The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: October 2026

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: October 2026

Featuring works from Lyndsay Faye, Elizabeth Hand, Nneoma Ike-Njoku, Tom McCarthy, and Tanya Pell

By Molly Odintz | October 23, 2026

All the Horror Fiction We've Recommended This Fall (So Far)

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

By Molly Odintz | October 21, 2026

The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: October 2026

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

By Molly Odintz | October 16, 2026

The Best International Fiction of The Month: October 2026

The Best International Fiction of The Month: October 2026

Indonesian noir, Caribbean gothic, Bolivian thrills, Argentine horror, and a psychodrama in Spain

By Molly Odintz | October 15, 2026

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

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

By Molly Odintz | October 2, 2026

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

Endangered trad wives, haunted houses, cannibalistic oligarchs, friendly monsters, and desert hijinks

By Molly Odintz | September 30, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • 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
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Iceland Noir: A Roundtable Discussion

By Molly Odintz | September 18, 2026

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: September 2026

By Molly Odintz | September 17, 2026

The Most Anticipated Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of Fall 2026

By Molly Odintz | September 11, 2026

The Best International Fiction of the Month: September 2026

The Best International Fiction of the Month: September 2026

Vampires seeking vengeance in Korea, cat solving crimes in Japan, horror stories from Madrid, and a French true crime classic

By Molly Odintz | September 4, 2026

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

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

Historical revenge, influencer horror, mid-century hijinks, and amateur sleuths

By Molly Odintz | September 2, 2026

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: August 2026

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: August 2026

Family impostors, shocking reversals, revisited crimes, and nasty surprises

By Molly Odintz | August 27, 2026

Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. On Putting Together An Anthology of Indigenous Horror While the World Burns

Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. On Putting Together An Anthology of Indigenous Horror While the World Burns

The co-editors of "Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood" talk short-form storytelling amidst the horror renaissance

By Molly Odintz | August 21, 2026

The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: August 2026

The Best Debut Crime Novels of the Month: August 2026

Trucker heists, ex-pat obsessions, post-apocalyptic journeys, desert hijinks, and Scandinavian suspense

By Molly Odintz | August 12, 2026

The Best International Fiction of August 2026

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

By Molly Odintz | August 7, 2026

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of August 2026

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of August 2026

Featuring new releases from Robyn Gigl, Robert Jackson Bennett, Jennifer Hillier, Chris Bohjalian, Riley Sager, and more

By Molly Odintz | July 31, 2026

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