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

Fiction Must Pay for Its Crimes

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

By Queer Crime Writers

The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: October 2026

By Molly Odintz

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

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

By John B. Valeri

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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

Literary Hub

October 16, 2026

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

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

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