• Genres

    Seven of the Best Noir Novels of the 1960s and 1970s

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia on the international noir that inspired her vision of Mexico City in 1971.

    August 17, 2021  By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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    A Love of Mystery Is Woven Into Our Biology, and Edgar Allan Poe Was the First to Find the Formula for a Very Specific Dopamine Hit

    Reading detective fiction triggers a fascinating biological function.

    August 17, 2021  By Jonah Lehrer
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    A Thriller Writer's Ode To the Terror, Uncertainty, and Adventure of the Wilderness

    "What if it doesn't stop raining and our bedding/food gets wet? What if someone falls/gets lost/gets bitten by a snake?"

    August 17, 2021  By Zoje Stage
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    Crime Books For People Who Aren't Sure If They Want to Go On A Date or Just Stay Home

    These thrillers may start with meet-cutes, but they're more likely to end with a murder than a marriage...

    August 17, 2021  By Catherine Ryan Howard
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    8 Thrillers Featuring Dysfunctional Families

    "Novels keep us from actually having to creep across people’s lawns and press our faces to the glass."

    August 17, 2021  By Megan Collins
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    Call Me a Cab

    Donald E. Westlake

    "She hailed me on East 62nd Street, not far from Bloomingdale’s."

    August 16, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    August 16, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    James Lee Burke on Organized Labor, Corporate Evils, and the Plot to Dumb Down America

    The author's newest novel is a searing portrait of the 1960s American West and corporate exploitation.

    August 16, 2021  By David Masciotra
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    I Wrote A Thriller to Channel My Post-Partum Anger. Then The Pandemic Hit.

    "It no longer felt like I was just writing about the 1950s and the domestic cage—it felt like I was living it."

    August 16, 2021  By Karin Tanabe
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    Reading Flawed Protagonists: Relatability Versus Likeability

    In order to depict people who are human, I think it is an absolute prerequisite that they be flawed in some way.

    August 16, 2021  By Bracken MacLeod
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