Books

We’re wrapping up summer reading season, so let’s take a look at the books that have been making the rounds in beach bags and airport lounges in August. One thing missing from this list is a summer romance novel. Although there were some that popped up in the bestseller lists and most read on Goodreads

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September is one of the biggest months of the year for publishing. It comes with a deluge of new book releases, including from beloved and bestselling authors. So how do you choose which ones to prioritize? That’s where the Indie Next List comes in. Every month, the American Booksellers Association put together a list of

You asked (for a return of our super-soft OG hoodies), and we are answering. In celebration of Book Riot’s 15th anniversary coming up October 1, we’re bringing our original hoodies out of the vault. Available in black and charcoal, they’re bonkers comfortable and so durable that many of us on staff are still wearing the

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We’re crying into our sweet tea today as we mourn the passing of Dolly Parton, who died this morning at the age of 80. The iconic musician—as bookish as she was busty—was a tireless advocate for and patron of the literary arts. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, launched in 1995, has provided more than three million

Any book could potentially be a book club book, especially when it comes to book clubs that are focused on specific topics or genres. But then there is that category of books that fits what everyone thinks when they think of book club books. These books tend to have lots of character development, explore themes

It’s almost time. We’ve almost entered the book season, when some of the biggest titles by the most popular authors come out. And, as usual, readers are bolstering their TBRs. One reader population in particular that is preparing is Goodreads members. Now, Goodreads is not without its faults, but it is the largest social network

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We have a new book in the top five this week! Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth is a thriller that came out in October, and it’s been slowly climbing up the Most Read Books on Goodreads list for months. You might recognize the author’s name from The Good Sister and Darling Girls, among many other

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Every month, The Stack newsletter has a roundup of the best graphic novels and comics out that month. I’ve combined all of these comics into a collection: The Best New Graphic Novels & Comics of 2026. Anyone can browse Book Riot collections and click the covers to find the publisher’s description, the Book Riot recommendation,

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The rights to adapt the bestselling book Theo of Golden into a film are currently being negotiated with Warner Bros Pictures, and Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is the hopeful star. Hanks, Gil Netter, and Gary Goetzman would produce, while Allen Levi, the book’s author, would executive produce the project. Theo of Golden started as a

In yet another escalation of the manufactured panic over the content of books in school libraries, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick held a news conference this week, threatening public schools with punishment if they do not remove “graphic books.” Patrick promised that schools that do not comply with the new state law, SB 13, will

While discussing books with some ladies I met at an art workshop recently, one mentioned that The Correspondent by Virginia Evans was her first introduction to the concept of epistolary novels. As a former English Lit major and forever book nerd, I was absolutely delighted and proceeded to recommend every novel-in-letters that I could think

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Massachusetts became the latest state to pass a law protecting the right to read.  Governor Healey signed the bill last week after years of consideration in the state legislature and advocacy by groups like Mass Freedom to Read. S.3241, An Act Regarding Free Expression, protects both school and public libraries by: Putting trust in the

It’s been five long years since A Court of Silver Flames, the fifth book in Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series, was released. Now, Maas has revealed the covers and titles of the sixth and seventh books in the series. Book six is A Court of Splintered Harmony, and it comes

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The most read books on Goodreads this week are the same titles as last week, in a slightly different order. So, to keep things fresh, I took a look at the top five from three countries around the world: in Mexico, Spain, and Ukraine. It’s always interesting to see how the most popular books in

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