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Common Reads, sometimes called One Book, One College or All Campus Reads, have been a popular project for U.S. colleges and universities for the last decade. They invite incoming students to all read the same book and spend the first weeks—or even the full first year—talking about it. It’s both a smart way to prepare

Do you know that you shouldn’t order fish on Monday? Have you enjoyed The Bear, the collected works of David Chang, or food memoirs like Blood, Bones, and Butter and Crying in H Mart? If so, you owe a debt of gratitude to Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain wasn’t trying to change restaurant culture when he wrote

Barnes & Noble announces the most anticipated books of the fall, an IMAX release for Greta Gerwig’s NARNIA, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Biggest Books of Fall, According to Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble has released

In the world of mystery and thriller news, we continue to have a constant stream of adaptation news, which I love to see. I’ve also got some book lists for you, a release date for Lupin Part 4 (finally!), and a Netflix teaser of Scooby-Doo as a puppy to cleanse all the timeline feeds. Procedural

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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. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, including the buzziest summer reads, an AI chatbot in Google Play Books, the winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards, and more. The Buzziest Summer Reading Books

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Every month, there’s a flood of new books coming out clamoring for a spot on your TBR. But with so many competing for your attention, it’s easy to lose track of the ones you’re most excited about. And often, you just end up hearing about the titles with the biggest marketing budgets. So, how do

Booksmaxxing, a highly anticipated book-to-screen adaptation, updates on MrBeast and James Patterson’s new book, and more of the top literary headlines of the day. Reading is Sexy: Welcome to Booksmaxxing Okay, I don’t think “booksmaxxing” is a real thing as much as it’s a tempting headline, but there is a case to be made that

As the American Library Association (ALA) reported in its April 2026 State of Libraries Report, the movement to censor materials in American schools and public libraries has shifted. The number of titles targeted in 2025 that were reported to ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom has grown (nearly 2,000 more titles than 2024), but the vast

Today’s literary headlines include a trailer for the new Spider-Man movie, an experiment with mass-market paperbacks, the return of The Wheel of Time to screens, and more. Watch the Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day has dropped, with Tom Holland as a Spider-Man that the world has forgotten.

Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet sparked a global phenomenon, and in 2024, the New York Times named My Brilliant Friend—the first book in the series—the best book of the century so far. That’s a big deal! So what does it take to be #1, and what does the selection reveal about modern reading habits and values?

Today’s literary headlines include a surprisingly heartwarming copyright claim connected to the Peanuts gang, a new chatbot feature for Google Play Books, and more. A Copyright Claim We Can All Feel Good About As you likely know, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was cancelled by CBS, claiming it was “purely a financial decision” that

Every Pride Month, I try to stack my reading list with as many LGBTQ+ books as possible. It’s not like I don’t read plenty of queer books the rest of the year, too, but I always love an excuse to do some themed reading. There are countless LGBTQ+ historical fiction books I could recommend—and have

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Call It a ‘Book-cation’ or a ‘Readaway,’ Literary Travel Is Having a Moment The New York Times dives into the growing interest–and offerings–when it comes to literary tourism. According to the travel website Skyscanner, 55%

Sometimes the year’s buzziest book takes a while to show up, but the buzziest 2026 book made waves from the jump, landing a well-deserved Oprah Book Club pick. Collecting praise from critics and the general reader alike, Kin by Tayari Jones is one of few books I expect to see on every Best Books of

In today’s literary headlines, we have the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards, the buzziest summer reading books of 2026, an adaptation cancellation, and more. Meet the Winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards I’m always interested in the Lambda Literary Awards, which recognize LGBTQ+ literature in different categories. I was especially invested this year,

It’s Pride Month, and you know what that means: it’s the perfect excuse to buy a bunch of new queer books. To get you started, I’ve highlighted seven queer books that check off 2026 Read Harder Challenge tasks, including a nonfiction book about resistance, a recent gothic novel, a fabulist book, a book about a

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered ourselves on Book Riot this week. The state of Utah has been on a book banning blitz in 2026. On Friday, June 5, the state added its 35th book

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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. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, from Amazon’s picks for the best books of 2026 so far to the winners of this year’s Nebula awards, and more. Amazon’s List of the Best Books

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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. 2026 Winners of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Nonfiction Announced This year’s Women’s Prize for Nonfiction is a book I haven’t heard too much about, but it sounds intriguing. The Finest Hotel by Lyse

A fundamental right for U.S. public library users is that of privacy. This means no one is monitoring what a patron is perusing, what they’re borrowing, or their library use history. It means that authorities cannot walk into a library and demand another user’s records; in many cases, library borrowing records are purged upon the

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Staffers at People Magazine Share Their Favorite Queer Books And the list is pretty solid. There’s the National Book Award-winning experimental Blackouts by Justin Torres, the Nigeria-set Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde, the vampiric

I sat down to make a list of new and recent queer Latine books to read for Pride. But here’s the thing: I’ve been talking about most of the books that came to mind all year long. That’s a good thing, of course: celebration months should, after all, be gentle reminders to read lit by

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Amazon’s List of the Best Books of the Year So Far I want to say that Amazon’s list of the best books of the year so far is robust because it is, in a way.

There’s something special about the way a dual-timeline historical fiction novel connects people and stories throughout the past and present. From multi-generational tales that cover the lives of an entire family tree to novels that feature characters connected through the ages, dual- and multi-timeline novels are able to depict history in a way single timeline

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. House Lawmakers Vote to Have the Power to Appoint the Librarian of Congress In the latest piece of America fighting for its ever-living soul news (because that’s exactly what a second Trump term demands), House

Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest About the book club: British singer/songwriter Dua Lipa is clearly a book lover and created “a space to enjoy all things literary, including Dua’s Monthly Reads and exclusive Q&As between her and the authors…” What Dua Lipa said about the book: “I’ve long admired Kae Tempest for his