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

Featuring new titles from Michael Connelly, Lyndsay Faye, Elizabeth Hand, T. Geronimo Johnson, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Kostova, and more
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Eight of the Best Meta Mysteries

Knowing, winking, playful mysteries to beguile and delight you!
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The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

Endangered trad wives, haunted houses, cannibalistic oligarchs, friendly monsters, and desert hijinks
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

9 Suspense Novels with Unforgettable Settings

By Hallie Shepherd

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

By Molly Odintz

Remembering Kevin, the KGB Officer Who Watched Us During a Secret Mission to the USSR

By Dr. Merryl Goldberg

Eight of the Best Meta Mysteries

By Olivia Rutigliano

Welcome to The Wiregrass, Where Corruption Is Rampant, Contradictions Abound, and Cynicism Reigns Supreme

By Matt Kessler

Two Generations, One Shared Experience: On Incarceration, Redemption, and Family Love

By Dr. Tonesa Welch and H. Corey Mills

Dan Warner on A.I., Life as Data, and Depicting Emerging Technologies in Fiction

By Dan Warner

Sherry Thomas' Favorite Mysteries Set on the South West England Coast

By Sherry Thomas

Twenty-One Years After the Verdict, His Town Finally Understood Him

By McCracken Poston, Jr.

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5 Horror Novels Set in Grand Country Homes

By Jennifer Thorne

5 Horror Novels Set in Georgia and Written by Georgia Authors (Plus One Honorable Mention)

By Michael Wehunt

The Strange History of the Poyais Scandal, the World's First Great Bond Fraud

By Robin Wigglesworth

David McCloskey: How to Win Friends and Recruit Sources For Your Spy Novel

By David McCloskey

Melissa Anderson Sweazy on Gifts, Magical Inheritances, and Defying Expectations

By Melissa Anderson Sweazy

6 Eclectic Historical Mysteries Set in the Early Modern Era

By Jane Bitomsky

Literary Hub

October 2, 2026

Do Smartphones Belong in Fiction?

By Ankur Thakkar

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

By Ryan Chapman

Hernan Diaz's New Novel Isn’t a Dystopia—Trust Him

By Eric Olson

The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England

By Marion Gibson

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5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month