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Apple Books Apple Books is your destination to find and buy audiobooks and ebooks. Discovering and enjoying your next favorite story is a seamless experience across your devices. From thrillers to mysteries, the choices are endless. All with no subscription or monthly commitment. All thrillers have a few things in common: tension, suspense, high stakes,

Jane Schoenbrun’s latest movie, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, has horror fans and critics buzzing. I love the film’s tongue-in-cheek critique of the horror genre, slasher films, and the recent obsession with “elevated horror.” I love the sapphic romance, and I can’t get enough of the creepy, abandoned summer camp setting. It’s no

To refer to specific books as “uplifting” is, of course, subjective. What might be uplifting and/or comforting to you might not be the case for me. Indeed, while researching this very list, I had the thought that perhaps I’m too cynical a person for the assignment. But as I dug deeper, I began to realize

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In the quarter-century since September 11, 2001, the terrorist attacks that occurred on that day have become many things. A world-changing cataclysm. An excuse for illegal wars and horrific crimes. A political slogan. But in the moment that they happened, they were simply a national tragedy worse than what most Americans had experienced before. The

We’re wrapping up summer reading season, so let’s take a look at the books that have been making the rounds in beach bags and airport lounges in August. One thing missing from this list is a summer romance novel. Although there were some that popped up in the bestseller lists and most read on Goodreads

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It’s almost time. We’ve almost entered the book season, when some of the biggest titles by the most popular authors come out. And, as usual, readers are bolstering their TBRs. One reader population in particular that is preparing is Goodreads members. Now, Goodreads is not without its faults, but it is the largest social network

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VAULT Comics and AETHON: Vault – the best in fantasy, science fiction, and horror! It was a day like any other when suddenly the world changed. The universe reached a threshold humanity didn’t even know existed, and it was time to finally be integrated into the vast multiverse. A place where power is the only

To “go medieval” on someone usually means to be savagely violent (though many historians would argue that’s an outdated stereotype). Medieval romance doesn’t usually indicate intense violence in the same way as the idiom, but there’s some interesting resonance there. A medieval romance usually includes very intense circumstances: war and knighthood, divides between nobility and

You’re bound to find plenty of mysteries and thrillers to read in the news and links below. Today’s roundup includes the adaptation of a fantastic crime trilogy, the next installment in a cozy crime series, a fall reading list to kickstart your preorder list, and more. Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy is Getting a Series Adaptation

While it might seem odd to adults, hospitals fascinate many children. Bodies break for a variety of interesting reasons, and reading about how and where bodies get fixed can engross kids. Plus, many kids wind up in a hospital at some point, whether for testing, admission for a health concern, or to visit a loved

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Every month, The Stack newsletter has a roundup of the best graphic novels and comics out that month. I’ve combined all of these comics into a collection: The Best New Graphic Novels & Comics of 2026. Anyone can browse Book Riot collections and click the covers to find the publisher’s description, the Book Riot recommendation,

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As you might guess from the title, author Kit Rosewater’s latest young adult book, Buried Feelings, was inspired by treasure hunts. It’s a fascinating and compelling story about where and how treasure hunting intersects with queer history and queer community. Rosewater’s inspiration came from a book she was obsessed with as a young reader. Masquerade

While discussing books with some ladies I met at an art workshop recently, one mentioned that The Correspondent by Virginia Evans was her first introduction to the concept of epistolary novels. As a former English Lit major and forever book nerd, I was absolutely delighted and proceeded to recommend every novel-in-letters that I could think

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Over the past ten years, I’ve read over a thousand books, hundreds of them nonfiction. But like most book lovers, there are always books that I can’t stop thinking about, that I can’t stop recommending. Typically, these books sit in a permanent place on my side table, always within reach. Their pages are highlighted and

Into the depths of August we’ve arrived, and with it, the calm before the publishing storm of fall. This week’s new YA book releases are quieter than they have been in a while, and they’re also not as diverse as we’ve come to anticipate–even for quieter publishing weeks. It’s a busy time of year for

The mystery and thriller genres are constantly upping the game to keep readers on their toes. Think of Gone Girl and the explosion of domestic thrillers that followed after Gillian Flynn introduced a seemingly standard missing person mystery that ended up having a WTF twist that most readers did not see coming. While I’m overall

Among the copious things I love about graphic novels and memoirs, I especially adore how transportive they can be. While reading other texts, my brain works a little, or a lot, to imagine the story unfolding, people interacting, facial expressions, hair styles, the living room setup, and the day-to-day appearance of the sky. With images

Underlined When Roxy moves away from England, she bumps into a beautiful and familiar boy. Zain. In her nightmares, they’re being burned together at the stake. And in the real world, she watches him kill a man, altering life as she knows it. She quickly learns that not only do jinn—demons—exist, but angels too. Roxy

Evil Twin, a Zando imprint A group of friends confront questions of identity, aging, and desire during a vampire infestation in an isolated Californian desert—”transporting us to a tiny town not unlike the ‘Salem’s Lot of Stephen King fame.”—Fangoria Much like the immortal beings they contain, vampire stories show no signs of going away, and

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Martin Scorsese is the Academy-, Golden Globe-, BAFTA-, and Emmy Award-winning director behind many critically acclaimed films over the past several decades. But we have yet to see Scorsese direct a horror movie. He’s dipped a toe into the genre with films like Shutter Island, but now he’s taking the plunge with What Happens at