Topic
Crime
7 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Alice Sebold: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Alice Sebold — how to approach The Lovely Bones, her essential debut novel narrated from heaven. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Denis Johnson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Denis Johnson — whether to begin with Jesus' Son or Tree of Smoke. A complete reading guide to the National Book Award-winning American author.
Where to Start with Mary Kubica: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mary Kubica — whether to begin with The Good Girl or Local Woman Missing. A complete reading guide to the psychological thriller author.
Best Detective Fiction: From Golden Age to Hardboiled to Modern Noir
The best detective fiction — from Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler to Tana French and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The complete guide to crime fiction.
Gregory David Roberts Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide
All Gregory David Roberts novels in order — Shantaram and The Mountain Shadow. Complete guide to the Bombay crime epic series, with reading order and what to expect.
Books Like In Cold Blood: True Crime, Narrative Journalism, and the Criminal Mind
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 Clutter family murders in Kansas — and the killers who committed them — invented the true crime genre and the narrative nonfiction form. These books share its intimacy with violence, its literary ambition, and the moral problem of making art from real suffering.
Best True Crime Books: 10 Essential Reads That Defined the Genre
True crime is one of publishing's fastest-growing genres. These 10 books — from serial killers to corporate fraud to political murder — are the ones that defined it.
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