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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Penguin Random House Audio Two women. One dead husband. Get ready for the hottest suspense novel of the new year, now available as an audiobook read by a full cast. Camille Bayliss appears to have the perfect life,
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Community Aid Network MN Book Drive If you’re looking for additional ways to support people in MN who are dealing with ICE making their communities unsafe, the Community Aid Network MN, which supports families in
Another week, another round-up of library news. This week, I have library legislation updates and small actions you can take to help defend the right to read in 2026. Let’s jump in. Maine Library Commission Rescinds Request For Paid Directors The Maine Library Commission has rescinded its proposal that all state public libraries have paid
Once I received my copy, I filled it with post-it notes and marginalia. So many exclamation points in this book, y’all. It’s mind-blowing and despairing how common and widespread fens, bogs, and swamps were. In America and Great Britain, these bastions of environmental diversity were almost wiped out to make way for farmland. Some areas
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Tiffany D. Jackson’s The Weight of Blood is a retelling of one of Stephen King’s most beloved novels, Carrie. Madison Washington has always been the target of bullying at Springville High. But the bullying only gets worse after her big secret is revealed: Maddy is biracial and
The young people who will be entering college in the 2026-2027 school year were in eighth grade when book banning began its latest national increase. For young people in some states, including Florida, Texas, Utah, and others, this means that they’ve never had access to a wide swath of books on topics like racism, gender,
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu If you’ve never read linked short stories, or assume you won’t enjoy them, give this book a try because Sequoia Nagamatsu leans into what I love most about this kind of collection. It’s not just the Easter egg moments of recognizing characters or timelines from
Editor’s note: Keith Sonderling’s official role as Acting Director of IMLS ended in November, as these positions have time limits. Despite not officially being in the role anymore, he is still being given authority to make decisions and sign off on items like the notices of funding opportunities. In November 2025, the Institute of Museum
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rachel is a writer from Arkansas, most at home surrounded by forests and animals much like a Disney Princess. She spends most of her time writing stories and playing around in imaginary worlds. You can follow her writing
Last year saw tremendous budget slashing in all types of libraries nationwide. It wasn’t just public or school librarians who saw their jobs and resources end. Academic libraries were on the chopping block, sending yet another message about the ways that access to verifiable facts, the historical record, and resources that advance knowledge aren’t priorities.
River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse (S&S/Saga Press, March 3) Bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse has had a few amazing novels that we rave about on Book Riot all the time, like Black Sun and Tread of Angels. And this, her first collection, gathers up some of her award-winning stories, such as “Welcome
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. There is, as is usual at this point, a lot going on. It’s both an exciting time in the book world, with all of the most-anticipated book lists that are popping up everywhere (here’s ours), but also a
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 Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Series Announced I loved both Niels Arden Oplev’s and David Fincher’s adaptations


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Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa Anyone who has needed the healthcare system in the past decade (me included) knows that our system in the U.S. is seriously broken. But for all that it’s bad enough for people in general,
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Yes, this is real! With a massive cast of top actors and a trailer where every second is more “what?!” than the last, I’m actually all in. Here is the trailer for The Sheep Detectives, an upcoming film
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Heavy Is the Crown: George R.R. Martin on His Triumphs and Torments Martin knows that we know that he knows that we know how profoundly behind he is. It’s not just that Winds of Winter
These soulmarks are preordained and can come in the form of a character’s name, a physical symbol found somewhere on the characters’ bodies (identical or complementary), a timer for when the characters will meet or when one will die, or even words spoken to each other upon meeting for the first time. The possibilities are
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
Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis (April 7) I once read a horror story by L. D. Lewis that frightened me so much that I put the book down for a full year before picking it up again. This is a violent, dark sapphic extension of The Little Mermaid tale that will for
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel This is my favorite of Emily St. John Mandel’s novels so far. It’s beautiful and melancholy, and details the stories of a man crossing to Canada, an author who is visiting Earth from the moon for her book tour when a pandemic breaks out, and a detective
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
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 too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Millions’ Great Winter 2026 Preview When Sophia Stewart drops a seasonal preview, I link to it. Simple as that. Early 2026 seems particular stacked with interesting new books. Usually in January I can take
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