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10 Modern Takes on Traditional Latin American Folktales

10 Modern Takes on Traditional Latin American Folktales

Vanessa Montalban considers the "generational patterns and themes that tie these ancient stories to our modern world."

By Vanessa Montalban | February 12, 2025

Asking What If?: Mystery as Respite for the Anxious Mind

Asking What If?: Mystery as Respite for the Anxious Mind

On seeing "fears played out through narrative...[and] experiencing that fear within the safe embrace of a book."

By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum | February 11, 2025

Why We Love to Read About Rich People Behaving Badly

Why We Love to Read About Rich People Behaving Badly

And why charming, sociopathic social climbers are the true heroes of our age of inequality

By Anna Sophia McLoughlin | February 11, 2025

Where Is Everybody?<br>A Brief Survey of Isolation Horror in Film and Fiction

Where Is Everybody?
A Brief Survey of Isolation Horror in Film and Fiction

The greatest terror is reserved, not for death, but for a life alone

By Philip Fracassi | February 11, 2025

Laughing at the Monster: Comedy in the Fear Genres

Laughing at the Monster: Comedy in the Fear Genres

Ande Pliego on the power of humor in horror and thrillers.

By Ande Pliego | February 10, 2025

The Best International Fiction <br>of February 2025

The Best International Fiction
of February 2025

Reissued espionage from Ethiopia, historical fiction from Austria, a revenge thriller from Columbia, and more

By Molly Odintz | February 7, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

7 Iconic Lone Wolf Protagonists

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins | February 7, 2025

How a Surprise Visit to Bletchley Park Inspired a Modern-Day Mystery

By Henry Porter | February 7, 2025

Conspiracy Theories and The Lure and Terror of Group-Think

By Alison Gaylin | February 6, 2025

My First Thriller: Lee Goldberg

My First Thriller: Lee Goldberg

How Lee Goldberg went from interviewing authors to writing a hit novel – all while he was still a teenager.

By Rick Pullen | February 6, 2025

5 Books Where Black Women Are Doing The Most

5 Books Where Black Women Are Doing The Most

"Here are five books featuring...exhausted Black women who should leave everyone to deal with their own bullshit and take a nap."

By Neena Viel | February 6, 2025

Spies as Storytellers: Crafting Aliases, Inventing People, and Weaving Tales from Information

Spies as Storytellers: Crafting Aliases, Inventing People, and Weaving Tales from Information

Suzanne Nelson on the history of storyteller spies in WWII.

By Suzanne Nelson | February 5, 2025

Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Organ Transplantation and How to Explore Them in Thrillers

Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Organ Transplantation and How to Explore Them in Thrillers

Dr. Cristina LePort on medical thrillers.

By Cristina LePort | February 5, 2025

Balancing Technical Jargon with Reader Engagement

Balancing Technical Jargon with Reader Engagement

"Make sure a technical detail is critical to the story...then find the briefest way possible to describe it."

By Nicholas Harvey | February 5, 2025

Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some New Books

Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some New Books

In his new column, Gabino Iglesias zeroes in on new books from Lisa Jewell, Alafair Burke, and Kevin Wade.

By Gabino Iglesias | February 4, 2025

George Pelecanos on Cornell Woolrich, the History of Noir, and 'The Black Curtain'

George Pelecanos on Cornell Woolrich, the History of Noir, and 'The Black Curtain'

In the early days of noir, Woolrich's novels and stories provided ample inspiration for filmmakers.

By George Pelecanos | February 4, 2025

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