May is Get Caught Reading Month, an annual event sponsored by the Association of American Publishers to encourage Americans to pick up a book and read. (Like we need encouragement.) Naturally, the best way to “get caught reading” is to engage in PDR (public displays of reading), which is something we do all the time…
As you no doubt know, we here at CrimeHQ love us some pulp. And the cover art has always been a big part of that love. So we’re very happy to see women with bullet bras beneath their skimpy dresses and men smoking cigarettes, drinking bourbon, and looking oh-so-cool on the covers of newer books…
If you read on the subway, you may have unknowingly entered the Underground New York Public Library or UNYPL. The website of street photographer Ourit Ben-Haim (who gave us permission to reproduce these photos) beautifully and simply documents people and their books. The images are wonderful, and the range of readers and subjects reflects the…
As I sat staring at my bookshelves, taking stock of the books that surround and inspire me, I started to notice some titles that seemed like maybe I should shelve them next to each other. I kept looking, dug deeper into the closet, and began playing a little game with titles. It killed some time…
In this special Halloween edition of Pulp in the Wild, we feature John Dickson Carr, aka John Dickson, Carter Dickson, and J.D. Carr. The Corpse in the Waxworks is one of his less-celebrated novels with his less-celebrated sleuth Henri Bencolin. While lacking Dr. Fell or Sir Henry Merrivale, it does feature a tactical killing, plenty…
Have you ever wondered what happens to a book after it leaves your hands when you donate it to a library sale, leave it at a hotel’s trading library, or just forget it on the bus? Have you ever wished you could track your pulp? Then BookCrossing is for you. With BookCrossing, you register your…
In the heat of summer, you might take your favorite summer reading to the beach – if you lived in California, Hawaii, or the south of France. If you’re in the middle of New York City, though, beaches are hard to come by, even when the mercury climbs into the 90s. The solution? For some…
