10 New Books Out This Week

10 New Books Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 15, 2025

Jack Du Brul: What Continuing Clive Cussler's Legendary Work Taught Me About Game-Changing Novels

Jack Du Brul: What Continuing Clive Cussler's Legendary Work Taught Me About Game-Changing Novels

Between conducting in-depth research and keeping familiar characters evolving, adding to an iconic series is no mean feat.

By Jack Du Brul | September 11, 2025

6 Historical Novels (And One Contemporary Work) That Perfectly Capture the 18th Century

6 Historical Novels (And One Contemporary Work) That Perfectly Capture the 18th Century

These works of fiction explore the vast contradictions and extreme hypocrisies of our so-called Age of Enlightenment

By Laura Shepherd-Robinson | September 10, 2025

Writing Queer Icons into Crime

Writing Queer Icons into Crime

A Roundtable Discussion with the Contributors to the new anthology, "Crime Ink: Iconic"

By John Copenhaver | September 4, 2025

Marriage in the Gilded Age

Marriage in the Gilded Age

A Look at the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly

By Alyssa Maxwell | September 4, 2025

7 Novels Set During Times of Great Political Upheaval

7 Novels Set During Times of Great Political Upheaval

These books "capture the terror and resilience of those caught in history’s undertow, where survival is an act of defiance."

By Daphne Fama | August 29, 2025

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  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
  • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
  • Sweet Pea
  • The Pen: A Human History
  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

Adultery, Embezzlement, Murder: A Short List of the Royal Family's Crimes and Scandals

By Darcie Wilde | August 28, 2025

Cloisters and Ciphers: What Medieval Monks and the CIA Have in Common

By Hayley Gelfuso | August 27, 2025

10 New Books Out This Week

By CrimeReads | August 25, 2025

<em>The Old Man and the Gun</em> is a Happy Memory

The Old Man and the Gun is a Happy Memory

Olivia Rutigliano looks at Robert Redford's bank-robbing pseudo-swan-song

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 22, 2025

Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Quentin Tarantino Movie

Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Quentin Tarantino Movie

The legendary director broke down his oeuvre... and the results are exciting.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 20, 2025

On the many connections between the performing arts and organized crime

On the many connections between the performing arts and organized crime

Morgan Richter reminds us that there’s no business like shady business

By Morgan Richter | August 20, 2025

Scalpel and Shadow: Eight Historical Thrillers with Macabre Medical Themes

Scalpel and Shadow: Eight Historical Thrillers with Macabre Medical Themes

Tonya Mitchell Recommends Books with Dreadful Diagnoses by A. Rae Dunlap, Noel O’Reilly, and Others

By Tonya Mitchell | August 19, 2025

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Genre, and Writing an Experimental Mystery Novel

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Genre, and Writing an Experimental Mystery Novel

Matthew Turbeville Chats with the Prolific Author about Her New Book "Fox" and More

By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | August 7, 2025

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South

Joshua Sharpe on the Initial Horror and Immediate Aftermath of the 1985 Georgia Church Murders

By Joshua Sharpe | August 6, 2025

"Any good story is a mystery": Rhys Bowen on Creating Tension in Historical Fiction

Letting Readers Search for the Narrative Body That May or May Not Be There

By Rhys Bowen | August 6, 2025

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