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 Humorous Science Fiction Novels in 2026 prove that making readers laugh while bending spacetime requires genuine literary skill — not just cheap puns about aliens.
Comedy in science fiction has always been the genre’s hardest trick to pull off well. While readers gladly suspend...
The Best Selling Horror Suspense Novels in 2026 prove that psychological terror still trumps mindless gore when it comes to genuinely frightening readers who know good writing from cheap thrills.
Real horror doesn’t announce itself with buckets of blood or supernatural nonsense. It creeps through...
The best thieves steal more than diamonds—they steal your sleep, demanding one more chapter until dawn breaks over their perfectly executed crimes, making the Best Selling Heist Crime Novels in 2026 impossible to put down.
In a year when readers craved escapism with intellectual bite, heist fiction delivered...
The Best Selling Hard Science Fiction Novels in 2026 reveal a genre finally mature enough to balance rigorous scientific accuracy with genuine narrative ambition.
Hard science fiction demands more from both author and reader than any other speculative genre. While space operas wave away physics with...
The Best Selling Hard Boiled Mystery Novels in 2026 prove that cynical detectives and rain-soaked streets never go out of fashion—they just get sharper prose and deeper moral ambiguity.
Hard boiled fiction has always thrived in uncertain times, and 2026 delivers a remarkable collection that reminds us...
The Best Selling Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Novels in 2026 reveal a genre wrestling with humanity’s next evolutionary leap—and the corporate interests driving it.
Genetic engineering fiction has evolved from speculative fantasy to urgent social commentary, reflecting our real-world anxieties...
While most science fiction stumbles into technobabble, the Best Selling Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Novels in 2026 actually understand the moral weight of playing god with DNA.
Genetic engineering fiction has evolved beyond mere clone armies and designer babies. The current crop of bestsellers...
The Best Selling Galactic Empire Science Fiction Novels in 2026 reveal a genre throwing off the shackles of derivative space opera and reclaiming its position as literature’s boldest frontier.
After years of formulaic empire-building narratives, 2026 has delivered a crop of galactic fiction that...
The Best Selling First Contact Science Fiction Novels in 2026 reveal a genre wrestling with humanity’s place in an increasingly unknowable universe, where the old optimism has curdled into something far more complex.
First contact fiction has always been our species’ dress rehearsal for the...
The Best Selling Epic Fantasy Novels in 2026 prove that when authors prioritise character depth over endless exposition, the genre reaches its true potential.
Epic fantasy has undergone a renaissance in recent years, shedding the dusty tropes of overlong prologues and unpronounceable names. The Best...
The Best Selling Dystopian Science Fiction Novels in 2026 reveal a genre consumed with questions of surveillance, technological control, and the erosion of individual agency—themes that feel less like fiction and more like headlines.
What makes dystopian science fiction essential reading isn’t...
The Best Selling Domestic Thriller Novels in 2026 prove that the most terrifying monsters aren’t hiding in dark alleys—they’re sitting across from you at breakfast.
Behind every picket fence lies a potential crime scene, and this year’s domestic thrillers have mastered the art of turning...