#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!

4 Bookish Episodes of ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?

Here's a round-up of 4 bookish episodes of every kid who grew up watching Nickelodeon in the 90s - creepy campfire tales from ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?

A Storyboard For THE SECRET HISTORY

Donna Tartt’s The Secret History was last month’s Riot Read, but I still want to talk about it because boy ...

What Books Do You Dream About?

I spent a huge chunk of this past Sunday reading The Twelve, the sequel to Justin Cronin’s crazy-nuts bestselling reinventing-the-vampire-novel ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: October 23, 2012

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

3 Recent Audiobooks That Will Rock Your Socks Off

This summer was a killer-good summer for audiobooks. Top-notch fiction turned up to eleven with world-class narration. For you commuters ...

The Best James Bond Books: Ranking The Ian Fleming Originals

I'd always wondered what the James Bond books were like. So, this summer I decided to read all of the original Ian Fleming Bond novels. Here are the best, and the worst, from Fleming's work.

Dangerous Liaisons: Books About Madness & Obsessions

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by The Bloodletter’s Daughter by Linda Lafferty. In 1606, the city of Prague shines as a ...

A Birthday Party for R.L. Stine

Did you hear? Did you? Today is R.L. Stine’s birthday! So exciting. Here at Book Riot, we decided to throw ...

Public Domain Books Coming Soon to a TV Near You

Last television season was an experiment. In the fall of 2011, ABC slotted their hour-long fantasy soap Once Upon a ...

Happy Birthday, R.L. Stine!

Today is the birthday of R.L. Stine, author of the Fear Street and Goosebumps kids books on which many of ...