How Teaching – and the Return of Students Post-Pandemic – Inspired Sarah Sawyer to Write a Mystery

How Teaching – and the Return of Students Post-Pandemic – Inspired Sarah Sawyer to Write a Mystery

"Slowly, they returned to campus, and although I was much busier, I could feel my creative energy and curiosity return."

By Sarah Sawyer | October 8, 2024

Of Pedal Pubs and Panopticons

Of Pedal Pubs and Panopticons

Party buses (aka bar bikes, trolley taverns, pub cycles, etc.) are a menace to society. So why haven't they been banned?

By David James Keaton | October 7, 2024

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 | October 7, 2024

J.D. Salinger and <br>the Wounds of War

J.D. Salinger and
the Wounds of War

On trauma, literature, and the long shadows of WWII

By James R. Benn | October 7, 2024

Skipping School in <em>The 400 Blows</em>

Skipping School in The 400 Blows

Olivia Rutigliano reads a pivotal scene from François Truffaut’s 1959 classic film.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 4, 2024

M.L. Rio on the Connection Between Writing and Dreams

M.L. Rio on the Connection Between Writing and Dreams

“We make whole tapestries of meaning from a few evocative details.”

By M.L. Rio | October 4, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

True Crime In Translation: A Reading List

By Molly Odintz | October 3, 2024

Was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Inspired by a Real Murder Case?

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 2, 2024

Bog Is Love: The Rise of Bogcore

By Kay Chronister | October 1, 2024

The Magic of Making Books

The Magic of Making Books

Steph Post on bookbinding and her new novel, 'Terra Incognita'

By Steph Post | October 1, 2024

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 | September 30, 2024

The Legacy of 'The Lodger' – Marie Belloc Lowndes’ Influential Jack the Ripper Story

The Legacy of 'The Lodger' – Marie Belloc Lowndes’ Influential Jack the Ripper Story

Victoria Gilbert on the long history of a seminal suspense novel.

By Victoria Gilbert | September 30, 2024

A Requiem for Maggie Smith

A Requiem for Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith was not in many crime movies. She stole the show in them, anyway. And in everything else.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 27, 2024

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: September 2024

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: September 2024

Featuring new books by Richard Osman, Attica Locke, and more.

By CrimeReads | September 27, 2024

We Inherit Our Ghosts: On Gothic Fiction and the Need to Remember

We Inherit Our Ghosts: On Gothic Fiction and the Need to Remember

"The gothic as a genre is about the skeletons in the family’s closet."

By Wen-yi Lee | September 27, 2024

A Failed Utopian Settlement and a Lingering Historical Mystery

A Failed Utopian Settlement and a Lingering Historical Mystery

"How could I craft a true crime narrative based on conflicting, and sometimes deliberately deceitful, accounts?"

By Abbott Kahler | September 26, 2024

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