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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!

Their 15 Minutiae: Jedediah Berry

  In Their 15 Minutiae, writers take a break from talking about books and writing to discuss other things on ...

5 Freaky Teachers in Literature

Since happily shuddering through our Riot Read of The Secret History, I’ve been mulling over the evil possibilities of teachers ...

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 ...