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To much of the bookish world’s surprise, Barnes & Noble announced that Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser, translated by Hildegarde Serle, was their book of the year. But Samin Nosarat’s new cookbook Good Things won their “Best Gift Books of the Year” award, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s a standout book of the year,

The Beast In Me (Netflix) Courtesy of Netfli The tropes of this show are the most bookish: Aggie Wiggs is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has become reclusive and angry since her son died four years ago. She’s divorced and two years behind deadline on the biography she’s writing about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Then Nile

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL

Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl Little Witch Hazel is a midwife, healer, and all-around helper living in a charming tree trunk cottage in a magical forest. The book is split into four stories, one for each season. It begins with Little Witch Hazel rescuing an abandoned owl egg and

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Leah Rachel von Essen reviews genre-bending fiction for Booklist, and writes regularly as a senior contributor at Book Riot. Her blog While Reading and Walking has over 10,000 dedicated followers over several social media outlets, including Instagram. She

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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 NYPL Best Books of 2025 The New York Public Library is one of our most venerable library

Cannon by Lee Lai Cannon and Trish bonded over shared experiences as queer second-generation Chinese teens in their small Canadian town. Now in their late 20s, they’ve somewhat drifted apart. But when Cannon needs her most, Trish rescues her from a nightmarish work situation and helps her find a way out. Scarlet Morning by N.D.

Before diving into the specifics of each of these bills–as well as sharing a guest piece from two authors’ experiences bringing Rhode Island’s bill to law this year–a little bit about what this type of anti-censorship legislation does. Defining “Freedom to Read” Bills–What They Do and Don’t Do In general, there are two types of

Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook by Samin Nosrat Somin Nosrat swore she’d never write a traditional cookbook. Her first book, Salt, Fat, Acid Heat, was a sort of manifesto on learning how to cook without recipes. But over time, she’s realized that recipes can be a way

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 &

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica The Unworthy is the highly anticipated new novel from the author of Tender is the Flesh, and it did not disappoint. It’s a mix of genres: eco-horror, dystopian fiction, cult horror, literary fiction… In other words, this one is going to please a lot of readers across many genres. It

Linghun by Ai Jiang The mysterious town of HOME is known for its ghosts. But these aren’t the kinds of ghosts that you’re used to reading about in scary stories. These ghosts don’t terrorize the living or remain where they are unwelcome. Instead, the ghosts that haunt the houses of HOME are very much wanted.

Welcome to your Sunday edition of Today in Books. Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Amazon’s Best Books of the Year In a year without a novel likeJamesowning headlines and bestseller lists, the field has been wide open for end-of-year lists. At the top of Amazon’s newly

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In January, my colleague Kelly Jensen wrote about the Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards: only 11% of winners were written by authors of color, and that was even worse in the first five years of the award. Queer books haven’t fared much better, though that had been shifting in the last handful of

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 831 Stories Gives Romance a New Look There’s nary a clinch nor a bodice to be found on the romance novels from 831 Stories, a publishing startup founded by Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo. The

Among the numerous other similar non-professional book reviews is Take Back the Classroom (TBTC). TBTC was mentioned in this look at such sites in January, but over the course of the last year, TBTC’s profile has grown exponentially. It’s not only grown, though. It’s become a resource that book banners are turning to and pointing

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 &

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive

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 Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel

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 &