Crime Reads
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    • Featured

      Seeking Justice in Deep South Georgia

      Corruption charges, a contested election, and an assassination. It all added up to a District Attorney's biggest case..

    • Featured

      The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026

      Featuring new titles from Donna Freitas, Ian Rankin, Brendan Flaherty, and more, plus the final Alan Bradley mystery

    • Featured

      10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    • Featured

      Suspenseful not-exactly-horror movies to watch, this Halloween

      For the scaredy cats who can handle a little bit of blood

    The Latest

    Seeking Justice in Deep South Georgia

    By J. Tom Morgan

    A Guide to the Blofelds

    By Olivia Rutigliano

    Crime and the city: Harbin, China

    By Paul French

    Wole Talabi on the intersection of first contact stories and mysteries

    By Wole Talabi

    Bobcats, "Twin Peaks," deer: What influenced Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes' new novel

    By Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes

    The Best True Crime of the Month:
    November 2026

    By CrimeReads

    Karin Slaughter on Mo Hayder, thrillers by women, and the legacy of "Gone"

    By Karin Slaughter

    The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026

    By Molly Odintz

    James Patterson on dictators, historical fiction, and writing a world war II thriller

    By John B. Valeri

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
    • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
    • Queen of Lombard Street
    • Paradise Burns
    • Doppelgänger
    • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
    • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
    • The Turning of Sally-Mae

    Your
    Daily Thrill

    Three Italian Heist Films You Need to See

    By Olivia Rutigliano

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    By CrimeReads

    A Roundtable Discussion on Genre Mashups and Shared Worlds

    By Richie Narvaez

    Debra Webb and Allison Brennan on villains, suspense, and writing standalone thrillers

    By Debra Webb and Allison Brennan

    Suspenseful not-exactly-horror movies to watch, this Halloween

    By Olivia Rutigliano

    A Writer’s Night at America’s Most Haunted Hotel

    By Michel Stone

    Literary Hub

    November 4, 2026

    The Olfactory History of Book Collecting

    By Will Tullett

    How J.R.R. Tolkien’s Strong Catholic Faith Influenced His Writing

    By D.J. Taylor

    Megan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s
    A Working Mother, an Ode to Working Class Scotland

    By Megan Nolan

    No One Really Drives Away from Anything in Horror Films

    By Tyler Malone
    Book Marks

    Book Marks

    The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

  • Support Us!

    support crimereads become a member
  • Popular Posts

    • Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated ThrillersOctober 14, 2026
      0
    • 2.
      Adrian Van Young on Growing Up in the Metal Scene and Finding His Way to Crime FictionOctober 13, 2026 by Adrian Van Young
      0
    • 3.
      The Most Anticipated Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of Fall 2026September 11, 2026 by Molly Odintz
      0
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member