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Your Guide to Dolly Parton's Crime Movies

There was nothing Dolly couldn't do. She even appeared in a crime film or two!
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
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After being shelved three years ago, Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting a theatrical release!

And it's coming out THIS weekend!
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The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: August 2026

Family impostors, shocking reversals, revisited crimes, and nasty surprises

Your Guide to Dolly Parton's Crime Movies

By Olivia Rutigliano

Rebecca Stafford on the Entrancing Moral Quandaries of Dark Academia

By Rebecca Stafford

Madeline Martin on Matthew Hopkins and the Deadliest Witch Hunt in England

By Madeline Martin

Gabbi Calabrese on What Kids Can Learn from Reading Mysteries

By Gabbi Calabrese

The Watergate Theory That Never Made It Into the Movies

By Kent Heckenlively

7 Books That Take Readers to Extraordinary, Uncharted Regions

By Henry Wise

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

The Backlist: Reading Yrsa Sigurdadottir’s 'I Remember You' with Crime by the Book's Abby Dunn

By Polly Stewart

After being shelved three years ago, Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting a theatrical release!

By Olivia Rutigliano

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The Best True Crime of the Month: August 2026

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Robyn Gigl on Writing a Police Procedural with a Trans Protagonist Set in a Red State

By Alex Dueben

Isolation as an Antagonist

By Holly Craig

Which International Movie Should You Watch This Weekend?

By Radha Vatsal

Pantser or Plotter: How Poe, Christie, King, and Other Greats Outlined Their Mysteries

By J.J. Unthank

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: August 2026

By Molly Odintz

Literary Hub

September 1, 2026

Enough! An Open Letter from Jewish Creatives and Thinkers in Defense of Mark Ruffalo

By Dan Sheehan

Capturing a Literary Icon: Beowulf Sheehan on Photographing Cormac McCarthy

By Beowulf Sheehan

Marlon James on (Finally) Writing a Novel That Draws From His Life

By Eric Olson

What It Means to Love Elliott Smith

By Jamie Fisher

Book Marks

Book Marks

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week