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Christopher Nolan is adapting Homer’s The Odyssey to the big screen, and it promises a star-studded cast. Zendaya, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, and Elliot Page are all attached, and we’ve just gotten our first look at Matt Damon as Odysseus. The IMDB description of Nolan’s The Odyssey is that it “Follows

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 on creating safe spaces for queer teens, mentorship, and providing test prep instruction free to students. Outside

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 WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View

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 movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over

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Ten years ago, I read The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie, and I haven’t shut up about it since. So tell me why her next novel, Skye Falling, came out four years ago, and it took me until now to read it. And then there’s The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, which

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Level up your reading life! Become an All Access member and explore our full library of exclusive bonus content, including must-reads, deep dives, and reading challenge recommendations. Sign up now for only $6/month! The Best

Isabelle Popp has written all sorts of things, ranging from astrophysics research articles and math tests to crossword puzzles and poetry. These days she’s writing romance. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s probably knitting or scouring used book stores for vintage gothic romance paperbacks. Originally from New York, she’s as surprised as anyone that

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright Suit In what has the potential to be a landmark decision, Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the U.S. The media and technology holding company

The son of a librarian, Chris M. Arnone’s love of books was as inevitable as gravity. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. His cyberpunk series, The Jayu City Chronicles, is available everywhere books are sold. His work can also be found in Adelaide Literary Magazine and

The multi-award winning feminist author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) has announced that she will be releasing her long-awaited memoir later this year. The 85-year-old Canadian writer’s ouvré includes everything from 17 novels to 19 poetry books and a few graphic novels, but this is her first memoir. Part of the reason she hadn’t written

Once upon a time, Goodreads was the holy grail for tracking books, in addition to being an all-around bookish website. Many readers, however, fell out of love, bemoaning the platform’s outdated design and a dearth of necessary features. And since it’s associated with Amazon, many have sworn to have nothing to do with it. This is compounded by

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Breaking Down Publishers Weekly‘s 2024 Bestsellers The latest issue of Publishers Weekly includes a deep dive into the best-selling books of 2024. You’ll have to subscribe to the print edition to really get the goodies,

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 & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things disturbing, twisted, and terrifying and

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Rehab Demon Copperhead Built Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead depicted the catastrophic impacts of the opioid crisis in Appalachia, has used the profits from the book to fund an addiction recovery

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 & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things disturbing, twisted, and terrifying and

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 movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over

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 movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over

Despite reading more than a hundred books a year, most of the time, I read pretty casually. Usually, I can put down a book and not think about it again until I pick it back up. It’s not that I’m reading bad books, but it’s rare that I get fully immersed in a story or

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 WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. “Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed In the initial news-breaking and opinion-slinging around Meta’s LLM training data, not much consideration was given to where the book data it was using

The finalists for the 2nd annual Libby Book Awards were just announced February 4th. The awards are chosen by librarians as the books that best ” captivated readers, sparked conversations, and kept us turning pages late into the night.” The award categories include everything from horror to the trending romantasy. One thing we notice that sets

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Just in time for the month of love, Goodreads has assembled a list of 100 of the most popular romance books according to their millions of members. They focused on books from the last three years—so ones that were published 2022-2024—that have been placed on Goodreads members’ shelves the most and that have a 4-star

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Cover Revealed for R.F. Kuang’s New Book And here it is: With Onyx Storm already out, I think this might take the title of the most anticipated book of the year? Between The Poppy War,

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 WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Neil Gaiman Officially Taken to Court Scarlett Pavlovich, who was a central figure in Lila Shapiro’s shattering story on Neil Gaiman, officially sued Gaiman in the Western District Court of U.S., claiming rape and human

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library Canvassing more than 2,000 participants, The NYPL did a survey last fall about how people feel about their library and, most novel to

As the announcements of new book releases out in 2025 roll in, Goodreads has spotted a few trends—things like paint drips on covers. Or novels about multi-level marketing schemes. Or speculative fiction set in Appalachia. Some of these trends are continuations from patterns set in 2024, while others have popped up just now. They have

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 on creating safe spaces for queer teens, mentorship, and providing test prep instruction free to students. Outside