Man, we’re out here losing recipes. We’ve lost yet another literary giant—someone who, as Rebecca Joines Schinsky points out, was so iconic that she became famous, even as a poet. Kelly Jensen wrote up a great summary of her life here,...
The Best Books Coming Out in December
The last few weeks have been interesting for new book releases. Fall is a big season in the book world, and the last few Tuesdays have had some very buzzy books come out by bestselling, award-winning authors, as well as some highly anticipated debut...
The Best New Book Releases Out November 26, 2024
It’s a good day. NPR has released their huge, interactive list of their Books We Love, and we are geeking out. As usual, readers can sort the mega list by what they’re feeling, and are able to choose from options like “eye-opening...
The Best New Book Releases Out November 19, 2024
There is just a teensy bit of mess in Booklandia—the streets (i.e. The New York Times and ProPublica) are saying that John Grisham didn’t properly attribute criminal justice reporter Pamela Colloff for his latest book. Jamie Canavés wrote...
The Best New Book Releases Out November 12, 2024
I’m still in the self-soothing stage following last week, and I invite you to join me. There are cutesy cooking romances to get in the mood for Thanksgiving and diverse graphic novels to escape into. But, if you’d rather have pleasant...
The 9 Hottest New Books Out This November
Though we are 10 months into this year, the end still somehow feels like it’s coming too quickly. Mariah Carey has already officially dubbed it Her Season, I’m already seeing Black Friday sales, and, more relevantly, we’ve already...
The Best New Book Releases Out October 22, 2024
October continues to be one of the heaviest-hitting months for new book releases of the year. Understandably, publishers want to avoid November—both so books don’t get lost in election coverage and so titles are out before holiday shopping...
The Best New Book Releases Out October 15, 2024
Want to hear something ridiculous? “Thanks to a new proviso in the South Carolina state budget, at least one public library system in the state has made the decision to acquire no new books for those under the age of 18.” Yeah....
The Best New Book Releases Out October 8, 2024
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...