Recs if you like The Appeal ...

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

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 💕

A collection of mixed media and epistolary/immersive books

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.

Get on the hype train for these upcoming releases of books in a series. Now is the perfect time to jump on board a new series or start a re-read.

Covers the next 12 months - please send recs

I will list the first book in the series and the upcoming book. Updates once a month.

(I'm already questioning my sanity on how I'm going to maintain this, I wish we could make collaborative lists on here 😭)

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

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

Feel free to recommend more! :)

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