{"id":6431,"date":"2025-10-06T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6431"},"modified":"2025-10-04T22:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T02:07:12","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-275-darkly-dreaming-dexter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-275-darkly-dreaming-dexter\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 275 &#8211; Darkly Dreaming Dexter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Darkly Dreaming Dexter<\/i> by Jeff Lindsay. Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-275-darkly-dreaming-dexter\/\">the podcast<\/a> to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Dead Girls by Alice Bolin\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/echowife.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/echowife-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/echowife-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/echowife-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/echowife-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/echowife.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062657145\"><em>Dead Girls<\/em> by Alice Bolin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250174673\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Echo Wife<\/em> by Sarah Gailey<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062319791\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I&#8217;ll Be Gone in the Dark<\/em> by Michelle McNamara<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jaws.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jaws-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Jaws by Peter Benchley\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jaws-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jaws-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jaws-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jaws.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lastcall.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lastcall-143x220.webp\" alt=\"Last Call by Elon Green\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lastcall-143x220.webp 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lastcall-195x300.webp 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lastcall-667x1024.webp 667w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lastcall-1001x1536.webp 1001w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lastcall.webp 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/midnight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/midnight-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/midnight-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/midnight-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/midnight.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780345544148\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Jaws<\/em> by Peter Benchley<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250833020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Last Call<\/em> by<em> Elon Green<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780679751526\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil<\/em> by <em>John Berendt<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/silence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/silence-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/silence-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/silence-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/silence-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/silence.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sociopath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sociopath-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sociopath-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sociopath-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sociopath-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sociopath.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250048097\"><em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em> by Thomas Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781668003190\"><em>Sociopath: A Memoir<\/em> by Patric Gagne<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780393868494\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Stranger Beside Me<\/em> by Ann Rule<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexter-150x214.jpg\" alt=\"Dexter (Season 1)\" width=\"150\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexter-150x214.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexter-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexter-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexter.jpg 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexteroriginal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexteroriginal-150x212.jpg\" alt=\"Dexter: Original Sin\" width=\"150\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexteroriginal-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexteroriginal-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexteroriginal-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dexteroriginal.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hannial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hannial-150x208.jpg\" alt=\"Hannibal\" width=\"150\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hannial-150x208.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hannial.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/shows\/dexter\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dexter (TV show)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/shows\/dexter-original-sin\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dexter: Original Sin (TV show)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mNImgo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hannibal (TV show)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1497,1845,2620,2621,2625,643,2622,2626,1570,2627,2624,48,30,2623],"class_list":["post-6431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-alice-bolin","tag-ann-rule","tag-darkly-dreaming-dexter","tag-dexter","tag-elon-green","tag-hannibal","tag-jeff-lindsay","tag-john-berendt","tag-michelle-mcnamara","tag-patric-gagne","tag-peter-benchley","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-sarah-gailey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6445,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6431\/revisions\/6445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}