More forensic thriller authors- not for the squeamish!
Aaron J. Elkins - Gideon Oliver series
Lori Andrews - Dr. Alexandra Blake series
Sarah Andrews - Em Hansen series
Jefferson Bass - Body Farm series
Caleb Carr - Historical Forensics
Robin Cook - Stand-alone medical thrillers.
Patricia Cornwell - Kay Scarpetta series
Jeffrey Deaver - Lincoln Rhyme series
Tess Gerritsen - Jane Rizzoli series, stand-alone medical thrillers.
Iris Johansen - Eve Duncan series
Jonathan Kellerman - Alex Delaware series
Jeffrey Lindsay - Dexter series
Karin Slaughter - Grant County series
Stephen White - Alan Gregory series
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Read-alikes for Jodi Picoult
Some other authors who take timely looks at difficult topics, often told from many viewpoints, often about an ethically challenging or ambiguous domestic situation.
Elizabeth Berg
Chris Bohjalian
Barbara Delinsky
Jane Hamilton
Alice Hoffman
Ann Hood
Sue Miller
Jacqueline Mitchard
Anna Quindlen
Luanne Rice
Anita Shreve
Elizabeth Berg
Chris Bohjalian
Barbara Delinsky
Jane Hamilton
Alice Hoffman
Ann Hood
Sue Miller
Jacqueline Mitchard
Anna Quindlen
Luanne Rice
Anita Shreve
Hurricane themed Adult Fiction, Adult Non-fiction, YA fiction, Children's books, Feature Films and Documentaries
Hurricane Adult Fiction
Waveland by Frederick Barthelme
Babylon Rolling by Amanda Boyden
Floodmarkers by Nic Brown
Jesus Out to Sea by James Lee Burke
The Tin Roof Blow Down by James Lee Burke
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad
Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey
Second Wind by Dick Francis
Under The Eye of The Storm by John Hersey
Porgy by Du Bose Heyward
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen
Acts of Nature by Jonathan King
Storm Track by Margaret Maron
The Hurricane by Charles Nordhoff
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian
Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
Rebel Island by Rick Riordan
40 Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Moon Tide by Dawn Clifton Tripp
Logan's Storm by Ken Wells
The Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willet
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Hurricane Adult Non-Fiction
A wind to shake the world : the story of the 1938 hurricane by Everett Allen
The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the MississippiGulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
The Great Hurricane- 1938 by Cherie Burns
The ship and the storm : Hurricane Mitch and the loss of the Fantome by Jim Carrier
Dark wind : a survivor's tale of love and loss by Gordon Chaplin
Natural disasters : hurricanes : a reference handbook by Patrick Fitzpatrick
The sea captain's wife : a true story of love, race, and war in thenineteenth century by Martha Hodes
Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city by Jed Horne
The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea by Sebastian Junger
Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson
Death From The Sea : Our Greatest Natural Disaster, The Galveston Hurricane Of 1900 by Herbert Mason
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose
Sudden sea : the Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A.Scotti
The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist by Ivor van Heerden andMike Bryan
Hurricane YA Fiction
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale
Blown Away by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Sand Dollar Summer by Kimberly Jones
Stranded by Ben Mikaelseon
Taken By Storm by Angela
Hurricane by Terry Trueman
Stormwitch by Susan Vaught
Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
Hurricane Children's Fiction
Ruby's Imagine by Kim Antieau
Hurricane : open seas, 1844 by K. Duey and K.A. Bale
Gifted by Beth Evangelista
The Silent Storm by Sherry Garland
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Hurricane by Faith McNulty
The hurricane mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Hurricane Picture Books
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch
Hurricane! by Patricia Laken
Hurricane by David Wiesner
Belinda's Hurricane by Elizabeth Winthrop
Hurricane Children's Nonfiction
Hurricane Watch by Franklyn Branley
Hurricanes by Joseph Brennan
The magic school bus inside a hurricane by Joanna Cole
Miracle : the true story of the wreck of the Sea Venture by Gail Karwoski
Hurricanes : Earth's mightiest storms by Patricia Lauber
Hurricanes by Seymour Simon
Hurricane force : in the path of America's deadliest storms by Joseph Treaster
Feature Films
Key Largo
Nights in Rodanthe
The Day After Tomorrow
The Perfect Storm
Documentaries
Hurricane Katrina : the storm that drowned a city
The hurricane of '38
When the levees broke: a requiem in four acts
Waveland by Frederick Barthelme
Babylon Rolling by Amanda Boyden
Floodmarkers by Nic Brown
Jesus Out to Sea by James Lee Burke
The Tin Roof Blow Down by James Lee Burke
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad
Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey
Second Wind by Dick Francis
Under The Eye of The Storm by John Hersey
Porgy by Du Bose Heyward
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen
Acts of Nature by Jonathan King
Storm Track by Margaret Maron
The Hurricane by Charles Nordhoff
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian
Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
Rebel Island by Rick Riordan
40 Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Moon Tide by Dawn Clifton Tripp
Logan's Storm by Ken Wells
The Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willet
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Hurricane Adult Non-Fiction
A wind to shake the world : the story of the 1938 hurricane by Everett Allen
The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the MississippiGulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
The Great Hurricane- 1938 by Cherie Burns
The ship and the storm : Hurricane Mitch and the loss of the Fantome by Jim Carrier
Dark wind : a survivor's tale of love and loss by Gordon Chaplin
Natural disasters : hurricanes : a reference handbook by Patrick Fitzpatrick
The sea captain's wife : a true story of love, race, and war in thenineteenth century by Martha Hodes
Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city by Jed Horne
The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea by Sebastian Junger
Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson
Death From The Sea : Our Greatest Natural Disaster, The Galveston Hurricane Of 1900 by Herbert Mason
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose
Sudden sea : the Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A.Scotti
The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist by Ivor van Heerden andMike Bryan
Hurricane YA Fiction
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale
Blown Away by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Sand Dollar Summer by Kimberly Jones
Stranded by Ben Mikaelseon
Taken By Storm by Angela
Hurricane by Terry Trueman
Stormwitch by Susan Vaught
Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
Hurricane Children's Fiction
Ruby's Imagine by Kim Antieau
Hurricane : open seas, 1844 by K. Duey and K.A. Bale
Gifted by Beth Evangelista
The Silent Storm by Sherry Garland
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Hurricane by Faith McNulty
The hurricane mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Hurricane Picture Books
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch
Hurricane! by Patricia Laken
Hurricane by David Wiesner
Belinda's Hurricane by Elizabeth Winthrop
Hurricane Children's Nonfiction
Hurricane Watch by Franklyn Branley
Hurricanes by Joseph Brennan
The magic school bus inside a hurricane by Joanna Cole
Miracle : the true story of the wreck of the Sea Venture by Gail Karwoski
Hurricanes : Earth's mightiest storms by Patricia Lauber
Hurricanes by Seymour Simon
Hurricane force : in the path of America's deadliest storms by Joseph Treaster
Feature Films
Key Largo
Nights in Rodanthe
The Day After Tomorrow
The Perfect Storm
Documentaries
Hurricane Katrina : the storm that drowned a city
The hurricane of '38
When the levees broke: a requiem in four acts
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