Crime Fiction Author Guides
Discover the crime authors and novels that define a city, a setting, or a subgenre — from Las Vegas noir to small-town stalker thrillers. Curated recommendations from Phillip Strang, author of 150+ crime novels.
The Best Selling Slow Burn Romance Novels in 2026 prove that restraint is its own kind of seduction — and that the books making readers lose sleep are the ones brave enough to make you wait.
There is a particular cruelty to a well-executed slow burn, and readers have never loved it more. The Best Selling...
The Best Selling Fake Dating Romance Novels in 2026 prove that the oldest trick in romantic fiction — two people lying their way into love — remains the genre’s most reliably electric premise.
There is something deliciously dishonest at the heart of the fake dating romance, and readers cannot get...
The Best Selling Marriage of Convenience Romance Novels in 2026 prove that the oldest trick in the romantic playbook — two people who should never wed, agreeing to wed anyway — remains as irresistible and emotionally ruthless as ever.
There is something uniquely satisfying about a romance built on a...
The Best Selling Military Romance Novels in 2026 prove that readers have never been more hungry for stories where danger, duty, and desire collide on the same page.
Military romance has always occupied a distinctive corner of popular fiction, but the Best Selling Military Romance Novels in 2026 demonstrate...
The Best Selling Cowboy Romance Novels in 2026 prove that wide-open spaces, wounded hearts, and stubborn men who learn to love are as irresistible to readers as ever — and the best of this year’s crop are sharper, warmer, and more emotionally intelligent than the genre’s critics give it credit...
The Best Selling Billionaire Romance Novels in 2026 are doing something more interesting than the genre’s critics will admit — and these three titles prove exactly why.
There is a persistent snobbery about billionaire romance, a critical reflexive dismissal that refuses to engage with what these...
The Best Selling Second Chance Romance Novels in 2026 prove that the most compelling love stories are not the ones that begin perfectly — they are the ones brave enough to begin again.
Romance fiction has never been short of second chances, but the Best Selling Second Chance Romance Novels in 2026 demonstrate...
The Best Selling Friends to Lovers Romance Novels in 2026 prove that the most devastating love stories are built not on first glances, but on years of quiet knowing — and the terrifying moment you risk it all.
Few romantic tropes carry the emotional weight of friends to lovers, and the Best Selling Friends...
The Best Selling Enemies to Lovers Romance Novels in 2026 prove that friction, rivalry, and reluctant desire remain the most compelling engine in contemporary romance fiction.
There is a reason the enemies to lovers trope refuses to go away. The Best Selling Enemies to Lovers Romance Novels in 2026 demonstrate,...
The Best Selling Small Town Romance Novels in 2026 prove that readers are not retreating from the world so much as demanding that fiction give them a better one — warmer, slower, and honest about the cost of opening your heart.
There is a reason the genre refuses to shrink. The Best Selling Small Town...
The Best Selling Sports Romance Novels in 2026 prove that when passion collides with competition, the result is fiction that hits harder than any final whistle.
There is a reason sports romance has become one of the most reliably electrifying corners of contemporary fiction. The Best Selling Sports Romance...
The Best Selling Paranormal Romance Novels in 2026 are not merely love stories with fangs — they are emotionally ambitious narratives that use the supernatural to excavate the rawest human desires, and the genre has never been more artistically daring.
Paranormal romance has long been dismissed by literary...