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A Guide to the Dexter Spinoffs

Get your plastic wrap, because it's a MESS!
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Still Not Safe: The 50th Anniversary of Marathon Man

Fifty years later, the classic thriller still lives in a world of almost unbearable tension.
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The Best Paperback Releases of the Month: October 2026

Featuring new-in-paperback releases from Steve Berry, May Cobb, John Fram, Gilly Macmillan, Tom Ryan, Nic Stone, and more
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Prisoner of Love: On Research, Ethics, and Matters of the Heart

When intimate and private love letters are the only surviving evidence from an old trial, should a researcher include them in their book?

A Guide to the Dexter Spinoffs

By Olivia Rutigliano

Mariah Fredericks on the Great Sea Monster Hoax of Nantucket

By Mariah Fredericks

Ryan Burruss on Monstrously Mashing Up Genres in His New Novel

By Ryan Burruss

Jonathan Edward Durham on Infusing Yourself Into Your Villains

By Jonathan Edward Durham

Leigh Bardugo on 50 Years of 'Interview with the Vampire' and the Immortality of Anne Rice's Lestat

By Leigh Bardugo

The Best Paperback Releases of the Month: October 2026

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Neil Kleid on Learning to Write Horror as Someone Afraid of Jumpscares

By Neil Kleid

10 Epistolary Thrillers That Let the Evidence Do the Talking

By Eva Jurczyk

Katherine Reay on the Enduring Popularity of Golden-Age British Mysteries

By Katherine Reay

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Prisoner of Love: On Research, Ethics, and Matters of the Heart

By Jack El-Hai

New York City Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt's War Against Banana Peels

By Olivia Rutigliano

Crime and the City: Nairobi

By Paul French

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Hank Phillippi Ryan on Endings, Generational Scars, and Secrets in Mysteries

By John B. Valeri

9 Suspense Novels with Unforgettable Settings

By Hallie Shepherd

Literary Hub

October 7, 2026

Leigh Bardugo on 50 Years of Interview with the Vampire and the Immortality of Anne Rice’s Lestat

By Leigh Bardugo

Lydia Millet on Writing a Double Novel of Grief and Loss

By Jane Ciabattari

Do Smartphones Belong in Fiction?

By Ankur Thakkar

Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

By Ryan Chapman

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5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week