Focus On: Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, and True Crime

NetGalley offers a wealth of insightful data that sheds light on the latest trends and preferences, and in this spooky season we’re focusing on Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, and True Crime. If you haven’t browsed these categories recently, you may be missing out! In the last 12 months, publishers have added nearly 5,000 new books, generating a lot of engagement and excitement from the NetGalley community.

Read on for a glimpse at some of the Most Requested* and Top Performing** books in these categories!

Most Requested Mystery & Thrillers

On average, books in the Mystery & Thriller category receive about 320 requests and auto-approvals. This includes activity generated when a publisher invites a reader to access the book using the NetGalley widget or makes the book available to ‘Read Now’, in addition to organic requests from NetGalley members. The Feedback Ratio (amount of Feedback returned based on all types of approval) is 29%.

* *Most requested status changes regularly.* *Books listed in this article were among the most requested on October 27, 2023*.

Top Performing Mystery & Thrillers

** “*Top Performers” refers to the amount of Feedback titles received. Books listed in this article were among the Top Performers in October 2023.*

Most Requested Horror

Top Performing Horror

Most Requested True Crime

Top Performing True Crime

Case Study: The Ballad of Old Joe Booth

by William Pauley III

Horror meets poetry, this Doom Fiction audiobook has NetGalley members atwitter with four and five star reviews. Here’s how The Ballad of Old Joe Booth has made some spooky waves:

– 89 feedback as of October 23, 2023

– Over 2,000 impressions

– 100% of approved Booksellers nominated this book for the Indie Next List

– 95% of Reviewers would recommend this book/author to their audience

– The word “recommend” was in the top list of words used in NetGalley reviews!

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*Note: The cover of this book was updated since these reviews were written.*

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This newsletter was sent to over 38,000 members who are interested in Mysteries & Thrillers, and saw a 77% open rate!

Information in this article is from October 2023, unless otherwise specified. Data includes details from NetGalley.com.