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Poison Books
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Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as poison)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,048 ratings — published 2019
Poison Study (Study, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as poison)
avg rating 4.08 — 177,398 ratings — published 2005
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as poison)
avg rating 4.02 — 37,685 ratings — published 2010
The Lost Apothecary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as poison)
avg rating 3.76 — 509,160 ratings — published 2021
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as poison)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,846 ratings — published 2022
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as poison)
avg rating 3.82 — 180,194 ratings — published 2009
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as poison)
avg rating 3.99 — 5,179 ratings — published 2018
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 14,674 ratings — published 2021
Poison (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 10,606 ratings — published 2013
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 416,407 ratings — published 1995
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as poison)
avg rating 4.55 — 36,113 ratings — published 2024
Hemlock & Silver (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 34,135 ratings — published 2025
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 349,340 ratings — published 2006
A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 2,841 ratings — published 2015
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 519,535 ratings — published 1920
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 305,060 ratings — published 1962
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as poison)
avg rating 4.02 — 85,235 ratings — published 2001
The Book of Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.50 — 11,367 ratings — published 2024
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as poison)
avg rating 3.99 — 59,329 ratings — published 2010
The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as poison)
avg rating 3.97 — 7,418 ratings — published 2024
The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 2,095 ratings — published 2023
Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as poison)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,016 ratings — published 2023
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as poison)
avg rating 3.82 — 11,234 ratings — published 2009
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as poison)
avg rating 4.46 — 39,775 ratings — published 2024
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons (Saffron Everleigh Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.52 — 23,401 ratings — published 2022
The Poison Diaries (The Poison Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 3.35 — 3,920 ratings — published 2010
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 67,158 ratings — published 2025
The Butcher of the Forest (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 11,484 ratings — published 2024
The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)
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avg rating 4.03 — 2,915 ratings — published 2024
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as poison)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,152 ratings — published 2015
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.57 — 3,718,229 ratings — published 2023
The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
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avg rating 3.76 — 37,807 ratings — published 2023
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 191,768 ratings — published 2016
Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 183,433 ratings — published 2022
Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,549 ratings — published 2021
Plants That Kill: A Natural History of the World's Most Poisonous Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 186 ratings — published 2018
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.72 — 350 ratings — published 2016
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 512,227 ratings — published 2018
A Sorceress Comes to Call (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 59,323 ratings — published 2024
The Familiar (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 142,044 ratings — published 2024
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 322,112 ratings — published 2006
This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
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avg rating 4.09 — 31,536 ratings — published 2021
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,107,371 ratings — published 2019
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,788,800 ratings — published 2018
The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 304 ratings — published 2010
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 108,071 ratings — published 2012
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
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avg rating 4.13 — 33,875 ratings — published 1930
Fire Study (Study, #3)
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avg rating 3.91 — 66,133 ratings — published 2008
The Wings Upon Her Back (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as poison)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,440 ratings — published 2024
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
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avg rating 4.33 — 92,322 ratings — published 2025
“Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.”
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“If there is a thing I truly despise, it is being addressed as "dearie." When I write my magnum opus, A Treatise Upon All Poison, and come to "Cyanide," I am going to put under "Uses" the phrase "Particularly efficacious in the cure of those who call one 'Dearie.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
