Crime Reads
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    The 5 Best Books About Dysfunctional Rich Families

    The 5 Best Books About Dysfunctional Rich Families

    "They may have a lot more money than me, you think, but at least they’re unhappy."

    By Joseph Finder | February 26, 2020

    Gothic Themes Bring Us Together

    Gothic Themes Bring Us Together

    Everyone loves Gothic tropes: dark mansions, misty moors, and creepy families with lots of secrets

    By Catherine Cavendish | February 26, 2020

    A Brief History of <br>After-Hours Clubs

    A Brief History of
    After-Hours Clubs

    How new music, new drugs, and new communities sprang up in the legal gray zone known as the 'after-hours club.'

    By Terry Williams | February 26, 2020

    How to Turn A Man into a Legend

    How to Turn A Man into a Legend

    Why I chose to take real-life Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, drop him in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance, and have him solve a murder.

    By Gary Phillips | February 25, 2020

    The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

    The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

    History teaches us there are five rules to getting away with murder.

    By Laura James | February 25, 2020

    The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

    The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

    The use—and misuse—of mental health disorders in crime fiction.

    By Peter Swanson | February 25, 2020

    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

    A Reading List for Logging Off

    By Kathleen Barber | February 25, 2020

    People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers

    By S.L. McInnis | February 24, 2020

    Bullying Has Always Been Bad. Social Media Makes It Worse.

    By Yrsa Sigurdardottir | February 24, 2020

    The Cozy Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest

    The Cozy Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest

    In Oregon and Washington, the forests are dense, the rain is consistent, and the small-town mysteries are full of charm.

    By Nancy Coco | February 24, 2020

    Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

    Turns Out, Elizabethan Playwright and Poet Laureate Ben Jonson was a Murderer

    But he found a clever way to avoid punishment.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | February 21, 2020

    The Life and Work of C.W. Grafton: Crime Novelist, Lawyer, and Father to a Mystery Icon

    The Life and Work of C.W. Grafton: Crime Novelist, Lawyer, and Father to a Mystery Icon

    He's remembered now as the father of Sue Grafton. But for a brief period, he was one of crime fiction's most promising authors.

    By L. Wayne Hicks | February 21, 2020

    These Famous Noirs and Mysteries Were Inspired by Real-Life Crimes

    These Famous Noirs and Mysteries Were Inspired by Real-Life Crimes

    Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, and other greats who found inspiration in real crimes.

    By Nick Kolakowski | February 21, 2020

    The Punk Rock Private Eye and the End of an Era in Downtown New York

    The Punk Rock Private Eye and the End of an Era in Downtown New York

    In 1979, as the music scene was under threat, one man captured its corruption in true noir fashion.

    By David Masciotra | February 21, 2020

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 26

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 26

    Body Heat (1981)

    By Otto Penzler | February 21, 2020

    The Girl in the Mansion: <br>How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs

    The Girl in the Mansion:
    How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs

    Domestic suspense is the modern incarnation of the mid-century Gothic romance.

    By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | February 20, 2020

    « First‹ Previous376377378379380381382383384Next ›Last »
    Page 380 of 473
  • Support Us!

  • Popular Posts

    • The Most Anticipated Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of Fall 2026September 11, 2026
      0
    • 2.
      10 New Books Coming Out This WeekAugust 3, 2026 by CrimeReads
      0
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member