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Publisher |: Book Riot

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Books,; Fiction,; Mystery,; Society & Culture,; True Crime

Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Books,; Fiction,; True Crime

Read or Dead is a bi-weekly show dedicated to the worlds of mystery and thriller literature.

People |: Rincey (@rinceya),; Katie McLain Horner (@kt_librarylady)
Premiere Date |: 2017-05-30
Frequency |: Biweekly
Explicit |: No

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154 Available Episodes (154 Total) / Average duration: 00:51:14

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154 Available Episodes (154 Total)Average duration: 00:51:14

Apr 21, 2023

00:52:31

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss YA mystery novels!

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NEWS

Anne Perry Dies at 84 (Book Riot)

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice – Cristina Rivera Garza

She Is a Haunting – Trang Thanh Tran

The Getaway – Lamar Giles

Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angeline Boulley

Sadie – Courtney Summers

Sisters of the Lost Nation – Nick Medina

Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many – Mona Gable

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

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Apr 14, 2023

00:54:26

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss novels nominated for the Edgar Awards!

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NEWS

“Oscar Isaac will play a sexy Kurt Vonnegut in a new crime series.” (Hey, I’m just quoting the experts here!)

Amazon has canceled Three Pines after just one season.

Amazon is adapting E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars as a series.

BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Woman in the Library – Sulari Gentill

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls – Kathleen Hale

Shutter – Ramona Emerson

Devil House – John Darnielle

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them – Timothy Egan

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Mar 24, 2023

00:49:33

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss noir novels!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Resemblance – Laura Nossett

The Devil Takes You Home – Gabino Iglesias

Scorched Grace – Margaret Douaihy

On the Savage Side – Tiffany McDaniel

When These Mountains Burn – David Joy

Red London – Alma Katsu

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Mar 10, 2023

00:42:02

Since Katie McLain Horner is on vacation this week, Liberty Hardy joins Kendra Winchester to discuss middle grade mysteries!

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NEWS

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BOOKS MENTIONED

I Have Some Questions for You – Rebecca Makkai

The Secret History – Donna Tartt

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels – Beth Lincoln, Illustrated by Claire Powell

Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea Book 1) – Thomas Taylor and Tom Booth

The Dare: Friends, Family, and Other Eerie Mysteries by Cynthea Liu

Spirit Hunters – Ellen Oh [

When You Reach Me – Rebecca Stead

The Golden Spoon – Jess Maxwell

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector – Amit Katwala

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

Find Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Feb 24, 2023

00:49:39

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester crime books by Black authors.

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NEWS

Walter Mosely has been awarded the 2023 CWA Diamond Dagger Award

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix

The Violin Conspiracy – Brendan Slocumb

All Her Little Secrets / Anywhere You Run – Wanda M. Morris

My Darkest Prayer – S.A. Cosby

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The Cutting Season – Attica Locke

Scorched Grace – Margot Douaihy

I Have Some Questions For You – Rebecca Makkai

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Feb 10, 2023

00:50:46

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books with sinister vibes!

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

VenCo – Cherie Dimaline

How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix

Jackal – Erin E. Adams

See What I Have Done – Sarah Schmidt

Devil House – John Darnielle

Bad Cree – Jessica Johns

Such Pretty Flowers – KL Cerra

Harriet Spies – Elana K. Arnold

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Jan 27, 2023

00:50:57

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss cozy mystery novels!

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NEWS

Edgar Award Nominees!

Crime Reads’ Most Anticipated Crime Novels of 2023

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It – Elle Cosimano

Arsenic & Adobo – Mia P. Manansala

Death by Dumpling – Vivien Chien

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley

The Exiles – Jane Harper

Promise Boys – Nick Brooks

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Jan 13, 2023

00:52:01

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated book releases of 2023.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Age of Vice – Deepti Kapoor

Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder – Piu Eatwell

All That Is Mine I Carry With Me – William Landay (March 7, 2023)

Red London – Alma Katsu (March 14, 2023)

Sing Her Down – Ivy Pochoda (May 23, 2023)

The Only One Left – Riley Sager (June 20, 2023)

Bad Cree – Jessica Johns (Doubleday, January 10th)

All the Sinners Bleed – S.A. Cosby (Flatiron, June 6th)

The Mistress of Bahtia House – Sujata Massey (Soho Press, July 11th

Don’t Fear the Reaper – Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press, February 7th)

VenCo – Cherie Dimaline (William Morrow, February 7th)

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Dec 30, 2022

00:49:25

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books they didn’t manage to get to in 2022.

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NEWS

Trailer for 65 (Adam Driver + time travel + dinosaurs!!)

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Things We Found When the Water Went Down – Tegan Ni Swanson

The House Across the Lake – Riley Sager

Jackal – Erin Adams

The Hacienda – Isabel Canas

Hokuloa Road – Elizabeth Hand

The Weight of Blood – Tiffany D. Jackson

Devil House – John Darnielle

The Violin Conspiracy – Brendan Slocum

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Dec 16, 2022

00:55:28

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their favorite mysteries and thrillers of 2022.

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NEWS

Goodreads Choice Award Winners 2022

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

They’re Going to Love You – Meg Howrey

Hidden Pictures – Jason Rekulak

Cherish Farrah – Bethany C. Morrow

Hide – Kiersten White

Red Widow – Alma Katsu

Shutter – Ramona Emerson

My Darkest Prayer – S.A. Cosby

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City – Tanya Talaga

“Harvard announces return of Native hair samples” (Indian Country Today)

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

Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady

And we will talk to you all next time!

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Apr 21 | 00:52:31

Young Adult Mystery Novels

Apr 14 | 00:54:26

[UPDATED] Our Annual Edgar Awards Show!

Mar 24 | 00:49:33

Noir Novels for Your TBR!

Mar 10 | 00:42:02

Middle Grade Mysteries with Special Guest Liberty Hardy!

Feb 24 | 00:49:39

Black Crime Writers for the Win!

Feb 10 | 00:50:46

Sinister Vibes—and Opinions!

Jan 27 | 00:50:57

Cozy Mystery Novels

Jan 13 | 00:52:01

Our Most Anticipated Books of 2023

Dec 30 | 00:49:25

Books We Wish We Read in 2022

Dec 16 | 00:55:28

Our Favorite Books of 2022

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