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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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The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: October 2026

Featuring first books from Matthew Aldrich, Nneoma Ike-Njoku, Desirée de Fez, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala, and Sophia Huneycutt
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The Best International Fiction of The Month: October 2026

Indonesian noir, Caribbean gothic, Bolivian thrills, Argentine horror, and a psychodrama in Spain
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Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated Thrillers

Jason Rekulak on turning a background in children's fiction into a illustration-filled horror career

The Real Sherlock Holmes: How an Edinburgh Doctor Inspired Doyle's Detective

By Lindsey Fitzharris

Natalie Kikic on Croatian Folklore, Female Rage, and Writing a Gothic Novel

By Natalie Kikić

Matthew Gavin Frank on Kim Wall and the Ethics of Sensationalistic True Crime

By Matthew Gavin Frank

Paige Shelton on What Bones Can and Can't Reveal in Mysteries

By Paige Shelton

There's a "true crime concert documentary" about David Byrne

By Olivia Rutigliano

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

J.H. Markert on the Cult Leaders That Inspired His New Novel

By J.H. Markert

The Backlist: Sarah Weinman on a Classic Domestic Thriller, 'The Hours Before Dawn'

By Polly Stewart

Queer Crime Writers Presents: LGBTQIA+ Crime Fiction to Check Out This Fall

By Queer Crime Writers

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Which international thriller should you stream this weekend?

By Radha Vatsal

7 crime writers talk about novels and short stories and what they love writing most

By Keith Roysdon

What was the most popular detective play in Victorian England?

By Olivia Rutigliano

Being There: Memories of Danceteria, Paradise Garage, and the NYC Club Scene of the 1980s

By Michael Gonzales

5 Works of Folk Horror
Not for the Faint-Hearted

By Bitter Karella

The Best International Fiction of The Month: October 2026

By Molly Odintz

Literary Hub

October 20, 2026

Meet the Best Debut Novelists of 2026

By Emily Temple

Why Are So Many Contemporary Novelists Not Naming the Narrator?

By Ilana Bean

Photographing the Radical Change of 1960s and 70s America

By Jean-Pierre Laffont and Eliane Laffont

Anna North on the Genre You Didn’t Know You Needed: Bogcore

By Anna North

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