#171 in Crime & mystery
The Thursday Murder Club
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 2 weeks on the list, peaked at #7
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About the book
The Thursday Murder Club is a 2020 murder mystery novel, the debut novel by British television presenter Richard Osman. It is the first installment in his Thursday Murder Club series. It was published on 3 September 2020 by Viking Press, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House, and also released in 2020 as an audiobook, read by Lesley Manville.
Reading order · Thursday Murder Club
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8.18.1 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 1,381 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 90% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Crime & mystery average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 20 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 1.4K | 99% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“I really loved the idea of this book, but have to admit that I didn't much enjoy the actual book. It took me two months to read it - if some books are “unputdownable,” this ranks as “easily putdownable.” I think it's a combination of…”
“Maybe because there were so many key characters, it took me a good 100 pages to get into the book. But once it started going I was incredibly engaged. I had no idea who the final antagonist was, but loved when everything was revealed.”
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It has 384 pages — shorter than 60% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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