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  • 6 Eclectic Historical Mysteries Set in the Early Modern Era
  • Silent Book Club's Favorite Thrillers
  • New Historical Fiction in September: Horror and History

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crimereads.com /3 weeks ago

6 Eclectic Historical Mysteries Set in the Early Modern Era

History, by its very nature, lends itself to mystery. The loss of archival records and living witnesses means we can never have a complete picture of events that occurred centuries...

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silentbook.club /1 month ago

Silent Book Club's Favorite Thrillers

Thrills, kills, and chills... a love letter to final girls and killer twists—sealed with a bloody kiss.More

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

New Historical Fiction in September: Horror and History

Horror and history collide in these new historical fiction releases for September featuring monster, spies, and horrifying retellings.

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

Past Meets Present in These Dual-Timeline Historical Fiction Reads

These five dual-timeline novels, where past meets present, feature stories of revenge, stories of hauntings, and stories of desperation

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crimereads.com /2 weeks ago

10 Epistolary Thrillers That Let the Evidence Do the Talking

The delight of an epistolary novel is the feeling of reading something you shouldn’t. Letters, yes. But take a broad definition and include emails, court filings, news clippings, a...

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womansworld.com /2 weeks ago

6 New October Historical Fiction Books Goodreads Readers Love

Ever finish a novel and immediately look up whether the events in the book really happened? That’s the pull of historical fiction—one of our favorite genres here at Woman’s World....

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thebigthrill.org /1 month ago

Port of Destiny: A Victorian History, Mystery, & Romance

Three immigrants. Two disappearances. One murder. And a love story that defines them all.

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womansworld.com /1 week ago

Goodreads Users Love These 6 New Historical Mysteries

There’s something special about curling up on your couch with a good book in the fall. And one of the best genres to dive into is historical mystery. Thankfully, there are many new...

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thebigthrill.org /3 weeks ago

Hear The Dead

An edgy, genre-bending thriller following a retired photographer who begins to hear the murders of women she knew in her punk youth, forcing her to reckon with the past she's despe...

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of The Month: September 2026

September brings a host of quiet suspense, complex mysteries, and shocking thrillers, as we finish up summer and enter the long lead-up to the season of horror. Below, you’ll find...

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bookriot.com /1 day ago

The Horror of History: Historical Horror Novels

Scream, cry, and turn away, but whatever you do, don't let these historical horror novels like SHE MADE HERSELF A MONSTER get away.

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

The New York Times Names the 50 Best Thrillers

The adaptation of a fantastic crime trilogy, the next installment in a cozy crime series, a fall mystery/thriller reading list to preorder now, and more.

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newyorker.com /1 week ago

The Communist Thrillers of Anna Seghers

In her tautly suspenseful novels, fugitives stay one step ahead of the Nazis.

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thebigthrill.org /3 weeks ago

Raven

An orphaned young woman in antebellum Maryland is pulled into a maelstrom of passion, pain, and occult power in this Gothic homage to the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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thebigthrill.org /3 weeks ago

The Privateer

Disgraced privateer Gideon Locke joins the crew of the Priscilla in the hope of reversing his fortune, only to find himself caught up in a treasonous plot.

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bookriot.com /2 weeks ago

The Best New Historical Fiction Books Out in October 2026

There's Victorian-era Hamlet, a grotesque ball, 18th and 20th-century artists, and even even new Susanna Clarke all out in October.

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bookriot.com /3 weeks ago

8 Stunning Historical Novels by Latine Writers

Latine historical novels are one of my favorite things. If you're in the same boat, may I interest you in these eight stunning novels?

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crimereads.com /1 month ago

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: September 2026

It’s getting harder and harder to tell the bounds between gothic fiction, suspense, psychological thrillers, and horror; much of what makes a good thriller is a good twist, and for...

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thebigthrill.org /1 month ago

Voices From the Past

A serial killer toys with a police detective, exploiting his haunted past.

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bookishelf.com /4 weeks ago

The Munich Affair by James Patterson and David Ellis

A spoiler-free review of The Munich Affair by James Patterson and David Ellis: a Munich detective investigates a killing in Hitler's flat in 1931, and a Chicago historian chases th...

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crimefictionlover.com /1 week ago

The Fifteenth Man by William Cook

Sometimes the setting is the most important part of a good thriller. When it comes to Cold War and World War II-set stories, Berlin is often centre stage; the divided city, the wal...

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crimereads.com /2 weeks ago

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers, of the Month: October 2026

October is spooky season! But that doesn’t mean crime fans won’t have plenty to savor in the month ahead. In particular, October is positively stacked with heavy-hitters in the noi...

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readingthepast.blogspot.com /1 month ago

A librarian of mystery: Emily Dunlay's The Library of Leaving - plus other historical fiction news

The most affecting espionage novels offer high stakes with political and emotional consequences, both, and Emily Dunlay’s second novel (after Teddy) belongs among them. Pub. by H...

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bookriot.com /1 month ago

Pulse-Pounding Reads for Thriller Fans

From gritty noir to grit-your-teeth suspense, these thrillers will get your heart racing.

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