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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Every January, readers who love books for children, tweens, and teens get excited about the annual awards and “best of” lists created by librarians. Among the most well known are the Caldecott Award, honoring the best in illustration;

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Generally speaking, I think of queer historical fiction as falling into two camps. One is joyful and imagines a past that is more accepting and less bigoted than it really was. The other is historically accurate and generally

Today, the National Book Foundation (NBF) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the titles selected for the fourth year of the Science + Literature program, which is made possible by a three-year $525,000 renewal grant from the Sloan Foundation. Each year since its inception, the program has honored three books—one fiction, one nonfiction,

Private Rites by Julia Armfield Somehow, I managed to get an MA in English without ever actually reading King Lear. So, right before the holiday break, I found myself sitting with my Riverside Shakespeare textbook open on my lap while I watched Anthony Hopkins perform as King Lear on my television screen. After my crash

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Josh Cook, who I interviewed last year on First Edition about somewhat similar matters, kicks off a series

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her favorite exclamation is “Holy cats!” Liberty reads more than should be legal, sleeps very little, frequently writes on

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Football Player’s In-Game Reading Sends Book to Top of the Charts Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver flipped open a

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Katie Moench is a librarian, runner, and lover of baked goods. A school librarian in the Upper Midwest, Katie lives with her husband and dog and spends her free time drinking coffee, trying new recipes, and adding to

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Catch up on the most popular stories from this week’s editions of Today in Books. Details Emerge in Sexual Assault Allegations Against Neil Gaiman 100 Books to Look For in 2025 It’s always a good day when the

I have finally reemerged from the depths of Most Anticipated Books of 2025 lists! I’ve been looking through dozens of lists across blogs, Instagram, Goodreads, and more to build a database of hundreds of new queer books out in 2025. It’s obviously not a complete list, but it’s a start! It also has very few

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Fact-Checking Chicken Soup for the Soul Readers who grew up in the ’90s and early 2000s will likely

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. How Gaiman’s Publishers Are Responding to Sexual Assault Allegations In yesterday’s installment, I wondered why publishing media has

Everand—a company that offers a monthly subscription for access to ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and more—just released their 2025 State of Reading Report. They gathered data on why we read, how and what we read, our beliefs about books, and the evolution of reading by interviewing 1,500 US consumers aged 18-64 who had paid for an

The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler E. Catherine Tobler is a titan across speculative genres. A World Fantasy Award, Hugo, Nebula, Utopia, Locus, and Sturgeon plus an exceptional editor (she edited my novella), it should really be no surprise that Tobler knows how to defy when it comes to genre. The Necessity of

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Where is Publishing’s Response to the Neil Gaiman Allegations? On Monday, New York Magazine revealed this week’s cover

Tere Sanchez is a 60-year-old professor in Vermont who’s been grieving the death of her beloved husband. One day she’s in the garden, watering the peonies he planted for her long before his unexpected death, when she suddenly realizes she’s floating in mid-air. She panics, scrambles, kicks, and screams before slowly descending back to earth,

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 100 Books to Look For in 2025 It’s always a good day when the folks at The Millions

Silvana Reyes is a Mexican book blogger. She enjoys all types of sub-genres, but loves a good love story. Romance fiction is her heart and joy and you might find her screaming about book releases on her Twitter account. View All posts by Silvana Reyes Lopez Flatiron Books, publisher of the Eventing Series Jules Thornton

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The horror genre has been steadily gaining popularity in recent years, and 2025 is delivering a slate of highly anticipated new horror books. There are new releases from beloved authors to watch for, like Never Flinch by Stephen

Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive Director for Reading Women, a podcast that gained an international following over its six-season run. In her

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Getting up to speed on the review sources being used and given legitimacy outside of BookLooks matters because in order to effect actual change, we have to be aware of the various ways these tools are being used and implemented. Certainly, get to know BookLooks. But if your knowledge ends there, you’ve got a lot

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. A Big List of 2025 Books By Women of Color Electric Literature rounded up 48 books by women

First thing’s first: let me clarify that my use of “woke” in the title refers to how a certain subset of the population incorrectly defines “woke,” and that the term as we know it today originally came into use in the Black American community in the ’60s. Read more about that here. Now for this

If you’re trying to step into a better version of yourself with the new year, Oprah Daily has rounded up 12 self-help books that could help you with everything from relationships to career and finances. The list comes in especially clutch if you prefer your self-help to be more science and less woo woo (no

It’s a new year, which is a new chance to get into a reading habit. First of all, don’t feel bad if you don’t already have a reading habit. Times are chaotic, and good habits are hard to establish. I’ve written some advice before on how to get into reading in general and nonfiction in