The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: October 2021

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: October 2021

New books from Val McDermid, John le Carré, and more.

By CrimeReads | October 29, 2021

Shop Talk: Michael Koryta Writes 1500 Words and Gets to Ring the Bell

Shop Talk: Michael Koryta Writes 1500 Words and Gets to Ring the Bell

Crime writers talk craft, routine, and finding satisfaction in the work.

By Eli Cranor | October 28, 2021

17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

Forget rom coms. It's time for zom coms.

By Molly Odintz | October 28, 2021

Fever Dream Novels: 7 Great Books That You'll Read in a Mad, Disorienting Dash

Fever Dream Novels: 7 Great Books That You'll Read in a Mad, Disorienting Dash

Unconventional narratives that leave you wondering what's true and what's imagined.

By Erin Mayer | October 28, 2021

Literary Crime: The Search for an Elusive Genre

Literary Crime: The Search for an Elusive Genre

Dancing at the Edge of Crime

By Tess Little | October 28, 2021

The Best New Books Out in Paperback This Month

The Best New Books Out in Paperback This Month

Featuring new paperback releases from Marie Benedict, Aimee Molloy, Harlan Coben, Val McDermid, Stuart Neville, and many more.

By CrimeReads | October 28, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Switzy
  • Taipei Story
  • Ambivalence: An Education
  • The Pirate Queen
  • The Living Realm
  • Frenchman Flat: The Rise and Fall of Atomic Bombs
  • In the Realm of the Last Man: A Memoir
  • Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships
  • The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories
  • Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge of Rebellion

Why Horror of Dracula is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 27, 2021

Horror Fiction In The Age of Covid: A Roundtable Discussion

By Molly Odintz | October 27, 2021

Scary Monsters and Spooky Freaks: Bernie Wrightson Unleashed

By Michael Gonzales | October 27, 2021

October's Best Debut Novels

October's Best Debut Novels

The best new debut novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | October 27, 2021

Lee Child and Andrew Child on Border Towns, Villains, and the New Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child and Andrew Child on Border Towns, Villains, and the New Jack Reacher Novel

The brothers discuss the second novel in their collaboration.

By Dwyer Murphy | October 26, 2021

October's Best International Crime Fiction

October's Best International Crime Fiction

Nordic noir, French gothic, and a South Korean thriller

By CrimeReads | October 26, 2021

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

Amita Murray on pleasure, power, and the women having sex in Agatha Christie novels.

By Amita Murray | October 26, 2021

9 YA Survival Thrillers To Get Your Heart Pounding This Fall

9 YA Survival Thrillers To Get Your Heart Pounding This Fall

These novels ask the scariest question of all:
what wouldn't you do to survive?

By Rektok Ross | October 26, 2021

The Forgotten Story of a Polish Spy Whose Los Angeles Trial Was a Cold War Flashpoint

The Forgotten Story of a Polish Spy Whose Los Angeles Trial Was a Cold War Flashpoint

Marian Zacharski was much admired by American intelligence officers. His trial came at an auspicious moment.

By John Pomfret | October 26, 2021

10 New Books Coming This Week

10 New Books Coming This Week

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

By CrimeReads | October 25, 2021

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