Recs if you like The Last Murder at the End of the World...

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 💕

Someone made a post about this and I thought it was a great list idea. I know I really need books that have more positivity and hope for the future, so hopefully this will help someone else too.

Let me know if I get anything wrong. Please comment recommendations!

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

Books with short chapters!!! I started a challenge where I read a super long book a chapter-a-day and annotate it using a study guide! I found that annotating short chapters is super accessible and not overwhelming at all for me, so I wanted to share this list with anyone that wants to start over-analyzing their books :) I included a variety of stories because HOW you read is as important (if not more) than WHAT you read!!!!

Lots of titles are [insert thing or person] at the end of the world, so let's group them together.

Murders happen everywhere, all the time, to humans and aliens alike. Time to solve them among the stars. (Book 1 of series exclusively)

dystopia fiction / near-future speculative fiction that hasn't hit huge bestseller lists, gone viral, etc. (for this list I'm focusing on dystopia without a heavy romance line)

Need to feel like you're far removed from everything? These books all take place on islands - big or small, real or made up, friendly or scary. I won't add books set, say, on modern day Bali, because that's not the feeling of remoteness I'm aiming for (unless it's about Bali being cut-off from the rest of the world or some such). Happy to see your recs in the comments!

The Seep- for the person who kind of wished Carol spent more time with her grief

The Last Murder at the End of the World- for the person interested in the relationships between of village of the joined and a couple humans

To be Taught if Fortunate— if your favorite scenes were the ones of getting the signal and the telescope scene

One Last Stop- lesbian yearning for a person you can’t fully be with

Frostbite (nonfiction)- for the person lowkey interested in refrigerated supply chains

sometimes forgetting is for the best, but sometimes it definitely isnt and might leave you in quite a pickle.

whether its their whole life or just a crucial moment, each of these books has a character who forgets something they really shouldnt have.

No hand-holding, you'll have to figure out these complex sci-fi and fantasy worlds for yourself. Intricate worldbuilding, delightfully disorienting and highly rewarding.

Pairs of books that have odd similarities, from titles (ie 7 Evelyns) to plots.

if you read these, youre honestly so cool and have such a great taste.

Cozy or not, the vibe is pumpkins, murders and mustache-man.

Includes supernatural, sleuth and some YA.

Since I returned to reading last year, I have tracked every book I have read and ranked them. This is that ranking.