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The Best Paperback Releases of the Month: August 2026

Featuring new-in-paperback releases from Eli Cranor, Richard Osman, Louise Penny, Ivy Pochoda, Sherry Thomas, and more
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The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: August 2026

Trucker heists, ex-pat obsessions, post-apocalyptic journeys, desert hijinks, and Scandinavian suspense
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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 International Fiction of August 2026

Serial killers and eldrich horrors in South Korea, the end of the world in Japan, French neanderthals, and Brazilian cannibals

The Best Paperback Releases of the Month: August 2026

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The 5 Books the Characters in Jeff Abbott's New Thriller Would Read

By Jeff Abbott

Rachel Antonoff's Fall Fashion Collection is Noir-Themed!!

By Olivia Rutigliano

Rory Cormac on the Mavericks of Britain's Cold War Era Forgery Empire

By Rory Cormac

The Power and Promise of Virgin Islands Noir and Mystery

By Tiphanie Yanique and Richard Georges

5 Cli-Fi Novels and Eco-Thrillers Where Nature Has Main Character Energy

By Nicole Brooks

Sunning and Sleuthing: A Cozy Summer Reading List from Lucy Connelly

By Lucy Connelly

The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: August 2026

By Molly Odintz

8 Horror Novels That Use the Ocean as Their Setting

By Hannah Whitten

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Cozy, with a Side of Carnal: Birdie Horne on Writing Spicy, Open-door Sex Scenes

By Birdie Horne

One Trucker's Quest to Capture the Everyday Heroes of an Oft-Forgotten Industry

By Ryan Lowell

6 Great Mysteries Set in the Publishing Industry

By E.C. Nevin

Ciphers, Codes, Challenges: 8 Thrillers That Feature Puzzles

By S. C. Godfrey

Only Murders in the Dorm: 7 Books That Explore Academia's Dark Sides

By Cheryl Miller Dellasega

Guess what? The producer of Psych is Helming a new Show for the USA Network... Called Sherlock’s Secretary

By Olivia Rutigliano

Literary Hub

August 13, 2026

Are Dating Apps the Last, Great Hope For the American Literary Journal?

By Brittany Allen

How Howard Zinn’s Hard Lessons in WWII Shaped His View of the World

By Dave Zirin

Rachel Syme Loves a Good Yarn

By The Critic and Her Publics

The Toxic Appeal of “Big-Reveal” Content on Social Media

By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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