The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Fall 2022 (and Beyond!)
It may not be cooling down yet, but it’s gothic season, baby! And dark academia season, and social horror season, and folk horror season, and winter thriller season, and contemplative psychological...
View Article10 Crime Novels You Should Read This January
While it still sometimes feels as if 2020 never ended, in terms of publishing years, we’re already up to 2023! Which means not only a new year, but a whole new set of books to read. There are so many...
View ArticleThe Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2023
You’ll notice something unusual in the titles below—while in previous years, we’ve dedicated much of our preview space to crossovers, especially in the realm of horror and science fiction, almost all...
View Article10 Crime Novels You Should Read This February
The CrimeReads editors make their choices for the month’s best new releases in crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers. * Rebecca Makkai, I Have Some Questions For You (Viking) I was sure the true crime...
View ArticleThe Best Crime Novels of the Year (So Far): 2023
CrimeReads has been accused of a bias toward noir in the past, and we’re sorry (not sorry) to report that this year’s best of the year so far list is noir AF—the world is, after all, getting darker,...
View Article10 New Crime Novels You Should Read in August
The CrimeReads editors make their picks for the best new fiction in crime, mystery, and thrillers. Naomi Hirahara, Evergreen (Soho) Hirahara’s Clark and Division was one of the more accomplished crime...
View ArticleThe 15 Best Psychological Thrillers of 2023
Wow, this was a hard list to compile–I don’t know that I’ve ever seen as many great new psychological thrillers come out in a single year. I had to physically restrain myself from adding at least ten...
View ArticleThe Best International Crime Novels of 2023
Well, it’s a horrible year in world history, but it’s a great year in international fiction! Specifically, international thrillers and noir. France and the Scandinavians are, as usual, well-represented...
View ArticleThe Best Horror Fiction of 2023
This year’s top horror novels distinguished themselves not only through quality but with their use of metaphor to approach societal ills obliquely. Through the lens of horror, and the examination of...
View ArticleThe Best Speculative Crime Fiction of 2023
This year’s offering of scifi and fantasy crime fiction leans heavily towards alternative history and near-future imaginings, but with plenty of bizarre and magical detours into the just plain weird....
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