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#Mystery/Thriller

Police procedurals, cozy mysteries, psychological thrillers, true crime: whatever your mystery flavor, we’ve got recommendations on the best mystery books out there, from diverse authors writing in every mystery sub-genre. Get your whodunit (orwhatdunit, if you like a supernatural mystery) fix with posts from our mystery/thriller-reading contributors. Now go crack those cases!

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in September

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Review GPA: DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King

Publication Date: September 24, 2013 Genre: Horror Publisher: Scribner Publisher’s Synopsis: “Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of ...

Fresh Ink: September 10, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (St. Martin’s Griffin) Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a ...

Fresh Ink: September 4, 2013

Yesterday, we celebrated a Riot Reading Day in honor of the release of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam, the final book in ...

Boy vs. Girl: THE LAST POLICEMAN and COUNTDOWN CITY by Ben H. Winters

Welcome to another installment of Boy vs. Girl, in which we (Casey Peterson and Marisa Atkinson) read and debate new ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in August

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Fresh Ink: August 20, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES The Girl You Left Behind by JoJo Moyes (Pamela Dorman Books) France, 1916:  Artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his young wife, ...

The Best of Elizabeth Peters / Barbara Michaels

A few favorite books by Elizabeth Peters / Barbara Michaels I'd recommend.

11 Audiobooks to Help You Lose Your Audio Virginity

The Audiophiles is a regular column in which contributors Rachel S. and Cassandra chat about the latest and greatest audiobooks on their ...

The Curious Case of THE CUCKOO’S CALLING—Why it Wasn’t a Success Before We All Knew JK Rowling Wrote It

The reason why THE CUCKOO'S CALLING wasn't a success was because it wasn't by JK Rowling—but it was.