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5 horror novels that take you to a cabin in the woods

Nick Medina recommends Paul Tremblay, Christina Henry, and more
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10 Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
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Folk Horror on Film

Seventeen movies with sinister pagan festivals, cultish locals, and witchy witches for you to watch through your fingers, this Halloween season.
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All the Horror Fiction We've Recommended This Fall (So Far)

Featuring folk horror, body horror, vampires, demons, literal hellscapes, and lots of haunted houses

5 horror novels that take you to a cabin in the woods

By Nick Medina

5 crime novels set in grand hotels, from Peter James

By Peter James

America's lady Bluebeard: the strange murder trial of Lyda Trueblood

By Gregg Olsen and Morgan Olsen

Jim Ruland on writing a campus heist novel inspired by Bad Bunny and 'Bullet Train'

By Jim Ruland

The agony and the ecstasy of
If Beale Street Could Talk

By Olivia Rutigliano

10 Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

An Illustrated Guide to Famous (and Infamous) Figures from the History of Psychiatry

By Laura Joh Rowland

Kevin Moore on Femme Fatales, Tropes, and Learning from the Women of Noir

By Kevin Moore

On mall culture, stranger danger,
and the neon 90s

By Nicolina Torres

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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Riley Sager and Tom Ryan on coincidentally writing thrillers with the same premise

By Tom Ryan

Noah Segan discusses his new film, 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York'

By Radha Vatsal

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: October 2026

By Molly Odintz

What should you watch this weekend?

By Dwyer Murphy

On wellness culture, horror fiction, and shifting the blame

By Dawn Kurtagich

Folk Horror on Film

By Olivia Rutigliano

Literary Hub

October 27, 2026

Who Chooses the Poems For the New York City Subway?

By James Folta

The Story Behind Edward Hopper’s Iconic Painting, “Nighthawks”

By Louis Shadwick

How to Find the Perfect Writing Soundtrack

By Marissa Levien

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