It’s time for another round of what’s happening in the world of mystery! A treat for Lego fans, summer lists and best of 2025 so far lists have begun, and more!
Steph Cha Has Been Working on a Spy Thriller Adaptation for Amazon Prime
Arash Amel and Marguerite Bennett’s graphic novel Butterfly has been adapted into a six-episode Amazon Prime series. It stars Daniel Dae Kim and Piper Perabo with Steph Cha as co-creator with Ken Woodruff. I will be watching this in August!
Calling all Sherlock & Lego fans
You can build a LEGO® Icons Sherlock Holmes book nook!
The Importance of Costume Design
“‘This show was a real jigsaw puzzle,’ Lyn Paolo told me. We’d met on Zoom to talk about her work on The Residence, a Shondaland murder mystery you can stream in its entirety on Netflix right now. The eight-episode limited series is a variation on more than a few classic tropes from the detective genre, but I cannot quite figure out how to explain exactly how stylish the whole thing is. Every frame is impeccable, especially when the show aims for high camp.”
Speaking of My Favorite Mystery Adaptations This Year
“In a 2020 interview with Thrillers & More, Adler-Olsen discussed how his own childhood influenced his writing. The author’s father was a doctor, which led to his family living in ‘three mental hospitals’ when he was growing up.”
Let the Best of 2025 So Far lists begin
Barnes & Noble put out their The Best Books of 2025 (So Far) with a lot of categories, including The Best Mystery and Thriller Books of 2025 (So Far). I continue to wish that they’d indicate how this list is put together—based on sales? Editors’ favorite reads? Popularity contest?
Amazon’s editors have created their Best Books of 2025 So Far with a lot of categories, including Best mysteries, thrillers & suspense of 2025 so far.
Let the Summer Thriller Book Lists Continue!
- The Most Anticipated Thriller Books of Summer 2025
- Murders, ghosts and crime, oh my! New thriller books to keep you reading all summer
- 10 unmissable new thrillers to read this summer, as picked by Stylist
- 21 Hottest Books of Summer 2025
NPR Rounds Up New Releases
NPR rounded up 5 new releases that are dark—including a true crime about serial killers and S.A. Cosby’s new family drama crime novel!
On All The Books!
Liberty and Vanessa chat new releases on All The Books! including A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant, King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby, and A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais.
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This week, we’re highlighting a post discussing why it’s worth pursuing “underconsumption” in your reading life. In this era of amassing special and deluxe editions and crowding your shelves for the Tok, challenge yourself to consider a scaled-back approach to the bookish life. Read on for an excerpt and become an All Access member to unlock the full post.
One of the things that has provided some comfort for me during the recent horrors is underconsumption content on TikTok. Whether it’s Project Pan or the fact that, according to the Fashion Transparency Index, there is currently enough clothing on earth to clothe the next six generations, it’s a welcome break from being told what I should be buying. As a child, I used to adore watching TLC’s Clean Sweep. As an adult, I think I could probably stand to put all of my possessions out on a tarp on the lawn every so often. TikTok is an engine for consumerism, but somehow, it’s managed to plant a seed in my brain that goes against its own interests.
The why of underconsumption is a belief that we simply do not need all of the things that we have. It’s also a good way to build a practice of taking a breath before we chase that dopamine high of buying a new thing, of finding joy in the things that we create for ourselves. It’s made me look at how many of my hobbies don’t lead to the creation of anything new, not even ideas.
Of course, for some of us, underconsumption is an economic necessity. Most of us don’t live the lives we see reflected on our various feeds. With the will-they-or-won’t they of massive tariffs on many products coming in from other countries, the reality is that things are likely to get more expensive. This “trend” is really just showing how to make the most of what you have. Many books on shelves in the United States are printed in China, but are currently exempt from tariffs.
Why am I ruining a pure, good thing for you in these times, you ask? I’m going to try not to. I am simply here to offer suggestions that I myself will have trouble following. We strive for progress and not perfection. I am pretty sure that if I deleted the Libby app right now, heaven forbid, I would have enough unread books in my home to get me through an entire calendar year.
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