Your Queer Crime Summer Reading List

Your Queer Crime Summer Reading List

Check out these novels "if you’d like to imagine a better, more just world and enjoy some phenomenal queer mysteries in the process"

By Katharine Schellman | July 9, 2025

Elly Griffiths on Victorian London, Time Travel, and Her New Mystery, 'The Frozen People'

Elly Griffiths on Victorian London, Time Travel, and Her New Mystery, 'The Frozen People'

A wide-ranging conversation with the bestselling author.

By Alex Dueben | July 9, 2025

What Working as a Theme-Park Princess Taught Me About Writing Thrillers

What Working as a Theme-Park Princess Taught Me About Writing Thrillers

"[T]here were moments–cracks in the magical facade–when the job was less a dream and more a nightmare."

By Veronica Bane | July 9, 2025

The Murder Mystery: Keeping It Fresh

The Murder Mystery: Keeping It Fresh

Liza Tully on a beloved genre and how authors stay a step ahead of their readers.

By Liza Tully | July 9, 2025

Social Thrillers That Will Make You Wonder Who You Can Trust

Social Thrillers That Will Make You Wonder Who You Can Trust

Your sister, your neighbor, a kind stranger... they're all potentially dangerous.

By Anna Barrington | July 8, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

By CrimeReads | July 7, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

Isis Crawford: What Baking Means to Me As a Mystery Writer

By Isis Crawford | July 7, 2025

The Trailer For She Rides Shotgun Is Here!

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 3, 2025

Finding Cozy Inspiration in Darkness

By Alex Erickson | July 3, 2025

New Crime Series to Stream During This Holiday Weekend

New Crime Series to Stream During This Holiday Weekend

Nosy retired actors, Sherlockian nepo babies, sinister maritime dynasties and more!

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 2, 2025

The Best Psychological Thrillers of July 2025

The Best Psychological Thrillers of July 2025

Head injuries, hangovers, and high-class retreats

By Molly Odintz | July 2, 2025

The Locked Room, Island-Style: Writing a Mystery Where Paradise Turns Deadly

The Locked Room, Island-Style: Writing a Mystery Where Paradise Turns Deadly

Katherine Wood on finding the right balance of escapism and dread.

By Katherine Wood | July 2, 2025

Murder Spelled Backwards: Appreciating Wordplay in Literature

Murder Spelled Backwards: Appreciating Wordplay in Literature

Six stories where linguistic puzzles pull readers out of the armchair and into the hot seat

By Anna Fitzgerald Healy | July 2, 2025

The Author Who Ran an Ultramarathon to Write a Thriller

The Author Who Ran an Ultramarathon to Write a Thriller

Amy McCulloch faced the question; just how far would you go in the name of research?

By Amy McCulloch | July 1, 2025

5 New Books Coming Out This Week

5 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

By CrimeReads | June 30, 2025

The Best Swimming Pools in Crime Movies

The Best Swimming Pools in Crime Movies

Would you take a dip in one of these famously deadly pools?

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 27, 2025

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