Editors Reads

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Crime Fiction

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Where to Start with Lucy Foley: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Lucy Foley — whether to begin with The Guest List, The Hunting Party, or The Paris Apartment. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Michael Connelly: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Michael Connelly — whether to begin with The Black Echo, The Lincoln Lawyer, or City of Bones. A complete reading guide to the Bosch series.

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Where to Start with Paula Hawkins: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Paula Hawkins — whether to begin with The Girl on the Train, Into the Water, or A Slow Fire Burning. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Richard Osman: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Richard Osman — whether to begin with The Thursday Murder Club, The Man Who Died Twice, or The Bullet That Missed. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Ruth Ware: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Ruth Ware — whether to begin with In a Dark Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, or The Turn of the Key. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Scott Lynch: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Scott Lynch and the Gentleman Bastard sequence — why to begin with The Lies of Locke Lamora and what to expect from the heist fantasy series.

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Where to Start with Stieg Larsson: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Stieg Larsson — how to begin the Millennium Series with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. A complete reading guide to the Swedish crime trilogy.

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Where to Start with Stuart Turton: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Stuart Turton — whether to begin with The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Devil and the Dark Water, or The Last Murder at the End of the World.

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Where to Start with Tana French: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Tana French — whether to begin with In the Woods, The Likeness, or Faithful Place. A complete reading guide to the Dublin Murder Squad.

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Where to Start with Thomas Harris: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Thomas Harris — whether to begin with Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, or Hannibal. A complete reading guide to the Hannibal Lecter series.

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Harry Bosch Books in Order: Complete Series Reading Guide (2026)

Every Harry Bosch book in order — all 21 novels from The Black Echo to Desert Star, including the connected Mickey Haller and Terry McCaleb series, with where to start.

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John Sandford Books in Order: Complete Prey Series Reading Guide (2026)

Every John Sandford book in order — the complete Prey/Lucas Davenport series, the Virgil Flowers series, and how they connect — with where to start.

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John Burdett Books in Order: The Complete Sonchai Jitpleecheep Series

All John Burdett Sonchai Jitpleecheep novels in order — from Bangkok 8 to The Bangkok Asset. The complete guide to the Bangkok detective series with Buddhist detective Sonchai.

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Patricia Highsmith Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide

All Patricia Highsmith novels in order — the complete Ripley series and her best standalone thrillers. Where to start, what to read next, and the full chronological list.

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Robert Wilson Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide

All Robert Wilson novels in order — the Javier Falcón Seville series, the Bruce Medway West Africa thrillers, and A Small Death in Lisbon. Where to start and what to read next.

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Where to Start with John Burdett: The Best First Sonchai Novel

New to John Burdett's Bangkok series? Start with Bangkok 8 — but this guide explains what to expect and which entry works best for different types of reader.

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Where to Start with Patricia Highsmith: The Best First Book for Every Reader

Not sure which Highsmith to read first? This guide matches every type of reader to the right starting point — Ripley, Strangers on a Train, Carol, or her European thrillers.

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Where to Start with Robert Wilson: The Best First Book

Not sure which Robert Wilson to read first? This guide matches every reader to the right starting point — A Small Death in Lisbon, The Blind Man of Seville, or the Medway thrillers.

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Ann Cleeves Books in Order: Vera, Shetland & Two Rivers Guide

All Ann Cleeves books in order — the complete Vera, Shetland, and Two Rivers series. Where to start with each, reading order, and which TV adaptations follow which books.

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20 Best Cozy Mystery Books to Read Next

The best cozy mysteries and cozy-adjacent reads: charming amateur detectives, atmospheric small towns, low violence, and the pleasure of a puzzle with a satisfying answer.

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