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Explore the latest and scariest in horror and true crime books. From fresh releases to historical horrors, we've got the latest and greatest in terrifying books.

11 Disturbing Horror Books About Cults

11 Disturbing Horror Books About Cults

Join if you dare.

Cults

By MacKenzie Stuart & Lisa Quigley

Horror Books

The Most-Anticipated Horror Books Coming in 2025

The Most-Anticipated Horror Books Coming in 2025

By Courtney Hunter-Stangler

Horror Books

Think You Know Stephen King? These 7 Books for King Superfans Might Prove You Wrong

Think You Know Stephen King? These 7 Books for King Superfans Might Prove You Wrong

By Orrin Grey

True Crime Books

12 True Crime Books that Changed the Genre Forever

12 True Crime Books that Changed the Genre Forever

By Jena Brown

Gothic Horror

16 Creepy Robert McCammon Books That Will Keep You Awake At Night

16 Creepy Robert McCammon Books That Will Keep You Awake At Night

By Orrin Grey & Kelsey Christine McConnell

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British Serial Killers

America’s Queen of the British Mystery

America’s Queen of the British Mystery

Martha Grimes, the award-winning author of over twenty Richard Jury mysteries, sits down for an in-depth interview.

By Susan L. Clark

Means of Evil: Inside the Mind of Ruth Rendell

Means of Evil: Inside the Mind of Ruth Rendell

The celebrated scribe behind the Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries sits down for a revealing interview.

By Diana Cooper-Clark

Mystery Books

A Puzzle Lover’s Delight

A Puzzle Lover’s Delight

In Nero Blanc's interactive crossword mysteries, readers fill in the blanks right alongside the detectives.

By The Lineup Staff

Inside the Author’s Bookshelf: Rex Burns

Inside the Author’s Bookshelf: Rex Burns

Our favorite mystery and thriller writers share the books that have stuck with them through the years.

By The Lineup Staff

Mystery Books

Emerald Tiger: The Irish Crime Fiction Explosion

Emerald Tiger: The Irish Crime Fiction Explosion

Explore the rainswept streets of Celtic noir with these excellent Irish crime fiction authors.

By Otto Penzler

Mystery Books

TLU Pick: Dead Calm, by Charles Williams

TLU Pick: Dead Calm, by Charles Williams

This high seas mystery had us hook, line, and sinker as it plunged the depths of the human soul.

By Rob Hart

Historical Crimes

Wayfaring Stranger: The Thrilling Fiction of James Lee Burke

Wayfaring Stranger: The Thrilling Fiction of James Lee Burke

This Edgar-winning author sets his sights on the American Dream in a powerful new thriller of epic proportions.

By Otto Penzler

Paranormal

5 Scariest Stories You’ve Never Read

5 Scariest Stories You’ve Never Read

Want to read something truly frightening?

By Nina Lassam

Identifying Evil in Fact and Fiction

Identifying Evil in Fact and Fiction

Thriller writers conjure up bad guys like it's their day job. But what happens when real-life villains become scarier than imaginary ones?

By Jon Land

Mystery Books

The Detection Club: 10 Rules for Writing a Mystery

The Detection Club: 10 Rules for Writing a Mystery

"The detective must not himself commit the crime."

By Jennifer Jackson

The Ultimate Mystery Genre Vocab List

The Ultimate Mystery Genre Vocab List

How to keep your Marlowe separate from your Miss Marple

By The Lineup Staff

Find Your Next Great Read … on Twitter?

Find Your Next Great Read … on Twitter?

Follow 11 tweeps who love a good mystery as much as you do.

By The Lineup Staff

True Crime Books

9 True Crime Books Better Than Gone Girl

9 True Crime Books Better Than Gone Girl

When a real-life love story goes downhill, the fallout can be fatal.

By Kyle Davis

Case of the Wednesdays: The Efficient Assassin

Case of the Wednesdays: The Efficient Assassin

Who killed Stephenson Charlecote? Collect the clues and solve the murder in this old-fashioned, 1920s mystery from H.C. Bailey’s Reggie Fortune series.

By Grace Srinivasiah

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