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Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Alice Law has always wanted to be one of the brightest names in Magick, and she’s sacrificed everything to work with Jacob Grimes at Cambridge. But then Grimes is killed in a magical accident that could be Alice’s fault, and now, she must journey to Hell to save his soul and

Eileen’s primary literary love is comic books, but she’s always on the lookout for her next literary adventure no matter what form it takes. She has a Bachelor’s in media studies, a Master’s in digital communication, a smattering of published short stories, and a seriously cute dog. Follow her on Bluesky. View All posts by

To understand why the Freedom Trucks project is not only spreading a whitewashed history of America but also indicative of the role the America250 project will have in rewriting this country’s story, let’s break this press release down. It is a tremendous work of propaganda and mis/disinformation. From the top: The Institute of Museum and

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The National Book Awards Fiction Longlist Is In! The Fiction longlist is in and I’m patting myself on

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Katie’s parents never told her “no” when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation &

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. School Phone Ban Leads to Increased Library Use Students in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools are checking out

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Catch up on the news you missed this week with the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in. School Phone Ban Leads to Increased Library Use Students in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools arechecking out library books at record rates, a “culture shift” correlated to the district’s new cellphone ban. Here are just

The Long Walk (Theatrical Release, September 12) This dystopian thriller is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Set in a dystopian version of the United States, which is ruled by a totalitarian regime (wait… is this nonfiction?), this is the story of a group of young men who join a

Jessica Pryde is a member of that rare breed that grew up in Washington, DC, but is happily enjoying the warmer weather of the desert Southwest. While she is still working on what she wants to be when she grows up, she’s enjoying dabbling in librarianship and writing all the things. She’s the editor of

The True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine (Gay Fiction) To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage (Sapphic Fiction) lgarabía: The Song of Cenex, Natural Son of the Isle Alarabíyya by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera (Trans Fiction) Daddy Issues by Eric C. Wat (Queer Men Short Stories) See You at the Finish

Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela (September 9) Through the epistolary form of his email drafts, we watch our unnamed protagonist grapple with the complicated realities of queer polyamorous life in the contemporary world, where open marriages aren’t as taboo as they once were, but where his messy feelings still feel unprecedented. There’s no room for

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Dark academia fantasy written by one of our most versatile and talented contemporary writers, who also happens to come from the world of academia? Yes, please. Today, I’m talking about August’s biggest new release, which also happens to

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused

Wired has documented an interesting trend they’ve noticed online. It’s one in which the adult children of conservative parents try to bridge divides in political views by getting them to read books. One woman in Denver made a deal with her parents to read three books of her choosing on topics like the destruction of

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. July 4th, the Conservative Alberta government signed a ministerial order banning any books with “explicit sexual content” from schools, excepting religious texts. Schools are required to be in compliance by October 1st—a very quick turnaround to sift through

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. It’s the first Tuesday of the biggest month of the year in books, which means there are book lists galore out there. Here is a rundown of September book lists to make you really feel

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I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Mariama J. Lockington (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 14) YA romance readers, here’s a holiday rom-com just for you! Juniper and Lyric are complete opposites. As someone who grew up in foster care, influencer Lyric has a difficult time with how family-oriented Christmas is. Meanwhile, Juniper

One of the movies on the list that I have seen is Event Horizon. I remember I was in line by myself to see a different movie (which one, I can’t remember), but it sold out, so I thought, “Sam Neal and Laurence Fishburne? I’ll try this.” Wow, was I in for a surprise. Its

As a children’s librarian, helping families read together is the most rewarding part of my job. And, as a new parent, I understand how challenging that can be—you are underslept, overstimulated, and reading on someone else’s schedule. When I first started working with children and families, it was clear how confusing and overwhelming choosing books

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. As I write this, it’s swelteringly hot outside. I just went swimming in the river for a reprieve. But autumn is so close I can taste it. Despite beach reads, vacation reads, and summer reads, fall is the