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The Brotherhood of Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction Must Pay for Its Crimes
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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 True Crime of the Month: October 2026

Deep South crimes, 19th-century detectives, crime-solving writers, backrooms poker players, and realpolitik killings
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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.

Eriq LaSalle on Storytelling, TV Scripts, and Shifting the Focus of His New Novel

By John B. Valeri

The Writer and her Translator: A Conversation Between Desirée de Fez & Lizzie Davis

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Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated Thrillers

By Jason Rekulak

Rebekah Faubion on the Male Gaze, Patriarchy, and Women Writing Horror

By Rebekah Faubion

The Brotherhood of Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

By Lyndsay Faye

Adrian Van Young on Growing Up in the Metal Scene and Finding His Way to Crime Fiction

By Adrian Van Young

A Home Inspector's Guide to Haunted Houses, Courtesy of D.M. Pulley

By D. M. Pulley

Pen as Sword: Elizabeth Kostova on Killing Off Characters

By Elizabeth Kostova

5 Thrillers That Blend True Crime Elements with a Gothic Ambience

By Tara Goedjen

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5 Books for Younger Fans of Edgar Allan Poe

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Emily Heil on the History of Belittling, Erasing, and Stealing Women's Writing

By Emily Heil

Tom Ryan on Nostalgia, Audiences, and Writing Coming-of-Age Crime Capers

By John B. Valeri

The Best True Crime of the Month: October 2026

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Amy Bloom on the Imperfect Protagonist and the Wabi-Sabi of Us All

By Amy Bloom

5 Revenge and Eat-the-Rich Thrillers About the 1 Percent

By L. M. Chilton

Literary Hub

October 14, 2026

Is It or Isn’t It? How Generative AI is Poisoning the Literary Well For Everyone

By James Folta

Why Frank O’Hara is Perfect For Introducing Poetry to Tweens

By Catherine Sawoski

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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On Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy’s Decades-Long Friendship

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