Read or Dead Book Riot

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books that they’d love to see turned into films, TV series, or mini-series.
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News:
2024 ITW Thriller Award Winners

Books Discussed:
When No One is Watching - Alyssa Cole
Devolution - Max Brooks
The Loch - Steve Alten
Horror Movie - Paul Tremblay
Butter - Asako Yuzuki, Translated by Polly Barton
What You Leave Behind - Wanda M. Morris
Middle of the Night - Riley Sager
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books that they’ve recommended to each other!
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Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe.
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News
Attica Locke is publishing the final book in her Highway 59 crime novel trilogy this summer!
Wake Up Dead Man

Books Discussed
The Hunter - Tana French 
The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo
Things We Lost in the Fire - Mariana Enriquez
City Under One Roof - Iris Yamashita
The Only One Left - Riley Sager
Tell Me Who You Are - Louisa Luna
Looking for Smoke - K. A. Cobell
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers for AANHPI Heritage Month!
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Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe.
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News
Edgar Award Winners 2024
Pango Books

Books Discussed
Alma Katsu
The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen
The Return of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean
The Spirit Glass - Roshani Chokshi
Murder Casts a Shadow: A Hawai'i Mystery -  Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
The Hunter’s Daughter - Nicola Solvinic
Woodworm - Layla Martínez
For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.

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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books about cults!
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Things Mentioned
Webster’s Dictionary defines “cult” as…

Books Discussed
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty 
Bunny - Mona Awad
Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas
Sorrowland - Rivers Solomon
Home Is Where The Bodies Are - Jeneva Rose
The Return of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers nominated for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards!
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News
Edgar Awards Preview

Books Discussed
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto
All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby
Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders - John Glatt
Murder By Degrees - Ritu Mukerji
One of Us Knows - Alyssa Cole 
Butter - Asako Yuzuki, trans. Polly Barton 
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss some books with a perfect sense of humor!
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News
Netflix is planning to adapt Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series 
50 Cent is publishing a financial heist novel, which is not a sentence I ever expected to write
The 2024 ITW Thriller Award finalists have been announced

Things Mentioned
Pango Books

Books Discussed
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto
Ghost Squad - Claribel A. Ortega
The Screaming Staircase - Jonathan Stroud
Cold to the Touch - Kerri Hakoda
A Better World - Sarah Langan

If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com.
Otherwise you can:
Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester
Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady
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