#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!

Blood and Beer – A Pint With Ian Rankin

Before setting off to the US on a book tour, best-selling author Ian Rankin speaks to Book Riot about the American influences on his crime fiction

Trailer Face-Off: GUN MACHINE

Warren Ellis' new thriller Gun Machine hit stores on New Year's day.  Which trailer does a better job of getting you interested in the book?

“Those who dream by day…” Happy Birthday, Edgar Allan Poe

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: January 15, 2013

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

Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon

Even before there was an internet, there were memes, and the most memorable of my adolescence was “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.” I’m ...

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 ...