BNA_Editor | January 13, 2010
Crime fiction readers are a breed apart. They read voraciously and they read loyally, following favorite authors to the end (and sometimes long past the point the books warrant; we can all think of authors whose later books were sad shadows of earlier triumphs). Most important, mystery lovers love to talk about what they read, [...]
thomas_b | November 23, 2009
The crime fiction world gathers annually at Bouchercon (the World Mystery Convention), named for New York Times literary critic and editor Anthony Boucher, a mystery novelist in his own right who was the first mainstream critic to treat crime fiction seriously.
Mystery authors still feel a bit like literary stepchildren, which may be one reason for [...]
BNA_Daily | October 15, 2009
On Tuesday, Michael Connelly’s latest installment of the Harry Bosch series, Nine Dragons, released to an onslaught of rave reviews. In this book, the 15th in the Harry Bosch drama, Bosch must deal with his normally locked up emotional side while investigating a case that takes him to Hong Kong. This time, it’s impossible for [...]
BNA_Editor | July 10, 2009
With great mystery writers like Michael Connelly speaking at this year’s ALA conference in Chicago, it got us thinking about the current state of the mystery genre. And, in our minds, there are few people more qualified to talk about mystery fiction than Jim Huang, one of B&A’s premier subject matter experts. Since we’ve got [...]
BNA_Daily | June 24, 2009
You would never know it’s the beginning of summer by looking at this week’s New York Times best-seller list - with witches, weretigers, and tech-savvy killers, it feels more like Halloween. But clearly these are the books that keep people turning pages late into the night or distract them from re-applying sunscreen as they cook [...]
BNA_Daily | May 29, 2009
June is going to be big for mystery lovers, with Janet Evanovich’s Finger Lickin’ Fifteen and James Patterson’s Swimsuit releasing late in the month. Evanovich and Patterson frequently top the NY Times bestseller list, fueled by loyal fans who keep coming back for more. But with the mystery genre growing, there are scores of new, [...]
J_Huang | January 19, 2009
Good news about reading!
Earlier this month, National Endowment of the Arts released study that shows that “for the first time since 1982 … the proportion of adults 18 and older who said they had read at least one novel, short story, poem or play in the previous 12 months has risen,” according to a report [...]
