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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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 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 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...

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...