Read or Dead Book Riot

Katie McLain Horner and guest host Liberty Hardy talk about reading recommendations for fans of Knives Out!

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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!

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Books Discussed
A Copycat Conundrum - Lisa Yee; illustrated by Dan Santat
Saint of the Narrows Street - William Boyle
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson
The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby - G. Z. Schmidt
The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentil
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues - Nova Jacobs
The Blonde Dies First - Joelle Wellington
Like Mother, Like Daughter - Kimberly McCreight
All the Sinners Bleed - S. A. Cosby
Otherwise you can:
Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady
Find Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated books for the second half of 2024!

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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!

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Books Discussed
Chasing the Boogeyman - Richard Chizmar
Midnights Rooms - Donyae Coles
Like Mother, Like Daughter - Kimberly McCreight
Guide Me Home - Attica Locke
Exposure - Ramona Emerson
Model Home - Rivers Solomon
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer - Maxie Dara
This Cursed House - Del Sander
Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable - Sarah Gerard
Our Kind of Game - Johanna Copeland

If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com.
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Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester
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Katie McLain Horner and guest host Liberty Hardy discuss LGBTQ mysteries for Pride Month!
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Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.

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Books Discussed
The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani, translated by Sam Bett
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Survivor’s Guilt by Robyn Gigl
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton
Bury Me When I'm Dead by Cheryl A. Head
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
The Lion’s Den by Iris Mwanza
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Otherwise you can:
Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady
Find Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive
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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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Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.
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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
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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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
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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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.

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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