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Mysteries and Thrillers for Your Next Book Club
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend mysteries and thrillers for book clubs! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Louise Penny announces that she will not have any book tour dates in the US Books Discussed Happiness Falls - Angie Kim The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century - Kirk Wallace Johnson Those We Thought We Knew - David Joy My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite Serial Killer Support Group - Saratoga Schaefer Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man): A Vera Wong Novel - Jesse Q. Sutanto If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at [email protected]. Otherwise you can: Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady Find Kendra on Instagram and BlueSky @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feminist Mysteries
Katie McLain Horner and honorary reading assassin Liberty Hardy talk about mysteries with feminist themes for Women's History Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! News Bram Stoker Award finalists Janelle Monáe to Play Tanya Smith, Con Artist Behind $40 Million Heist, in ‘Never Saw Me Coming’ Movie Adaptation This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Katabasis - R.F. Kuang Notes on an Execution - Danya Kukafka Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll Never Saw Me Coming - Vera Kurian My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite Broken Fields - Marcie R. Rendon Black Tunnel White Magic: A Murder, a Detective’s Obsession, and ’90s Los Angeles at the Brink - Matthew McGough, Rick Jackson Kills Well With Others - Deanna Raybourne Accidents Happen - F.H. Batacan The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York - Elon Green Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady Find Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive / Bluesky @LibertyHardy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Destination Book Recommendations
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend books set in the locations of their 2025 vacations! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Everywhere That Mary Went - Lisa Scottoline Murder by Degrees - Ritu Mukerji Penitence - Kristin Koval The Jigsaw Man - Nadine Matheson Notes on Surviving the Fire - Christine Murphy The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at [email protected]. Otherwise you can: Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady Find Kendra on Instagram and BlueSky @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mysteries and Thrillers for Black History Month
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend mysteries and thrillers for Black History Month! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Edgar Award Nominees Books Discussed Our Winter Monster - Dennis Mahoney All Her Little Secrets - Wanda M. Morris Anywhere You Run - Wanda M. Morris What You Leave Behind - Wanda M. Morris Jackal - Erin E. Adams From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Janae Marks My Darkest Prayer - S.A. Cosby If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at [email protected]. Otherwise you can: Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady Find Kendra on Instagram and BlueSky @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Our Book Recommendations for the 2025 Read Harder Challenge
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend mystery and thriller books to fulfill prompts for the 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Tom Holland is producing and starring in an adaptation of The Partner by John Grisham. Everything you need to know about Osgood Perkins’ adaptation of The Monkey, based on the short story by Stephen King. Books Discussed Read Harder 2025 Theme Music - T. Marie Vandelly The Dark Maestro - Brendan Slocumb Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jessie Q. Sutanto A Sea of Unspoken Things - Adrienne Young Our Winter Monster - Dennis Mahoney Tell Me What You Did - Carter Wilson If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at [email protected]. Otherwise you can: Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady Find Kendra on Instagram and BlueSky @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester And we will talk to you all next tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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