Beyond <em>Treasure Island</em>: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

Beyond Treasure Island: A Brief Introduction to Pirates in Fiction

"They sack and pillage and raid and are captured and hanged and gibbeted, and maybe some of it’s fictional… but some of it isn’t."

By Katherine Howe | November 30, 2023

7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

7 Great Cozy Mysteries Set in the Fall

Autumn is the season for sweaters, changing leaves, and curling up with a good mystery.

By Amber Camp | November 29, 2023

Horror for the Holidays, Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

Horror for the Holidays, Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

"[C]orruption of love and kindness is the real horror": so just eat your aunt's pie, okay?

By Erika Johansen | November 29, 2023

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

Literary Fiction Can Be Murder

Or, a list of mysteries in which bookish people must solve crimes at bookish events

By V. M. Burns | November 28, 2023

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 | November 27, 2023

Agatha Christie’s Most Romantic Murder Mysteries

Agatha Christie’s Most Romantic Murder Mysteries

Lily Sparks ranks the mystery master's novels from the most light and frothy to the darkest and most deeply tortured

By Lily Sparks | November 27, 2023

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Brave Women in Mysterious Circumstances: A Reading List

Brave Women in Mysterious Circumstances: A Reading List

The more these characters find themselves doubted, the more strength they must draw from their own determination

By Christina Henry | November 22, 2023

The Best Psychological Thrillers of November 2023

The Best Psychological Thrillers of November 2023

Suburban secrets, sophisticated set-ups, and plenty of slow-burn suspense

By Molly Odintz | November 21, 2023

Five Books With Righteous Female Rage

Five Books With Righteous Female Rage

Exploring the Good for Her subgenre: a sampling of vigilantes, serial killers, and women who are just plain fed up.

By Katherine A. Olson | November 21, 2023

5 New Books Coming Out This Week

5 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Cozy Mysteries to Add to Your Christmas Stocking

Cozy Mysteries to Add to Your Christmas Stocking

These cozies are full of holiday cheer

By Sherry Lynn | November 20, 2023

The CrimeReads 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

The CrimeReads 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

30+ cozy, mystery-ish, book-adjacent gifts for your crime-obsessed loved ones!

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 17, 2023

Romance and Love Triangles in Cozy Mysteries

Romance and Love Triangles in Cozy Mysteries

Christina Romeril with a look at some sleuthers and their love interests.

By Christina Romeril | November 17, 2023

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