The Best Paperback Releases of the Month: July 2026

The Best Paperback Releases of the Month: July 2026

Featuring new-in-paperback releases from Ruth Ware, Stacey Abrams, Janice Hallett, Samantha Downing, Joe Pan, and more

By CrimeReads | July 10, 2026

26 New and Upcoming Historical Novels To Check Out in the Second Half of 2026

26 New and Upcoming Historical Novels To Check Out in the Second Half of 2026

Papal intrigue, meddling spinsters, Hollywood hijinks, post-war shenanigans, and more

By Molly Odintz | July 9, 2026

The Saudi Woman Who's Reimagining Filmmaking – and the Murder Mystery

The Saudi Woman Who's Reimagining Filmmaking – and the Murder Mystery

In short order, Haifaa Al Mansour has become one of Saudi Arabia's best known directors.

By Radha Vatsal | July 9, 2026

Laugh-out-loud Lethal: 6 Comedic Crime Novels and Thrillers

Laugh-out-loud Lethal: 6 Comedic Crime Novels and Thrillers

Mary Pauline Lowry recommends Carl Hiaasen, Bella Mackie, and more

By Mary Pauline Lowry | July 9, 2026

5 Suspense Novels Driven by Female Ambition and Competition

5 Suspense Novels Driven by Female Ambition and Competition

Kelsey Cox recommends thrillers by Megan Abbott, Layne Fargo, and others

By Kelsey Cox | July 9, 2026

Five Deep Cut Irish Procedurals to watch as you wait for <em>Irish Blood</em> to return

Five Deep Cut Irish Procedurals to watch as you wait for Irish Blood to return

Bleak, gritty, and very Irish mysteries, freshly imported for your enjoyment, once again featuring the recommendations of Ciaran Byrne

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 8, 2026

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

Mother of Night: Excerpt and Cover Reveal

By CrimeReads Excerpts | July 8, 2026

Suspenseful and Escapist: 5 Thrillers to Read at the Beach This Summer

By Daniel Kenitz | July 8, 2026

How To Stay Creative While Living In the Suburbs

By Laura Sims | July 8, 2026

Meet-cute Murder: 5 Romantic Mysteries with

Meet-cute Murder: 5 Romantic Mysteries with "Happily Ever After" Endings

Cara Tanamachi recommends romansteries from Aya de León, Kate Eberle, and others

By Cara Tanamachi | July 8, 2026

The Disney World Anamatronics Heist of 2018

The Disney World Anamatronics Heist of 2018

And the documentary that solved it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 7, 2026

5 Mysteries Set in Grand, Intricate Residences

5 Mysteries Set in Grand, Intricate Residences

Louise Candlish explores the fatal attraction of lavish fictional manors

By Louise Candlish | July 7, 2026

Pandemics, Zombies, Haunted Houses: 6 Novels That Invert Horror Tropes

Pandemics, Zombies, Haunted Houses: 6 Novels That Invert Horror Tropes

Michael Seidlinger recommends Isaac Marion, Virginia Feito, and more

By Michael Seidlinger | July 7, 2026

Isabella Valeri on Joseph Campbell, Gender, and Charting the Antiheroine's Journey

Isabella Valeri on Joseph Campbell, Gender, and Charting the Antiheroine's Journey

Exploring the archetypes and character arcs of dark exiled women in fiction

By Isabella Valeri | July 7, 2026

Crime and the City: Bari, Italy

Crime and the City: Bari, Italy

A tour through a Puglia port city with a storied history of smugglers and crime syndicates

By Paul French | July 6, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

A steamy Spanish resort mystery, perhaps? Or make it a Gyllenhaal noir double feature.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 3, 2026

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