We’re getting at this fall thing from all angles. There are cozy books by BIPOC authors, dead boos in ghost romances, and a new book — The Complete Book of Origami: A Beginner’s Guide to the Most Popular Folded Paper Models by Shufunotomo...
The Best New Books of October
September may have felt like it whizzed by—at least to me—but that doesn’t mean it was without event. A lot of stuff happened. As a bit of a recap, Danika Ellis has written up a list of the most read books on Goodreads in September. How...
The Best New Book Releases Out September 24, 2024
The crisp air and longer nights make fall prime mystery and thriller reading time, and Addison Rizer has assembled a list of literary mysteries and thrillers with brilliant prose and a strong character focus. After looking through those, you can...
The Best New Book Releases Out September 17, 2024
The longlists for the National Book Award trickled in one by one last week, and now we have a complete list. If you follow the awards, we’ve rounded the lists up here. And, to get you fully, absolutely in an autumnal spirit, there are must-read...
The Best New Book Releases Out September 10, 2024
I feel like Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki-related things make one of the very few categories of stuff that I never tire of. Now, I’m not saying my house is decked out in Ghibli-themed decorations are anything, but I will click the hell...
The Best New Books of September
For the new month, we’re switching things up a bit. With this first roundup of new releases for September, I’ve compiled a souped-up list that looks into the future a bit. These are the books I and other Book Riot writers think are the...
The Best New Book Releases Out August 21, 2024
If you’re looking to get your FYP in bookish order, here are our favorite TikTok videos from the last week. Also make sure to catch up on the best 21st-century novels in 10 books, and read up on the best US cities for book lovers. As for...
The Best New Book Releases Out August 13, 2024
Sometimes, we like to get spicy and publish things that are sure to get the girlies talking, like this list of overrated sci-fi (and what to read instead). But, we also like to keep it cute and kiki, as we did with the books on this list of the...
The Best New Book Releases Out August 6, 2024
I don’t watch a lot of the sports ball, but have been dialed into this year’s Olympics. If you’d like some Olympic-friendly reading in between watching your faves, Susie Dumond compiled a nice list full of athlete memoirs and fun,...
The Best New Book Releases Out July 30, 2024
Y’all ever seen someone cuss in cursive? That’s the best way I can think to describe how thoroughly and beautifully Zora Neale Hurston told off her ex-husband in a letter, which Touré details in this TikTok: @toureshow #zoranealehurston...
The Best New Book Releases Out July 23, 2024
I can be a bit of a simple person sometimes. I like reading about books, and about people reading about books, and even about people selling books. If you, too, like a good bookish book, Steph Auteri has assembled this list of great novels set in...
The Best New Book Releases Out July 16, 2024
If you haven’t yet seen The New York Time’s completed list of the 100 best books of the current century (because we are, somehow, already through a quarter of it), our own Rebecca Schinsky gives a nice overview below. @bookriot...
The Best New Book Releases Out July 9, 2024
How up-to-date are you on bookish news? If you need to be caught up, here’s a roundup. Heads up that it’s not all pretty. In other bookish things you may want to know, here are the most-read books on Goodreads from last week, and the...
The Best New Book Releases Out July 2, 2024
If you’d like to see what other people are reading over on BookTok, I’ve assembled a roundup of books that are popular on the app for summer reading. And, if you want some heroic stories with a bit of a twist, here’s a great list...
The Best New Book Releases Out June 18, 2024
We are all about adding to the TBR, so here are Libro.fm’s most preordered audiobooks of this summer. After that, make sure to check out Goodreads members’ most popular books of the year (so far), as well as Amazon’s mid-year roundup....
The Best New Book Releases Out June 11, 2024
If you like queer, kitschy things (which, obviously, you do), Book Riot Editor Danika Ellis has a fab list just in time to get your Pride Month on. Elsewhere, in Pride-worthy things, Rachel Brittain has granted us this queer romantasy list for those...
The Best New Book Releases Out May 28, 2024
Which app do you use to track your reading and keep on top of your TBR? Book Riot writer Arvyn Cerézo compares five book trackers if you are in store for something different from your current setup. And, if you’re curious about the state...
The Best New Book Releases Out May 21, 2024
Season three of Bridgerton is out, and, while I was turned off by something a character did towards the end of the first season and haven’t watched since, I’ve been seeing some excellent TikToks and Tweets about it. Case in point, this...
The Best New Book Releases Out May 14, 2024
This week, the finalists for the Locus Awards — which highlight the best science fiction and fantasy — were announced. Keeping in the vein of book awards, the Pulitzers were also announced, albeit last week. Read about them here. Now for...
The Best New Book Releases Out May 7, 2024
My head is spinning from this past weekend’s rap beef goings-on. I am a very naturally messy person, and Kendrick Lamar’s Bibilical-level roasting of Drake has sated my hunger for drama. Shifting gears a bit, if you, like me, also like...