives of the California wealthy, led by a fiercely pragmatic private eye.
- 10
Freddy the detective
Walter R. Brooks · 1932
A cozy, pastoral mystery that playfully channels classic detective tropes through a cast of clever barnyard animals.
- 11
Skippyjon Jones
Judy Schachner · 2003
A high-energy, tongue-twisting romp through the boundless landscape of a hyperactive imagination.
- 12
Cat & Mouse
James Patterson · 1997
A relentless, adrenaline-fueled descent into the minds of brilliant detectives and the terrifying monsters they hunt.
