Eight of the Best Meta Mysteries

Eight of the Best Meta Mysteries

Knowing, winking, playful mysteries to beguile and delight you!

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 2, 2026

Dan Warner on A.I., Life as Data, and Depicting Emerging Technologies in Fiction

Dan Warner on A.I., Life as Data, and Depicting Emerging Technologies in Fiction

The author of Wither ponders the "datafication" of the world as his twins sleep

By Dan Warner | October 1, 2026

Sherry Thomas' Favorite Mysteries Set on the South West England Coast

Sherry Thomas' Favorite Mysteries Set on the South West England Coast

A literary tour of the South West Coast Path from the author of The Vanished Sister

By Sherry Thomas | October 1, 2026

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

Endangered trad wives, haunted houses, cannibalistic oligarchs, friendly monsters, and desert hijinks

By Molly Odintz | September 30, 2026

5 Horror Novels Set in Grand Country Homes

5 Horror Novels Set in Grand Country Homes

Jennifer Thorne recommends Stuart Turton, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and more

By Jennifer Thorne | September 30, 2026

5 Horror Novels Set in Georgia and Written by Georgia Authors (Plus One Honorable Mention)

5 Horror Novels Set in Georgia and Written by Georgia Authors (Plus One Honorable Mention)

Michael Wehunt recommends Kristi DeMeester, Flannery O’Connor, and more

By Michael Wehunt | September 30, 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

David McCloskey: How to Win Friends and Recruit Sources For Your Spy Novel

By David McCloskey | September 29, 2026

Melissa Anderson Sweazy on Gifts, Magical Inheritances, and Defying Expectations

By Melissa Anderson Sweazy | September 29, 2026

6 Eclectic Historical Mysteries Set in the Early Modern Era

By Jane Bitomsky | September 29, 2026

Recession Comforts and the Gothic Resurgence

Recession Comforts and the Gothic Resurgence

"we return to classic monsters every generation because some fears are inherited, cyclical."

By I. V. Ophelia | September 29, 2026

Kelly McWilliams on Racial Passing, Tulsa, and Reimagining the Spy Walter F. White

Kelly McWilliams on Racial Passing, Tulsa, and Reimagining the Spy Walter F. White

"[B]earing witness was surely the hardest, most soul-shrieking part of Walter’s work."

By Kelly McWilliams | September 29, 2026

Crime and Horror are Siblings, And Humor is Their Drunk Uncle (or That One Inappropriate Aunt)

Crime and Horror are Siblings, And Humor is Their Drunk Uncle (or That One Inappropriate Aunt)

"Crime is horrific and horrifying. It can be supremely violent, or quietly psychotic. But in most instances, it can be, well, hilarious."

By Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. | September 28, 2026

Trent Dalton on Australian Noir, Journalism, and Writing Against a Country's Stereotypes

Trent Dalton on Australian Noir, Journalism, and Writing Against a Country's Stereotypes

Alex Dueben speaks with the author of Gravity Let Me Go

By Alex Dueben | September 26, 2026

If You Loved Watching This Show, Read This Thriller!

If You Loved Watching This Show, Read This Thriller!

Let Gigi Waldorf play matchmaker for your upcoming viewing and reading.

By Gigi Waldorf | September 26, 2026

Encyclopedia Brown and the <br>Ethics of Amateur Sleuthing

Encyclopedia Brown and the
Ethics of Amateur Sleuthing

What do fantasies of kid detectives using unorthodox methods to track down wrongdoers mean in an era of mass misinformation and institutional distrust?

By Monica Chin | September 25, 2026

5 Powerful Horror Novels for Animal Lovers

5 Powerful Horror Novels for Animal Lovers

Carrie Lee South recommends Kira Jane Buxton, Stephen Graham Jones, and more

By Carrie Lee South | September 25, 2026

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