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The Best International Fiction of the Month: September 2026

Vampires seeking vengeance in Korea, cat solving crimes in Japan, horror stories from Madrid, and a French true crime classic
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The 96-Year-Old Murder Mystery Film With an All-Dog Cast That Just Broke the Internet

MGM's "Who Killed Rover" is back in the conversation... but reminds us about an era before animal protections in Hollywood.
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The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of The Month: September 2026

Historical revenge, influencer horror, mid-century hijinks, and amateur sleuths
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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!

The Best International Fiction of the Month: September 2026

By Molly Odintz

How Harry Kurnitz Conquered Hollywood, Broadway, and the Biblio-Mystery

By Nicholas A. Basbanes

The 96-Year-Old Murder Mystery Film With an All-Dog Cast That Just Broke the Internet

By Olivia Rutigliano

6 Great Thrillers About Mothers and Daughters and Sisters

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

5 Books That Make You Root for Con Artists, Grifters, and Tricksters

By Lana Harper and Jilly Gagnon

5 Great Unexpected Sequels to Crime Novels

By Janice Hallett

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of The Month: September 2026

By Molly Odintz

6 Classic and Contemporary Mysteries Set at Oxford University

By Kate Westbury

Kevin C Morris on Worldbuilding and Setting a Mystery in Alaska's Rugged Southeast

By Kevin C. Morris

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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

Literary Hub

September 4, 2026

How to Get Over the Hump of Writing Sex

By Suzanne Roberts

The Latest Literary Scam: Emailing the Long-Dead Legends of 20th-Century Literature

By Adam Hochschild

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in September

By Emily Temple

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

By Dan Sheehan

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