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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!

Movie-to-Book Recommendation Engine: 2012 Movies NOT Based on Books

2012 was a year FULL of big movies based on books. Life of Pi, Les Miserables, Lincoln (based on Team ...

When the Hype Machine Works: The 5 Best Big Buzz Books

I know a lot of readers who shall go unnamed who avoid reading books specifically because they’ve gotten a lot of buzz ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: January 8, 2013

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback.   ...

Best of Book Riot: Ranking Ian Fleming’s James Bond Novels

With the 50th anniversary of the first Bond movie and the release of Skyfall, 2012 is a big year for ...

Best of Book Riot: Should You Feel Bad About Reading Stephen King?

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six months. We’ll ...

Book Riot’s Last-Minute Gift Guide

So you’re T minus a handful of hours before Santa is supposed to shimmy down the chimney, and you’re headed ...

Books to Get a Friend Who’s Sick

Yes, you can visit the hospital with flowers. Of course you can stop by the house with chicken noodle soup ...

Book Riot Readers’ Top 25 Books of 2012

A couple weeks ago, we invited you to join in the end-of-year list making fun and share your favorite books of 2012. ...

Thoughts About the 2012 Goodreads Choice Award Winners

1,156,852 votes were cast this year in the Goodreads Choice Awards. That number makes me so happy it feels like ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Week’s Most Watched Trailers – December 1-7, 2012

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch!