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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Sometimes historical fiction news trickles in slowly, and sometimes it comes on big and fast. News of a new adult historical fiction novel from award-winning author Ruta Sepetys certainly counts as the latter—especially …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Let’s wrap up the month of November with a look at the new comics and new nonfiction that published for young adult readers. Like has been seen throughout the month, publishing is in …
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl Little Witch Hazel is a midwife, healer, and all-around helper living in a charming tree trunk cottage in a magical forest. The book is split into four stories, one for each season. It begins with Little Witch Hazel rescuing …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. At their best, memoirs can serve as portals to another world that’s inhabited by somebody else. Part of what makes them so compelling is that the world written about in these books is, …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Yen On, your favorite novel publisher! Mitsuhiro Matsunaga is an investor relations manager at a large development firm that’s currently in the process of constructing a new high-rise building. After claims surface online …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public …
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. The Biggest Best-Of-2025 List Has Landed NPR’s annual “Books We Love” feature is …


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A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar This book seemed to be on everyone’s mind throughout the Book World. Here’s what our Chief of Staff had to say about it: In the near future in Kolkata, India, a family prepares to immigrate to the United States as climate refugees. …
U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell ruled in favor of 21 state attorneys general suing Donald Trump over the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and several other small federal agencies. This permanent injunction means that the Trump administration cannot do further harm to …
Before diving into the specifics of each of these bills–as well as sharing a guest piece from two authors’ experiences bringing Rhode Island’s bill to law this year–a little bit about what this type of anti-censorship legislation does. Defining “Freedom to Read” Bills–What They Do and Don’t Do In general, …
Scarlet Morning by N.D. Stevenson A true adventure story that reminds me of my childhood favorites because it trusts children to read about danger, scary things, weird things, and gross things! I’ve been a big fan of N.D. Stevenson since Lumberjanes, and the Nimona adaptation is one of my all-time …
As is always the case, the ruling class has lied to get and keep power. They’ve effectively shaped history to their will, but revolution is imminent. Whether it’s Sylah, the working-class revolutionary infiltrating the upper echelons, or Hassa, the enslaved woman pulling strings from the shadows, those secrets are going …
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First up, I have a couple of books I need to read before 2026. I’m currently reading The Curse of the Cole Women by Marielle Thompson (out December 2nd), a sapphic gothic novel I’m planning to recommend on the December 2nd episode of the All the Books podcast. My other …


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Cannon by Lee Lai Cannon and Trish bonded over shared experiences as queer second-generation Chinese teens in their small Canadian town. Now in their late 20s, they’ve somewhat drifted apart. But when Cannon needs her most, Trish rescues her from a nightmarish work situation and helps her find a way …
Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook by Samin Nosrat Somin Nosrat swore she’d never write a traditional cookbook. Her first book, Salt, Fat, Acid Heat, was a sort of manifesto on learning how to cook without recipes. But over time, she’s realized that …


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The trailer for the film adaptation of the latest Hunger Games book, Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, was just released. It opens with an almost unrecognizable Glenn Close as the character Drusilla Sickle being escorted towards a podium. This latest adaptation of the mega-popular franchise is based on the …


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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The “best of” season began in earnest in early October. Every year, it gets earlier and earlier, and while there are some compelling arguments for “best of” lists to hit in anticipation of …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s finally here: Book Riot’s picks for the Best Books of 2025. We pride ourselves on having one of the most diverse and eclectic Best Books of the Year lists, representing a wide …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Authors Equity Four men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder. Perfect for readers of David Grann’s The Wager and Nathaniel …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When I became an elementary librarian in 2017, graphic novels were a fledgling section in our collection. Even though we had just a few copies of a few stories, the impact was huge. …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Now that we’re creeping to the end of 2025, publications everywhere will start publishing their best books of the year lists. This year was a hard one for me, personally and politically. And …
