Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel | 2005 | Hallie Ephron | Buy |
| 2 | 1001 Books for Every Mood | 2008 | Hallie Ephron | Buy |
| 3 | The Bibliophile’s Devotional | 2009 | Hallie Ephron | Buy |
Hallie Ephron’s non-fiction reflects her dual career as a crime fiction author and a serious student of the genre. Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel (2005) is the most substantial of the three titles, a craft guide built on her extensive reviewing work and her own fiction practice. Its Edgar nomination placed it alongside the best critical work on crime fiction published in the mid-2000s.
1001 Books for Every Mood (2008) and The Bibliophile’s Devotional (2009) are literary reference volumes aimed at readers rather than writers, offering curated reading recommendations organized by emotional state and mood rather than genre or period. Both draw on the broad reading that shaped Ephron’s decades as a critic.