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5 Great Literary Mysteries Set in Coastal Massachusetts

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The Enduring Appeal of Fiction Set in the 1920s

The Enduring Appeal of Fiction Set in the 1920s

Jenny Adams on a turbulent decade that still resonates with today's readers.

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Book Recs Based on Your Favorite Scary Movie

Book Recs Based on Your Favorite Scary Movie

Let Miranda Smith guide you through the disturbing world of horror fiction, from movies to books.

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10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Six Novels Drawing Attention to the Ongoing Epidemic of Missing Women of Color

Six Novels Drawing Attention to the Ongoing Epidemic of Missing Women of Color

These works "humaniz[e] this very real problem through an emotionally fraught and suspenseful story"

By Kristen Berry | June 20, 2025

5 Books That Dive Into the Drug-Fueled Darkness of the Club Scene

5 Books That Dive Into the Drug-Fueled Darkness of the Club Scene

From techno temples to sun-bleached villas, these books dance in the shadows of ecstasy, cocaine, and hedonistic oblivion and capture the heady hedonism and rapturous fun of the late 90s early 2000s.

By Ivy Pochoda | June 17, 2025

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How Authors Weave Real-Life Detail Into Their Mysteries

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Gerri Lewis on the craft of creating background that enriches a mystery.

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Everything’s Coming Up Cozies

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Karen Dukess on why the crime fiction world is embracing the cozy mystery.

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Seven Books and One Play About Marital Murder

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Art, Forgery, and Obsession: On Cinema and the World of Art

Art, Forgery, and Obsession: On Cinema and the World of Art

Five films that will give you "a taste of the art world’s high-stakes glamor and power"

By Katherine Reay | June 11, 2025

5 Novels About the End of Democracy

5 Novels About the End of Democracy

Novelist and former Foreign Service Officer Otho Eskin on the slippery slope to authoritarianism.

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