A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading List 

A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading List 

What doesn't kill you...

By Ally Wilkes | December 8, 2023

Dark Academia: YA Edition

Dark Academia: YA Edition

A look at four thrillers set in prep schools, boarding schools, and other elite institutions

By Cynthia Murphy | December 8, 2023

The Best Crime Novels of 2023

The Best Crime Novels of 2023

A tour through the year's best new fiction in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | December 7, 2023

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era

Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Toronto's Seedy Seventies-Era "Sin Strip"

Richard John Parfitt considers the intersections of trauma, geography, and storytelling

By Richard John Parfitt | December 7, 2023

How the Soldier-Readers of World War II Were Swept Up in the Paperback Revolution

How the Soldier-Readers of World War II Were Swept Up in the Paperback Revolution

In wartime, the books were mobilized.

By Andrew Pettegree | December 7, 2023

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Darby Kane explains why "a fancy vacation with old friends at a secluded location is a recipe for death."

By Darby Kane | December 7, 2023

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The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

By Finley Turner | December 7, 2023

Crime Novels About Cursed Films

By Steven Katz | December 6, 2023

The Enduring Appeal of Murder and Mystery: A Brief History

By Michael Sims | December 6, 2023

Who Was Benedict Arnold, Before He Became America's Most Notorious Traitor

Who Was Benedict Arnold, Before He Became America's Most Notorious Traitor

When news of war came to Connecticut, Arnold was the first to commit to the revolutionary cause. So was he, really?

By Jack Kelly | December 6, 2023

Cats and Cozies, Cozies and Cats

Cats and Cozies, Cozies and Cats

Allison Brook on the best relationship in mystery.

By Allison Brook | December 6, 2023

Stephen Spotswood On

Stephen Spotswood On "Queering the Narrative of the Golden Age of America"

To write crime fiction about gay life in the 1950 is to write noir. But celebrating love is just as essential.

By Stephen Spotswood | December 5, 2023

The Many Ways to Be a Scoundrel in Early America

The Many Ways to Be a Scoundrel in Early America

History has taught us about the heroes of the Revolutionary era. But the new country was chock full of traitors and schemers.

By Timothy Hemmis | December 5, 2023

Sinking Into the Gothic Gloom: My Favourite Works 

Sinking Into the Gothic Gloom: My Favourite Works 

Gemma Amor on the comforts of a genre where past is always intruding on the present.

By Gemma Amor | December 5, 2023

The Mystery of Real Estate Porn

The Mystery of Real Estate Porn

How the New York City real estate market feeds off corruption–and gives one author her inspiration.

By S.J. Rozan | December 5, 2023

Femi Kayode Considers Groups, Belief Systems, and the Village of Readers

Femi Kayode Considers Groups, Belief Systems, and the Village of Readers

"I believe fiction can change the world by illustrating the danger of allowing mass think to overtake our individual decision making."

By Femi Kayode | December 5, 2023

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