Recs if you like The Appeal ...

Like Agatha Christie but in the modern world. Please leave recommendations!

A collection of mixed media and epistolary/immersive books

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

Books that ignore the traditional way of telling a story. These books tell their stories in unexpected ways, through letters, transcripts, diaries, documents, text messages, or unconventional layouts.

Funny or darkly comic murder books featuring bungled plans, accidental deaths, bizarre families, amateur sleuths, incompetent criminals or people who are just having the worst day imaginable.

These are books about dms/emails or books told largely in dm/email/letter format. Recommendations welcomed.

Epistolary delivery: Books told in the form of letters, journals, diaries, texts, logs, etc...

This list features books with nontraditional forms, structures, and narratives.

Feel free to recommend more! :)

Mixed media: The combined use of media. Epistolary: Of or associated with letters or the writing of letters. A collection of books that stray from conventional writing by using different forms of media (letters, newspapers clippings, transcripts, blog posts, emails, etc. )

Books that were/are Barnes & Noble Monthly Picks, Books of the year, Hot Coffee Hot Books, or Book Club picks.

a collection of books that say “buh-bye” to the traditional format of a novel

Mixed media mysteries and thrillers. Featuring emails, photos, podcasts, etc as part of the mystery

stories with lots of twists and turns, including (but not limited to) murder mysteries

Books with unusual or unique formatting outside of the traditional narrative

story told through letters, emails, documents, diary entries or blog posts.

Reading list

books formatted primarily in letters, diary entries, emails/ims/texts, or documents!