# Robert Crais **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [September 18, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337 "2023-09-18T21:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stosh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/1 "2023-09-18T21:49:04Z")
I really like the way this man writes. Is there any other authors like him that you know of? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/2 "2023-09-18T22:36:40Z")
Yep. If you like Crais, it’s pretty much a given that you’ll like the Spenser series by Robert B. Parker. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/3 "2023-09-18T23:10:23Z")
There are some websites which suggest similar authors: [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=if+you+like+robert+crais](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=if+you+like+robert+crais) ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/4 "2023-09-19T00:03:12Z")
John Sandford comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/5 "2023-09-19T01:04:27Z")
Michael Connelly, the author of the Lincoln Lawyer and Bosch books. ---
**Author:** ![doc481](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@doc481](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc481)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/6 "2023-09-19T01:22:42Z")
Love John Sanford, Michael Connelly, David Baldacci. I’ve read everything by all of them. For the big guy taking on all the bad guys got to go with Lee Childs Jack Reacher. Another good series, a little different but similar are Ted Bells books. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/7 "2023-09-19T02:16:43Z")
John Grisham is another author I’ve really enjoyed. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/8 "2023-09-19T12:39:13Z")
I have read everything Crais has written. The suggestions so far are all good. If you want to read someone new, check out Scott Pratt in the kindle store. I got his first few books for free and have been reading the rest of his work. Lawyer/crime genre. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/9 "2023-09-19T15:54:20Z")
Michael Harvey is another crime fiction writer I like. The Chicago Way is his first and is really good. The board is not letting me embed any links this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-crais/990337/10 "2023-09-19T18:18:27Z")
Karin Slaughter Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli and Isles series of books)