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What We’re Reading this Winter 2026
From pulse-pounding crime novels to psychological thrillers, these are the books guaranteed to keep your heart racing and your mind spinning.
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Sharp-eyed and sweltering, Little One masterfully captures the dread of facing your deepest desires, when the hunger to become your best self threatens to drown out everything else. An achingly astute look at modern womanhood and wellness culture, it tackles the enduring question: How far would you go to be good?
Author Features
Mining Your Own Fears to Write Nerve-Shredding Horror
I’m pretty sure my house is haunted. As far as I know, there have been two deaths here. There’s definitely a spot in the hallway which my cats run past like their paws are on fire
A Conversation With Ann Burgess: Forensic Nurse, Criminal Behavioral Pioneer, and Author
The Menendez brothers’ case was particularly challenging in that regard—understanding the depth of their abuse while watching them be dismissed as “spoiled rich kids.” I learned to compartmentalize during testimony but process afterward. I talk to colleagues, I write, I teach.