Read or Dead

By: Book Riot
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  • Read or Dead is a bi-weekly show dedicated to the worlds of mystery and thriller literature.
    2022 Book Riot
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Episodes
  • Scary Season Send Off!
    Nov 1 2024
    Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books for a scary season send-off! 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! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Spite House - Johnny Compton The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story - Olga Tokarczuk, Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters The Hunger - Alma Katsu Model Home - Rivers Solomon This Girl’s a Killer - Emma C. Wells Pony Confidential - Christina Lynch 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 Twitter @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • The New York Times's Best Books of the 21st Century
    Oct 18 2024
    Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers from The New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st Century! 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! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Things Mentioned The New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st Century Books Discussed The Guest List - Lucy Foley Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Erik Larson Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk, Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones The Reformatory - Tananarive Due, Chosen by Stephen Graham Jones NYTs It Will Only Hurt For a Moment - Delilah S. Dawson The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story - Olga Tokarczuk, Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones Curdle Creek - Yvonne Battle-Felton 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 Twitter @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • The It Books of October 2024
    Oct 4 2024
    Katie and Kendra have been affected by Hurricane Helene, so we are bringing you this episode from the Book Riot Podcast in which Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 books (including a couple of buzzy mysteries!) and crown one of them the It Book of the Month. Subscribe to the Book Riot Podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Operation Airdrop The Message The Mighty Red Slaveroad The Bog Wife The Boyfriend The Revenge of The Tipping Point What I Ate in One Year Sonny Boy Meditations for Mortals Absolution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins

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Best Thriller Book Podcast!

Delightful hosts who love thrillers and have added greatly to my TBR! Love this podcast!

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