A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon?

A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon?

A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon? The following story was…
Elizabethtown (PA) Students Protest Book Bans

Elizabethtown (PA) Students Protest Book Bans

Students aren’t taking it quietly, either. Like their peers in Central York…
Book review of On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward

Book review of On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward

By the time she was 40, Jesmyn Ward had won two National…
Meet the author: Toni Viola

Meet the author: Toni Viola

Horse racing. It’s an unusual route into crime fiction but it was…
You Should Know I Found a Dead Body

You Should Know I Found a Dead Body

You Should Know I Found a Dead Body Aea Varfis-van Warmelo Share…
How Writing Horror Led Marcus Kliewer To an OCD Diagnosis

How Writing Horror Led Marcus Kliewer To an OCD Diagnosis

Marcus Kliewer is the bestselling author of the horror novel We Used…
Book review of The Dorians by Nick Cutter

Book review of The Dorians by Nick Cutter

Nick Cutter has built a ravenous fan base thanks to his knack for…
First Look: The Tailor by Tim Sullivan

First Look: The Tailor by Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan’s neurodivergent detective, George Cross, returns for an eighth case in…
We Need to Talk About Bad Writing

We Need to Talk About Bad Writing

Three years ago I broke my brain. Or, I should say, my…
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 16, 2026

Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 16, 2026

Today’s Featured Book Deals $0.99 Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan…
Book review of Mortedant’s Peril by R.J. Barker Book Review

Book review of Mortedant’s Peril by R.J. Barker Book Review

Mortedants can talk to the dead. Sort of. What they can actually…
On the Radar: Gimme some of that sweet, sweet mystery

On the Radar: Gimme some of that sweet, sweet mystery

On the Radar: Gimme some of that sweet, sweet mystery | Crime…
My Neighbor’s Stalking Consumed Me

My Neighbor’s Stalking Consumed Me

To a Bird Watcher by Faith Palermo While I sit at my…
5 Must-Read Audiobooks by Latine Authors

5 Must-Read Audiobooks by Latine Authors

I’m beginning to think there’s a Bad Take Troll out there somewhere…
Book review of Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise by Xiong Liang

Book review of Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise by Xiong Liang

“All children understand what the first glimpse of the white night-blooming lily…
Jack on the Gallows Tree by Leo Bruce

Jack on the Gallows Tree by Leo Bruce

First published in 1960 and now included in the British Library Crime…
For These Poets, Feral Girl Summer Is an Eternal State of Mind

For These Poets, Feral Girl Summer Is an Eternal State of Mind

The year 2022 gave us #feralgirlsummer, which morphed into #bratgirlsummer in 2024 and…
20 Must-Read New Queer Books Out in May 2026

20 Must-Read New Queer Books Out in May 2026

Beloved Disciples by Mario Elías (Queer Guy Fiction) This Is Why I…
Book review of Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler

Book review of Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler

Neriya knows that the crows of her shtetl are far smarter than…
On the Radar: Michael Connelly’s Ironwood, and more

On the Radar: Michael Connelly’s Ironwood, and more

On the Radar: Michael Connelly’s Ironwood, and more | Crime Fiction Lover…
A Campus Novel For a Post-Ironic World

A Campus Novel For a Post-Ironic World

Avigayl Sharp’s Offseason is a deeply internal debut, charting the bounds of…
Watch the New Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY 

Watch the New Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY 

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at…
All hail California noir

All hail California noir

The Secrets of the Abbey Jean-Luc Bannalec’s Commissaire Dupin books, set on…
Unemployed Killers Support Group by Rio

Unemployed Killers Support Group by Rio

Translated by Vanessa Liu — Rio is a Taiwanese writer and artist…