Best Tana French Books

The best books by Tana French — 8 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 4.05 BLT stars.

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Tana French writes psychological crime fiction that cares more about interiority than procedure. Her Dublin Murder Squad novels — In the Woods, The Likeness, Faithful Place — are built on unreliable, self-deceiving narrators who investigate cases that quietly mirror their own psychological fractures. The result is something richer and more unsettling than standard detective fare: slow-burn prose saturated with atmosphere, particularly the damp, myth-soaked texture of Ireland itself. French's mysteries don't resolve cleanly, and that's the point — she's more interested in what a case does to the investigator than in the satisfaction of a tidy solution. Readers who want propulsive plot-driven whodunits may find her frustrating; readers who want literary crime fiction with genuine emotional stakes will find her essential.

Tana French's highest-rated book in our collection is The Likeness (4.35 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    The Likeness

    Dublin Murder Squad • Book 2

    by Tana French

    ★ 4.35 BLT Score (181.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (181.9K)
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    Faithful Place

    Dublin Murder Squad • Book 3

    by Tana French

    ★ 4.31 BLT Score (133.4K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (133.4K)
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    The Trespasser

    Dublin Murder Squad • Book 6

    by Tana French

    ★ 4.25 BLT Score (97.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (97.4K)
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    Broken Harbor

    Dublin Murder Squad • Book 4

    by Tana French

    ★ 4.24 BLT Score (110.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (110.9K)
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    The Keeper

    Cal Hooper • Book 3

    by Tana French

    ★ 3.95 BLT Score (870 ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (870)
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    The Secret Place

    Dublin Murder Squad • Book 5

    by Tana French

    ★ 3.95 BLT Score (95.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (95.2K)
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    In the Woods

    Dublin Murder Squad • Book 1

    by Tana French

    ★ 3.88 BLT Score (442.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (442.3K)
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    The Witch Elm

    Dublin Murder Squad

    by Tana French

    ★ 3.45 BLT Score (110.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.58 Goodreads (110.9K)
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