Curated reading lists
Choose your next reading mood.
Books I recommend, intriguing titles on my TBR and seasonal reading inspiration—all clearly labelled so you know which is which.
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Recommendations and reading moods
Books I have enjoyed, unusual premises worth investigating and reading routes beyond the usual bestseller tables.
Brooding & immersive
Dark and atmospheric crime
Isolated places, creeping unease and settings that feel like characters.
4 recommendations →Twists worth waiting for
Psychological thrillers
Buried secrets, shifting perceptions and stories that keep changing direction.
4 recommendations →Cases & characters
Brilliant police procedurals
Sharp investigators, compelling cases and series worth reading in order.
4 series →Page before screen
Read it before you watch it
Stories worth experiencing on the page before—or alongside—their adaptations.
3 recommendations →Something different
Three unusual thrillers for your TBR
A tradable murder contract, an approaching asteroid and luxury time-travel tourism.
3 unusual premises →Stranger than fiction
Non-fiction for thriller readers
Investigations, espionage, medical ethics, corruption and crimes that really happened.
5 compelling reads →Writers on my radar
Indie thrillers to try
Seven independent and small-press crime writers waiting on my Kindle.
7 authors to explore →Seasonal shelves
Holiday reading and upcoming releases
Lists capture a particular reading season, so dated release selections remain labelled as 2026 snapshots rather than pretending to be permanently “new”.
Holiday reading
Ten thrillers for your summer suitcase
Remote islands, missing people, suspicious strangers and absolutely no relaxing.
10 suitcase thrillers →August 2026
Four August crime books on my radar
New investigations, literary wordplay and the return of Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw.
4 anticipated releases →Autumn 2026
Nine crime and thriller books I couldn’t wait to read
Dark evenings, buried secrets, iconic investigators and several fictional murders.
9 autumn releases →