Books like Tough guys don't dance by Norman Mailer

1818 novel by Mary Shelley about young scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox experiment.

Crime and Punishment is a classic novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of a young man who schemes to murder a pawnbroker to fund good deeds.

A chilling, factual account of the 1959 shotgun murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, where four members were killed with no clear motive or clues.

John Kennedy Toole’s comic novel follows the eccentric, obese Ignatius J. Reilly as he roams the streets of New Orleans in vivid, hilariously authentic dialogue.

When Belgian detective Hercule Poirot returns to the English village of King's Abbot, he confronts the murder of industrialist Roger Ackroyd, unraveling a web of family secrets and hidden motives that reveal the culprit was nobody he expected.

1Q84 follows parallel lives in a Tokyo‑set alternate reality, blending intimate romance, urban crime, and surreal elements.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

Oedipa Maas, executor of Pierce Inverarity’s will, uncovers a hidden network of conspiracies, jazz clubs, and beatnik culture while navigating her own psyche.

In the Glacial epoch, Cro-Magnon woman Ayla, raised by Neanderthals, seeks belonging and love after leaving her clan, only to discover a new community that embraces her heritage.

In "The Postman Always Rings Twice," a drifter falls for a married woman, creating a deadly love triangle that spirals into murder, betrayal, and the inevitable tragedy of a postman's cruel warning.

A satirical novel set in 1980s New York City about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed.

In early 1980s Los Angeles, a privileged youth returns home for Christmas, confronting a generation steeped in excess, drugs, and nihilism as he navigates love, friendship, and moral decay.

Former CIA agents turned detectives Sean King and Michelle Maxwell investigate a murder inside a secretive lab near a CIA training camp, uncovering a conspiracy that could shatter national security.

Inside the covert world that shaped U.S. politics in the 1960s, James Ellroy follows former police and FBI officers as they navigate a web of corruption, murder, and power grabbing amid the JFK era, Bay of Pigs, and beyond.

In "The Day of the Locust," brilliant young set designer Tod Hackett arrives in Los Angeles to work on an Hollywood studio, uncovering the grim underbelly of the motion picture industry.

A biographical portrait of Gary Gilmore, the 1976 Utah murderer who demanded his death sentence be carried out, fighting a system eager to keep him alive long after conviction.

When mystery writer Maurice Seton is found dead in a drifting dinghy, Scotland Yard’s Adam Dalgliesh and his aunt must unravel a grisly puzzle before another murder strikes.

A darkly humorous account of addiction and self-discovery.

An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey's wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II.It is from this period of time that his murderer may well have come. But there are others on Guernsey with reason to want Guy Brouard dead: his wives, his business associates, his current mistress, the underprivileged teenagers he mentored--any of whom might have harbored a secret motive for murder. As family and friends gather for the reading of the will, Deborah and Simon St. James find that seemingly everyone on the history-haunted island has something to hide. And behind all the lies and alibis, a killer is lurking. In order to bring this person to justice, the St. James must delve into Guernsey's dark history--both past and present--and into the troubled psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution for the most unspeakable crime of all.In A Place of Hiding, bestselling novelist Elizabeth George marks new territory in the darker landscapes of human relationships. She tells a gripping, suspenseful story of betrayal and devotion, war and remembrance, love and loss...and the higher truths to which we must all ultimately answer.From the Hardcover edition.