The winners of the 2026 Kirkus Prize were just announced October 7th during a ceremony. With its $50,000 prize for winning authors, the Prize, in its 13th year, is one of the richest literary awards in the world. It exists to highlight the more than 93 years of thoughtful criticism Kirkus Reviews has contributed to…
Canadian poet Anne Carson is the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson was selected “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” according to a Nobel Prize Outreach 2026 press release. If you’re not familiar with Carson or her…
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So you’re typically a fantasy reader, but with Halloween quickly approaching, you’re looking for some chilling fall reads to get you ready for the season. We’ve got you covered. If you like imaginary worlds, magic, witches, wizards, spells, castles, and more, here are scary stories that are sure to be right up your alley. Could…
Slow burn romances are my favorite romance trope. I love the gradual build of feelings over the course of the novel. This helps the love feel genuine and earned between the characters. If a character falls for another character too quickly, it makes me wonder why they fell in love with them in the first…
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October 6th and 7th are Prime Big Deal Days on Amazon, and there are a ton of books — including ebooks and print books — on sale today. Here are some of the most exciting deals happening now, ranging from 40-66% off. While these are deals for Amazon Prime members, most of these books are…
Halloween is creeping right up on us. Is your costume still a big question mark? All the answers lie within your favorite mystery novels. I put on my houndstooth deerstalker cap, took a few puffs on my pipe, and used my powers of observation and deduction to come up with mystery-themed costumes that could kill…
From the Ignatz Awards to the Nashville Comics Festival, the world of comics has been booked and busy the last couple of months. That includes new releases. This month has the expected spooky titles, as well as Horse Girl memoirs, the latest from Jonathan Djob Nkondo Scavenger’s Reign, and more. There are also a couple…
I have one word for October’s historical fiction releases: rich. Decadent, even (okay, so two words). There’s a Victorian-era version of Hamlet, a grotesque ball, artists—in love in the 18th-century, and in the underground scene in 1920s Berlin—and a series of punk murders in New York in the ’80s. There’s even new Susanna Clarke, of…