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It’s October, the one month of the year when I join the crowd of horror fans. Something about the weather cooling off, the leaves falling, and the approach of Halloween has me reaching for horror, thrillers, dark fantasy, and everything unsettling. I especially look forward to the October 24-hour readathon, which I’ve been doing every

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Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and social channels. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone. This is a mix of September and October releases, and I’m going to be honest with you, I’m not sure why the

Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and social channels. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone. A chill in the air? Check. Pumpkin spice-flavored everything hitting the shelves? Check. Pop-up Halloween stores appearing overnight? Check. It’s official: it’s

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Reese Witherspoon Announces First Novel, Co-Written With Harlen Coben I have long wondered why Witherspoon didn’t have her own imprint…or house. But after the spate of high profile celebrity thriller collaborations (Viola Davis, both Clintons,

Banned Books Week and Prison Banned Books Week have passed, but Bookshop.org and The Authors Guild are keeping the spotlight on banned books through their Banned Books Sale. With it, you can get 15% off challenged books, or new books by challenged authors with the code BannedBooks24. “As we face a critical point for literature

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Meet the 2024 MacArthur Fellows Whoever shadow-coined the MacArthur a “genius” grant should themselves get one. Secretive, wide-ranging, lucrative, and the at this point the you-cant-buy-it adjective, coveted: the MacArthur is probably only the second

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 2024 National Book Award Finalists Announced The 25 Finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards were announced this morning, with five finalists in each of the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young

Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and social channels. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone. Ta-Nehisi Coates and Louise Erdrich have books coming out that are sure to be bestsellers, while Lauren Ling Brown’s debut Society of Lies feels

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Meryl Streep to Star in Series Adaptation of ‘The Corrections’ From Jonathan Franzen, CBS Studios I had to check the calendar when I saw this news over the weekend. And no it was not April

Hello Readers, Exciting changes are coming to Book Riot and your inbox! Starting this week, we’ll be bringing the diverse perspectives and thoughtful stories found at bookriot.com to our host of newsletters. You’ll find pieces written not only by the writers who have become your trusted advisors on what’s new and interesting in your favorite

Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s

Hello Readers, Exciting changes are coming to Book Riot and your inbox! Starting next week, we’ll be bringing the diverse perspectives and thoughtful stories found at bookriot.com to our host of newsletters. You’ll find pieces written not only by the writers who have become your trusted advisors on what’s new and interesting in your favorite

Every week, I put together The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists. I scour the biggest bestseller lists and tally up the titles that appear the most frequently. Unsurprisingly, that list is anything but diverse, especially because I focus on the books in the top ten. For this list, I’ve looked

After a failed HBO pilot in 2012, Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed novel The Corrections (2001) will get another crack at TV adaptation. CBS Studios is in the early phases of development for a series. Meryl Streep has signed on to star. The Corrections follows a midwestern family through a particularly challenging stretch of life. In the

Dame Maggie Smith has been a mainstay of the screen and stage for decades, winning multiple Academy Awards, BAFTAs, Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Tony Awards. Her fame had only grown over the years, with her role on Downton Abbey making her more recognizable than ever. In an announcement issued by her publicist, her

Netflix has announced its plans for a seven-episode series based on the 1952 classic East of Eden. An earlier adaptation of the book came out in 1955 and starred James Dean. The mythic novel follows the Trasks and the Hamiltons, two families in California whose life stories mirror that of Adam and Eve and Cain

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

I know a lot of people that like to read. Some of them might call themselves book nerds. This list of books is not necessarily for them, though, because while they definitely read a bunch, do they really like to read about books? This is second-order book nerddom. Let me show you around. I keep

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

I’m rooting for Payal and her revenge plot. Preeti Chhibber (Spider-Man’s Bad Connection and former Rioter!) brings us a romp of a YA rom-com featuring a Brown girl I, for one, can relate to with Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot. Read on for an excerpt following our girl as she embarks on what’s sure to

Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her favorite exclamation is “Holy cats!” Liberty reads more than should be legal, sleeps very little, frequently writes on her belly with Sharpie markers, and when she dies, she’s leaving her body to library science. Until

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Governments are Banning Books at Higher Rates In perhaps unsurprising news to those who have been following book banning coverage, two advocacy groups released data showing that the rate of book banning by state 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

Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s

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. How Booksellers Are Taking On Book Banners Publishers Weekly recently highlighted efforts by some indie booksellers to combat local book bans and get banned books into people’s hands. Big ups to Charley Rejsek of Austin’s

Jessica Plummer has lived her whole life in New York City, but she prefers to think of it as Metropolis. Her day job is in books, her side hustle is in books, and she writes books on the side (including a short story in Sword Stone Table from Vintage). She loves running, knitting, and thinking

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

Alice Nuttall (she/her) is a writer, pet-wrangler and D&D nerd. Her reading has got so out of control that she had to take a job at her local library to avoid bankrupting herself on books — unfortunately, this has just resulted in her TBR pile growing until it resembles Everest. Alice’s webcomic, writing and everything