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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books on the cozier end of the mystery spectrum. Plus, they all feature cute animals! Be sure to join us for our first book club to discuss The Fiend by Alma Katsu on October 31st. 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! Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Books Discussed This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Fiend - Alma Katsu The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra - Vaseem Khan Menu of Happiness - Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood Mockingbird Court: A Shady Hollow Mystery - Juneau Black The Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories - Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur I Make My Own Fun - Hannah Beer Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Latine Heritage Month! Be sure to join us for our first book club to discuss The Fiend by Alma Katsu on October 31st. (Apologies—we said the 24th in the episode.) 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! Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! Things Discussed Anthony Awards Latine Heritage Month (PRH) Tomes and Textiles This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Fiend - Alma Katsu The House in the Pines - Ana Reyes More Than You’ll Ever Know - Katie Gutierrez The Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice - Cristina Rivera Garza You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder - Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper The Librarians - Sherry Thomas Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss dark academia novels. 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! Ready for a cozy, bookish autumn? Let Tailored Book Recommendations help you find your next favorite read with handpicked suggestions from professional book nerds. Get started today from just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Things Mentioned: Obama’s Summer Reading List 2025 Books Discussed: The Fiend - Alma Katsu White Ivy - Susie Yang They Never Learn - Layne Fargo The Library at Hellebore - Cassandra Khaw Bunny - Mona Awad Sisters in the Wind - Angeline Boulley The Belles - Lacey N. Dunham Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss historical crime and horror novels! 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! Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist! If you love books and know the ins and outs of social media strategy, and especially social video, consider joining the team. Find details and apply by August 22, 2025, at riotnewmedia.com/careers. News Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù To Lead Netflix Series ‘All The Sinners Bleed’ Noir at the Bar Kentucky Tour This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Burn Baby Burn - Meg Medina Mrs. Poe - Lynn Cullen The Possession of Alba Díaz - Isabel Cañas Little Deaths - Emma Flint Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror - Ashley Cullins Five Found Dead - Sulari Gentill Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady We will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist! If you love books and know the ins and outs of social media strategy, and especially social video, consider joining the team. Find details and apply by August 22, 2025, at riotnewmedia.com/careers. Things Mentioned Murder, She Wrote is getting a film adaptation with Jamie Lee Curtis starring as Jessica Fletcher Women in Translation Month Books Discussed This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Woman in the Purple Skirt - Natsuko Imamura; transl. by Lucy North I Remember You - Yrsa Sigurdardottir; transl. by Philip Roughton Thing We Lost in the Fire - Mariana Enriquez, transl. by Megan McDowell Death Takes Me - Cristina Rivera Garza, transl. by Sarah Booker and Robin Myers The Faceless Thing We Adore - Hester Steel The Dead Husband Cookbook - Danielle Valentine Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books that they’ve been meaning to get to for far too long. No time like the present! 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! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help! TBR delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. You can get your recommendations via email, or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! The CWA Dagger Awards This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Good Daughter - Karin Slaughter While Justice Sleeps - Stacey Abrams Kala - Colin Walsh Natural Beauty - Ling Ling Huang The Confessions - Paul Bradley Carr A Twist of Fate - Se-Ah Jang, Trans. S. L. Park The Hunger - Alma Katsu Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Books Discussed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated book for the second half of 2025. 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! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help! TBR delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. You can get your recommendations via email, or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! Crime Reads Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2025 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission An Evil Premise - T. Marie Vandelly (August 12th) The Possession of Alba Díaz - Isabel Cañas (August 19) You Weren’t Meant to Be Human - Andrew Joseph White (September 9) Fiend - Alma Katsu (September 16th) We Love You, Bunny - Mona Awad (September 23rd) Dead Man Blues - S.D. House (October 14th) Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Books Discussed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend some of their favorite mystery and thriller audiobooks. 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! Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help! TBR delivers reading recommendations hand-picked just for you by real human book nerds. You can get your recommendations via email, or receive hardcovers or paperbacks in the mail. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Plans start at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission The Outsider - Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton Red Widow - Alma Katsu, narrated by Mozhan Marnò King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby, performed by Adam Lazarre-White Murder at Gulls Nest - Jess Kidd, performed by Siobhan McSweeney Fog & Fury - Rachel Howzell Hall Do Not Disturb - Freida McFadden Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Books Discussed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend mysteries and thrillers for Pride 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! Stumped on a great gift this Father's Day? Tailored Book Recommendations brings a personalized touch to any reading list with books hand-picked by professional book nerds. With over 150,000 book recommendations under our belt, we’ve got the chops to find the right read for your loved one this Father’s Day. Plus, with a simple checkout process and the ability to schedule the welcome email, gift-giving has never been easier. Gift TBR today starting at just $18! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Murder in the Dressing Room - Holly Stars Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw Scorched Grace - Margot Douaihy Model Home - Rivers Solomon Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers - Caroline Fraser  A Murder for Miss Hortense: A Mystery - Mel Pennant Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and BlueSky @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Books Discussed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend summer reads! 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! Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. News AI Summer Reading List with the Chicago Sun Times All the Sinners Bleed coming to Netflix Crime Reads Summer Reading List This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Victorian Psycho - Virginia Feito  #FashionVictim - Amina Akhtar Murder at Gull’s Nest - Jess Kidd King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby Be Gay, Do Crime - edited by Kristel Buckley and Molly Llewellyn Welcome to Murder Week - Karen Dukess Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and BlueSky @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester Find Katie on Bluesky @kt-librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend books from this year's Edgar Awards finalists! 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! Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. For a limited time, the first 50 new All Access annual members get a FREE copy of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz courtesy of Tor Publishing! Join Book Riot All Access to level up your reading life and claim your free copy of Automatic Noodle. News A master class in writing taught by an AI version of Agatha Christie? An Unsettling AI Agatha Christie Is Here to Teach You How to Write 2025 Edgar Awards Books Discussed This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. They All Fall the Same - Wes Browne Cold to the Touch - Kerri Hakoda The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free - Gregg Olsen Find Her - Ginger Reno God of the Woods - Liz Moore The Man Made of Smoke - Alex North The Dark Maestro - Brendan Slocumb Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester celebrate 200 hundred episodes of Read or Dead! 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! Mystery author Peter Lovesey has died at 88. Kerry Greenwood, author of the Phryne [FRY-nee] Fisher mystery series, has died at 70. 1849 titles 835 unique authors 1147 unique titles 40.1% authors of color TOP Author mentions: Sujata Massey - 28 Tana French - 26 Riley Sager - 24 Alma Katsu - 20 Attica Locke, Jane Harper, SA Cosby - 17 Stephen King - 16 Angie Kim - 14 Stephen Graham Jones - 12 Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Jesse Q. Sutanto - 11 Oyinkan Braithwaite, Alyssa Cole, Ausma Zehanat Khan, Wanda M. Morris, Ovidia Yu - 10 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Top Title Mentions: The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey - 13 My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite - 10 Miracle Creek - Angie Kim - 9 When No One is Watching - Alyssa Cole - 8 Beneath the Mountain - Luca D’Andrea - 8 American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land - Monica Hesse - 7 Final Girls - Riley Sager - 7 The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century - Kirk Wallace Johnson - 7 The Frangipani Tree Mystery - Ovidia Yu - 7 The Jigsaw Man - Nadine Matheson - 7 The Satapur Moonstone - Sujata Massey 7 The Witch Elm - Tana French - 7 Theme Music - T. Marie Vandelly - 7 Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden - 7 If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. 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

