Fresh Ink

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

So, you’re looking for more books to add to your TBR. These new releases are a great place to start, but here at Book Riot, we’ve got so many other resources to bury you under a pile of unread books! Check out the Most Read Books On...

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....

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...

Happy Pride Month! If you’re looking for some LGBTQ books to add to your TBR this month, I have a few queer new releases to share with you this week, but you can also check out The Hottest Queer Books of Summer 2024 and The Best Recent LGBTQ+...

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...

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...

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...

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...

For all the bookish Swifties, here are some bookish goodies to hopefully alleviate your tortured poethood. And, here are some of the most popular nonfiction books of 2024 so far on Goodreads, if you were curious. Staying on that nonfiction wave,...

In exciting adaptation news, Elliot Page is developing the queer science fiction novel The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer. In the realm of new books, there’s the middle grade short story collection The Door Is Open, edited by Hena...