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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!

5 Books That Are Legit Nightmare Fuel

Five horror novels that will make you lose sleep.

Discoveries from the Book Expo Floor: 4 Upcoming Crime Novels with Female Leads

Ladies and crime throughout time: four upcoming historical crime novels

Comics Recommendation Engine: HANNIBAL

A delectable list of comics for Hannibal fans to celebrate the premiere of the third season.

Buy, Borrow, Bypass: 5 Female Leads in Thrillers and Mysteries

Mini-reviews of thrillers and mysteries with female leads.

5 Books That Are Legit Nightmare Fuel

Five horror novels that will make you lose sleep!

Book Style: COCAINE BLUES by Kerry Greenwood

Fashionable Lady detective, The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, gets a Book Style makeover for her debut novel COCAINE BLUES by Kerry Greenwood.

6 Books to Read Before True Detective Returns

Book recommendations to prepare you for season two of True Detective.

Books For The Accident Prone

A list of books for the accident prone featuring characters who share their klutzy tendencies. We may need to bubble wrap the edges.

Comics Taste Like Strawberries: How Rucka Got the Right Question

A faceless protagonist from the ’60s, recreated as a warrior on a spiritual quest for identity — one of the most ...

Our Reading Lives: I Don’t Live in Sin City Anymore

When the first Sin City movie came out, I was thrilled. I saw the film in the theater. I bought ...