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend genre-defying mysteries, thrillers, and horror novels! 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! News The American Library Association has sued the Trump administration for the gutting of IMLS. Attorneys general from 21 states have also filed a lawsuit EveryLibrary condemns the Trump administration’s termination of IMLS grants as an attack on libraries, museums, and archives everywhere Tracking the Trump Administration’s attacks on libraries Books Discussed This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir When No One is Looking by Alyssa Cole Himself by Jess Kidd The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Opal Watson: Private Eye by Brittany J. Thurman Coram House by Bailey Seybolt If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. 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

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books from their never-ending backlist TBRs. 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 Robert de Niro is starring in the adaptation of Alex North’s thriller, The Whisper Man Books Discussed Chasing the Boogeyman - Richard Chizmar Bunny - Mona Awad Night of the Mannequins - Stephen Graham Jones Haunt Sweet Home - Sarah Pinsker Murder at Gulls Nest - Jess Kid (April 8) The Museum Detective - Maha Khan Phillips If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. 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

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 readordead@bookriot.com. 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

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

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 readordead@bookriot.com. 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

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 readordead@bookriot.com. 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

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 readordead@bookriot.com. 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

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated thriller and mystery books of 2025. 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: The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy - Andrea Dunlop & Mike Weber The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami King of Ashes - SA Cosby They All Fall the Same - Wes Browne The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones Immaculate Conception - Ling Ling Huang If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. 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