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Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

"Books that grapple with visual art tend to be grappling with these very concepts, the culmination of which is, most often, mortality itself."

By Katie Lattari | September 15, 2021

The Russian Revolutionary Who Opposed The Czar and Defied The Bolsheviks

The Russian Revolutionary Who Opposed The Czar and Defied The Bolsheviks

Boris Savinkov, revolutionary terrorist and vocal exile, challenged the very existence of the Soviet Regime in 1922.

By Vladimir Alexandrov | September 15, 2021

Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

"I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks."

By Dwyer Murphy | September 14, 2021

In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

There's a new wave of thrillers coming out of South and East Asia, and they're radically different from their Western counterparts.

By Amanda Jayatissa | September 14, 2021

A Reader’s Guide to Crime and Suspense Fiction on the River

A Reader’s Guide to Crime and Suspense Fiction on the River

Why some of crime fiction's best stories are set on rivers.

By Rebecca Hodge | September 14, 2021

Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

Working as a reporter left too many unanswered questions. Dahl wanted to know the answers.

By Julia Dahl | September 14, 2021

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By Tori Eldridge | September 14, 2021

A Brief History of Giallo Fiction and the Italian Anti-Detective Novel

By Guglielmo D'Izzia | September 13, 2021

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By CrimeReads | September 13, 2021

A Karachi Crime Reporter's Journey Through Gangland

A Karachi Crime Reporter's Journey Through Gangland

Zille never intended to become a crime reporter. Then he caught his first big break.

By Samira Shackle | September 13, 2021

Edgar Allan Poe is The Perfect Literary Self-Help Hero For Our Uncertain Times

Edgar Allan Poe is The Perfect Literary Self-Help Hero For Our Uncertain Times

Shit’s hard. Life (and writing) can be a relentless grind. But somehow, Poe kept on going—and so can you.

By Catherine Baab-Muguira | September 13, 2021

How One Wildly Popular Bootleg Recording Changed the Music Industry Forever

How One Wildly Popular Bootleg Recording Changed the Music Industry Forever

Inside the Wild and Wacky History of Underground Rock Recordings and the Early Days of Piracy

By Ralph Sutherland and Harold Sherrick | September 13, 2021

Newport, RI Is the Perfect Place for a Murder Mystery

Newport, RI Is the Perfect Place for a Murder Mystery

New England's dreamiest coastal town deserves some fictional danger of its own

By Alyssa Maxwell | September 10, 2021

Finding Gothic Beauty and Danger on the California Coast

Finding Gothic Beauty and Danger on the California Coast

"Your mind plays tricks with you in the fog": why Big Sur is a natural setting for dark romance and supernatural happenings.

By Lindsay Marcott | September 10, 2021

Six Great Novels with Mysterious Protagonists

Six Great Novels with Mysterious Protagonists

Secretive, questionable, and all around untrustworthy main characters make for unforgettable thrillers.

By Christopher Swann | September 10, 2021

The Most Anticipated Books of 2021: Fall and Winter Edition

The Most Anticipated Books of 2021: Fall and Winter Edition

63 crime novels, mysteries, thrillers, and nonfiction books to cozy up with this fall.

By CrimeReads | September 10, 2021

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