Recs if you like The Murders in the Rue Morgue...

on average people read 40-60 pages an hour, so this is a continuously updated collection of books with 60 pages or less & a couple short story collections

i'm on an absolute murder mystery KICK at the moment. having watched the new knives out twice already (mild spoilers ahead) i've been thinking about the subgenre of locked room murder mysteries and decided to compile a list of them!

definition: a locked room mystery involves a seemingly "impossible crime". in these, the murder is committed under circumstances where it appears impossible for the killer to enter and leave the room undetected. and yet it IS possible!

Here's me keeping track of (most) of the books mentioned in this non-fiction adventure, for the good of all of us.

There is also a reading list at the back of the book, but I think I got them all.

the church's book club list + father brown because benoit calls jude that!

For fans of Sherlock Holmes & Agatha Christie. For series, only the first book is included.

19th century (and a little early 20th) fiction about private detectives and clever con artists (or both!)

the books I read if I'm wanting something short. From horror, to classics, to confusing stories I had to think twice about. you name the genre I'll eventually have it here (all ≈80 pages and under I hope, and standalone)

Books and authors that inspired the characters and their powers in Bungo Stray Dogs. [not complete*]

*missing Hirotsu R.'s Falling Camellia, Sakaguchi A.'s Betrayal (for Murakoso Yachiyo) and Blizzard Story (for Aoki Takuichi), Edogawa R.'s Monster's Trick (for Minoura and Sugimoto) and Shadow-Man (for Yamagiwa), Mushitaro O.'s Perfect Crime, Fukuchi O.'s The Mirror Lion, A Spring Diversion, Teruko O.'s Gasp of the Soul, Saigiku J.'s Priceless Tears, Shibusawa T.'s Draconia

From Pink Floyd to Iron Maiden to Metallica to... you name it, these books inspired musicians into making some really cool music.

The Primary Works section of the Reading List of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Books featured as abilities in BSD--I tried to get all of them that I could!!

every bsd ability i could find (39), plus some origins of character names (8). includes light novel chrs.

The list of books featured in Wake Up Dead Man: a Knives Out Mystery, including the Spring Book Club and anything else I notice along the way.

Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude's Spring Book Club list.

collection of Gothic elements in literature, Gothic fictions...

1. The History of the Caliph Vathek (1786) by William Thomas Beckford
2. Salathiel the Immortal (1828) by George Croly

all the books I own

For people who have English as their second language and wants to hone their powers to be able to read Sherlock's Victorian English.