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 | November 1, 2021

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

An African capital with turbulent politics and an impressive literary output.

By Paul French | November 1, 2021

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

"We’re wired for small-scale, agonistic conflict, where we feel, at a gut level, that we have agency."

By Joy Castro | November 1, 2021

Redemption for Doctor Watson

Redemption for Doctor Watson

Olivia Rutigliano reads the detective duo as a brilliant double-act, designed by Watson himself.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 29, 2021

On Spiritualism and the Afterlife in Henry James' <em>Turn of the Screw</em>

On Spiritualism and the Afterlife in Henry James' Turn of the Screw

"It is the very function of ghosts to undermine confidence—for good or ill—that the dead are truly set apart."

By Susan L. Mizruchi | October 29, 2021

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

Nicci French on the fine line that divides everyday life and the raw material of psychological thrillers.

By Nicci French | October 29, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

Growing Up Spooky

By Keith Roysdon | October 29, 2021

Five Eerie Tales of Folk Horror

By Tom Cox | October 29, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: October 2021

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

Why <em>Horror of Dracula</em> is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

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

Who doesn't love Christopher Lee?

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 27, 2021

Horror Fiction In The Age of Covid: A Roundtable Discussion

Horror Fiction In The Age of Covid: A Roundtable Discussion

"Horror is not a genre but a feeling, it’s often said." –Alma Katsu

By Molly Odintz | October 27, 2021

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