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The trailer for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew has arrived. Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated Netflix film premieres in theaters on February 12, and the trailer reveals more than we’ve seen yet of her spin on the first story in the Narnia chronology. Watch it here: Here are my first impressions: “Stairway to Heaven”? Tell me it’s rock
Campus mystery novels—a subcategory of dark academia—are such an enduring trend because of their seasonal flair. Windswept campuses covered in leaves are great settings for mysteries, so spooky campus mystery novels are perfect fall reading. From creepy high school boarding schools to magical institutions of higher learning, these books provide the perfect backdrop for diving
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After many, many years of user requests, Goodreads now allows half-star and quarter-star ratings. How’s everyone feeling about it? I sifted through thousands of comments on Instagram and Reddit, and here are the top sentiments being shared: ⭐ Hooray!: There are a lot of party popper emojis in the Goodreads Instagram comments, but it’s not
If you don’t spend very much time on web forums, the title of this article may sound like absolute nonsense to you. The word “creepypasta” comes from the older internet slang term “copypasta,” which was used to refer to blocks of text that circulated by being copied and pasted (on internet forums and other similar
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Sourcebooks Landmark From award-winning author Ann Dávila Cardinal comes an edgy, genre-bending thriller following a retired photographer who begins to hear the murders of women she knew in her punk youth, forcing her to reckon with the past she’s desperate to forget. “Full of twists…with just the right hint of the supernatural. A rollicking ride
The Quarto Group This is the story of a girl made of paper: bright, kind, and eager to please. But no matter what she folds herself into, it never feels like enough. A tender fable of self-care and discovering who you are. ★ “Stunning illustrations utilizing the Japanese art of kirie—paper cutting—enliven this fabulistic feminist
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This week, the most read books on Goodreads list had a bit of a shake-up. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke has been knocked down to the third position, thanks to the recent movie adaptation of Verity by Colleen Hoover. Plus, a new novella in a popular romantasy series has swooped in to snag the #1
Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo Acevedo is a favorite at Book Riot, and apparently Kirkus loves her too! Here’s what the prize jurors had to say: “Nuanced, resonant verse paints a clear-eyed, profoundly loving portrait of a teen navigating the complexities of growing up. Acevedo’s cast of fully rounded, compassionately drawn characters
Canadian poet Anne Carson is the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson was selected “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” according to a Nobel Prize Outreach 2026 press release. If you’re not familiar with Carson or her
October 6th and 7th are Prime Big Deal Days on Amazon, and there are a ton of books — including ebooks and print books — on sale today. Here are some of the most exciting deals happening now, ranging from 40-66% off. While these are deals for Amazon Prime members, most of these books are
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Hide by Carolina Ebeid “It adds up to a memorable and skillful excavation of identity and inheritance.” —Publishers Weekly “Carolina Ebeid interlaces American English, Palestinian Arabic, and Cuban Spanish as she excavates memories—of her Palestinian father and Cuban mother’s forced migrations—in order to reconstruct her own ancestry and chart her path forward.” —National Book Awards
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With the start of October, there’s been round-up after round-up of the most anticipated and best books coming out this month. Since fall has only just begun, these lists—which are conveniently gathered here—have banger after banger. I’ve parsed through them to bring you a sampling of the BIPOC releases that our staff is also excited
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Comics and graphic novels are one of the best ways to transport yourself while reading. Artists use style and detailed flourishes to show their readers both the familiar and the strange. When it comes to fish-out-of-water graphic novels, artists utilize these elements to strike the balance of explaining what the perspective character knows and showing
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“Independent media, especially cultural criticism, is essential in this moment, with the growing consolidation of traditional media paired with acquisitions from private equity and billionaires more interested in profit than media as a collective good,” says s.e. smith, author and cofounder of The Flytrap. All of these things contribute to a bleak media landscape. They’re
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October is bursting with 2026 anticipated releases. Because it’s hard to keep track of the many notable new books out this month, I combed through some prominent lists to make sure you know which books are the talk of the town. If you want to browse the full lists, here are the ones I consulted
This list continues to lack diversity on many levels, including being disproportionately by white authors. There are some real bangers coming out by non-white authors this week, though, so hopefully things will get shaken up a bit. There’s The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw, American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee, The
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Since 2006, the Center for Fiction has been highlighting the best debut novels of the year through its First Novel Prize. This year’s 180 eligible titles were published in the US between January 1st and December 31st, and were narrowed down to seven books by more than 500 writers, librarians, booksellers, and others. In early
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It’s big things poppin’ for all things having to do with The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. First off, the 2021 mega-bestselling STEMinist romance, which began as a Reylo fanfic, has already been adapted into a buzzy new film that just came out on September 23rd on Prime Video. Secondly, Hazelwood announced Tuesday that not