Why Journalists Have Such a Hard Time Writing About Themselves

Why Journalists Have Such a Hard Time Writing About Themselves

And why turning to fiction is the solution for many.

By Christi Daugherty | March 23, 2020

8 Books About Male Protagonists by Female Authors

8 Books About Male Protagonists by Female Authors

Classic and contemporary novels offer insight into damaged male psyches.

By Scarlett Harris | March 20, 2020

5 International Crime Novels to Read This March

5 International Crime Novels to Read This March

Travel the world with these far-flung mysteries....

By CrimeReads | March 19, 2020

Graphic Content: At the Intersection of Comics and Crime With Howard Chaykin

Graphic Content: At the Intersection of Comics and Crime With Howard Chaykin

Alex Segura profiles legendary comic book creators

By Alex Segura | March 19, 2020

Harlan Coben Believes <em>Planet of the Apes</em> Is the Best Twist Ending in History

Harlan Coben Believes Planet of the Apes Is the Best Twist Ending in History

And other thoughts from the bestselling author.

By CrimeReads | March 19, 2020

March's Best Debut Novels

March's Best Debut Novels

9 Debut Crime and Mystery Novels to Check Out This Month (Possibly While Stuck Inside)

By CrimeReads | March 17, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
  • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
  • The Telephone: A New History
  • No Such Thing as Monday
  • O Now!
  • Don't Stop Snowing
  • The Key Biscayne Affair
  • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
  • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

Why Robert Stone Went to Saigon—And Came Back With Dog Soldiers

By Madison Smartt Bell | March 17, 2020

On the Murder of Wesley Everest and the Bloody History of the Logging Industry

By melissaannpeterson2 | March 16, 2020

Caroline Kepnes and Ani Katz on Using Fiction to Dissect Toxic Masculinity

By Caroline Kepnes & Ani Katz | March 13, 2020

<em>Spenser: Confidential</em> Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.

Spenser: Confidential Isn’t Your Father’s Spenser. Hell, It Isn’t Even Robert B. Parker’s Spenser.

A new look and a new era for Boston's legendary private eye.

By Keith Roysdon | March 12, 2020

The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

The Essential Crime Novels of Los Angeles

34 novels every lover of LA Noir should read as soon as humanly possible.

By Katie Orphan | March 11, 2020

Searching for James M. Cain's Los Angeles

Searching for James M. Cain's Los Angeles

Where have all the roadhouses gone?

By Katie Orphan | March 10, 2020

<em>Briarpatch</em> May Just Be the Coolest Show on TV

Briarpatch May Just Be the Coolest Show on TV

A new series returns to a bygone era of strange, slick crime fiction.

By Dwyer Murphy | March 10, 2020

Crime and the City: Saigon

Crime and the City: Saigon

In the long shadow of Graham Greene's The Quiet American, a city's crime fiction scene thrives.

By Paul French | March 9, 2020

Michael Koryta and Alma Katsu on Horror, Craft, and Reinvention

Michael Koryta and Alma Katsu on Horror, Craft, and Reinvention

Two authors discuss their greatest fears and the weight of history

By Michael Koryta | March 9, 2020

Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

Reading and re-reading mystery novels in pursuit of the platonic ideal of the undetectable, unsolvable crime.

By Peter Swanson | March 6, 2020

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