10 One-Night-Stand Romances that Readers Can Commit To

  In most romances, a romp in the hay comes after many chapters of meeting cute, silent pining, and steamy banter. Not so for books that boldly use the one-night-stand trope! In these stories, the protagonists tend to first fall into bed and then fall in love—after lots of "Oh no, I saw you naked before I realized you're my new coworker/neighbor/enemy!"...

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33 Sweeping Multigenerational Family Dramas

Why not focus on some serious family drama? Not yours, of course, but a fictional family whose story you can follow through the generations of triumph, turmoil, heartache, and homecomings.We've rounded up some reader favorites, both new and classic, that span decades, characters, and—in many cases—continents. From classics including The Godfather, The...

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It's Mystery and Thriller Week 2021 on Goodreads!

  No red herrings here! Join us for Mystery and Thriller Week as we celebrate the genre's unreliable narrators, creepy culprits, spectacular suspects, and daring detectives.   The 60 Hottest New (and Upcoming) Mysteries & Thrillers We're clued in on readers' most sought-after titles. Read    Pick Your...

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Pick Your Poison with These Mystery Subgenre Suggestions

Comforting cozies, courtroom theatrics, and cold cases that warm back up...mystery and thriller subgenres are bigger and better than ever these days!We're celebrating the myriad paths that authors can take on the way to revealing the whodunit (or howdunit). Of course, there are hundreds of possible books to recommend for each subgenre, so we focused...

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45 New YA Mysteries and Thrillers You Won't Be Able to Put Down

If you're a fan of the mystery and thriller genre and young adult books, recent months have brought a bevy of great reads to your shelves! We suspect that Courtney Summer's 2018 hit Sadie kicked off an entire trend of YA whodunits that is showing no signs of slowing down. To help you on the hunt for your next heart-pounding read, here's a list of criminally...

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The 60 Hottest New (and Upcoming) Mysteries & Thrillers

Psychological thrillers that will leave your head spinning. Cold cases, detectives hot on a trail, unreliable narrators, and a dash of poison for good measure. For mystery and thriller readers, this is the perfect time to get lost in the pages of a new book. We sleuthed through our data to find the hits of the genre so far this year, which include the...

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Mystery Solved: Why Hollywood Is Obsessed with the Whodunit

  <spoiler>By </spoiler><spoiler>Adrienne Johnson</spoiler><spoiler></spoiler><spoiler>Goodreads Contributor </spoiler> You can’t stop watching. You have things to do, children to feed, even work you get paid for. But the screen…it’s holding you hostage. Why can’t you turn away? Why? It’s a mystery. No,...

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April's Most Anticipated Romance Reads

  Some people love books. Some people fall in love. And some people love books about falling in love. Every month our team sorts through the new romance books and sees how early readers are responding. We use this information to curate a list of soon-to-be-beloved favorites. New in April: An inherited property comes with a sexy groundskeeper...

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Author Luvvie Ajayi Jones Wants You to Fight Your Fears

  Luvvie Ajayi Jones—author, cultural critic, digital entrepreneur—might be best described as a professional truthteller. Her crazily popular 2016 book, I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual, helped establish what has since become a kind of personal brand. The book is a collection of essays on various cultural topics, threaded through with thoughtful...

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33 Sexy Spring Romances to Seduce You

Whether your pleasure is headstrong historical heroines, foodie love stories, or old friends realizing they want to bang, spring's new romances offer plenty of provocative plots to fall for.To guide you to your next racy read, we've peeked ahead at Goodreads members' Want to Read shelves and early reader reviews to bring you this list of 33 highly anticipated...

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