A Reading List of Mother’s Worst Nightmares

A Reading List of Mother’s Worst Nightmares

From Abducted Toddlers to Absent Teens, These Thrillers Expose Our Unspoken Anxieties

By Andromeda Romano-Lax | May 13, 2024

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 | May 13, 2024

5 Mysteries and Thrillers That Will Make You Laugh

5 Mysteries and Thrillers That Will Make You Laugh

Kate Weston on the distinct pleasures of a funny murder mystery.

By Kate Weston | May 13, 2024

Six Books Featuring Killer Women

Six Books Featuring Killer Women

Celebrating the rise of the "one-woman crusade to take down the patriarchy"

By Julie Mae Cohen | May 9, 2024

The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2024

The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2024

Haunted houses in Spain, rebellious women in Italy, and sharp social criticism from France

By Molly Odintz | May 9, 2024

Eight of the Greatest Campus Novels Ever Written

Eight of the Greatest Campus Novels Ever Written

Elise Juska on the canon of cloistered, dramatic, often quite disturbing literature.

By Elise Juska | May 8, 2024

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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
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  • 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
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  • The Rouse

Five Novels to Transport You to Wild Worlds This Summer

By Stephen Hundley | May 7, 2024

Why Trains Make the Perfect Thriller and Mystery Setting

By Debbie Babitt | May 7, 2024

The Damsel in the Mirror: Thrillers Where the Heroine Saves Herself 

By Sarina Bowen | May 7, 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2024

The Best Psychological Thrillers of May 2024

Violent storms, frustrated therapists, bad dates, and terrible corporate retreats

By Molly Odintz | May 6, 2024

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 | May 6, 2024

Alaska's Long History of Serial Killers

Alaska's Long History of Serial Killers

Kerri Hakoda on Killers of the Midnight Sun

By Kerri Hakoda | May 3, 2024

A Host of New YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Fiction

A Host of New YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Fiction

Young adult takes on classic tropes continue to be some of the most creative avenues of exploration in genre fiction

By Molly Odintz | May 3, 2024

Exploring Diverse Representation of Women in Historical Mysteries

Exploring Diverse Representation of Women in Historical Mysteries

Ava January on the powerful women taking over historical fiction.

By Ava January | May 2, 2024

Crime Novels with a Sense of Place and Manners

Crime Novels with a Sense of Place and Manners

Peter Nichols on crime stories that could only be set in one place, among one set of people.

By Peter Nichols | April 30, 2024

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 | April 29, 2024

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