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    A List of YA Speculative Thrillers That Will Completely Blow Your Mind

    A List of YA Speculative Thrillers That Will Completely Blow Your Mind

    These novels take a "what if" premise and play the scenario through to its full emotional consequences.

    By Sacha Wunsch | October 19, 2021

    Five Thrillers Set In the Woods

    Five Thrillers Set In the Woods

    German thriller writer Romy Hausmann wanders deep into the forest with these five tales of woodsy terror....

    By Romy Hausmann | October 19, 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 18, 2021

    Have Yourself A Cozy Halloween With These Spooktacular Mysteries

    Have Yourself A Cozy Halloween With These Spooktacular Mysteries

    Bobbing for books in the Halloween cozy barrel...

    By Barbara Ross | October 18, 2021

    Blood in the Desert: Six Books About Crime and Colonialism at the U.S.-Mexico Border

    Blood in the Desert: Six Books About Crime and Colonialism at the U.S.-Mexico Border

    The history of the borderlands is full of murder, theft, banditry, and violence—starting with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

    By Bruce McCandless III | October 15, 2021

    What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

    What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

    Nothing says "October" like some thrilling, genre-blending films.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2021

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    Six Thrillers That Use Unusual Structures to Build Suspense

    By Nicole Mabry and Steph Mullin | October 15, 2021

    The Five Most Realistic PIs in Fiction

    By Elizabeth Breck | October 15, 2021

    The Charm of the Paranormal Cozy: An Appreciation

    By Auralee Wallace | October 15, 2021

    Mysterious and Haunted New York City

    Mysterious and Haunted New York City

    Kate Belli on the city's haunted locations and the authors inspired by them.

    By Kate Belli | October 14, 2021

    That Gothic Feeling: 11 Masterpieces of Romantic Suspense

    That Gothic Feeling: 11 Masterpieces of Romantic Suspense

    Greg Herren on 20th century gothic fiction and the novels that made him fall in love with a genre.

    By Greg Herren | October 13, 2021

    Five Great Mystery Novels Set at Carnivals and Fairs

    Five Great Mystery Novels Set at Carnivals and Fairs

    Sinister opportunities abound where innocence—and its loss—collide

    By M.E. Browning | October 13, 2021

    The Four Books (and One Television Show) that Helped Me Cope with Grief

    The Four Books (and One Television Show) that Helped Me Cope with Grief

    Gus Moreno on turning to literature to process the trauma of loss.

    By Gus Moreno | October 12, 2021

    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 | October 11, 2021

    Brutal, Terrifying, and Unclassifiable: Beyond the Literary/Horror Divide

    Brutal, Terrifying, and Unclassifiable: Beyond the Literary/Horror Divide

    James Han Mattson on six literary novels that could easily have made their way over to the horror shelf.

    By James Han Mattson | October 11, 2021

    Middle Grade Fiction for Processing Serious Issues

    Middle Grade Fiction for Processing Serious Issues

    Kids know what's going on in the world. These books could help them deal with it.

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