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Playback
Playback is the ninth and final completed novel featuring Raymond Chandler’s private detective Philip Marlowe. First published in 1958, it follows Marlowe after he is hired to locate a woman who is being pursued by private investigators and other interested parties. The novel is set mainly in Califo...
apps Top Playback Alternatives
The top alternative to Playback in 2026 is Five Little Pigs with a score of 9.18/10, followed by Red Harvest (9.12) and The Daughter of Time (9.06).
Five Little Pigs
Agatha Christie's Five Little Pigs, first published in 1942, gives Hercule Poirot a murder whose immediate evidence has...
Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett's first novel, Red Harvest, appeared in 1929 after serialization in Black Mask. Its narrator is the unn...
The Daughter of Time
Confined to a hospital bed, Inspector Alan Grant turns to a historical question in Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time,...
The Hollow Man
Two apparently impossible murders draw Dr. Gideon Fell into John Dickson Carr's The Hollow Man, published in 1935 and is...
The Devotion of Suspect X
Keigo Higashino's The Devotion of Suspect X, a Japanese crime novel published in 2005, is a full-length entry in the Det...
A Dark-Adapted Eye
Published in 1986 under Ruth Rendell's Barbara Vine pseudonym, A Dark-Adapted Eye examines a family's past through the r...
The Galton Case
A wealthy family's missing heir brings California private investigator Lew Archer into The Galton Case, Ross Macdonald's...
The Underground Man
The Underground Man is a 1971 detective novel by Ross Macdonald featuring private investigator Lew Archer. Set in Southe...
The High Window
The High Window is a 1942 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe....
The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe. Hired...
B is for Burglar
B Is for Burglar is a 1985 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the second installment in her alphabet series featuring pr...
H is for Homicide
H Is for Homicide is a 1991 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the eighth installment in her alphabet series featuring C...
C is for Corpse
C Is for Corpse is a 1986 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the third installment in her alphabet series featuring Cali...
The Little Sister
The Little Sister is a 1949 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlow...
G is for Gumshoe
G Is for Gumshoe is a 1990 mystery novel by Sue Grafton and the seventh entry in her alphabet series featuring Californi...
A is for Alibi
A Is for Alibi is a 1982 mystery novel by Sue Grafton and the first book in her alphabet series featuring private invest...
D is for Deadbeat
D Is for Deadbeat is a 1987 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the fourth entry in her alphabet series about California...
The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse is a 1929 novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the unnamed Continental Op, an investigator employed by a p...
The Blue Hammer
The Blue Hammer is a 1976 detective novel by Ross Macdonald and the final completed novel featuring California private i...
Y is for Yesterday
Y Is for Yesterday is a 2017 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the twenty-fifth published entry in her alphabet series...
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| Alternative | Score | vs Playback | Action |
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| 9.18 Excellent | +3.32 | Compare | |
| 9.12 Excellent | +3.26 | Compare | |
| 9.06 Excellent | +3.20 | Compare | |
| 9.02 Excellent | +3.16 | Compare | |
| 9.02 Excellent | +3.16 | Compare | |
| 8.92 Great | +3.06 | Compare | |
| 8.72 Great | +2.86 | Compare | |
| 8.48 Great | +2.62 | Compare | |
| 8.20 Great | +2.34 | Compare | |
| 8.07 Great | +2.21 | Compare |
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