Book Girl Summer is still stomping the runway. The fashion trend gained traction after Vogue crowned summer 2024 the season for literary looks. Most recently, high fashion put its nose in a book for Valentino’s literary fashion show, Valentino Antibiblioteca, at Bibliothèque Sainte Geneviève in Paris. “Antibiblioteca” might make you shudder, but the Maison Valentino…
Goodreads holds a strange place in the bookish internet. It’s widely used, but it’s also a relic: it feels like the old internet, and the app is clunky to use. Since Amazon acquired it back in 2013, the interface has stayed almost identical. By far, the most requested feature that users have been demanding for…
This is the biggest publishing month of the year, and queer books are no exception. There are so many incredible new LGBTQ books out in October 2026; I have more than a hundred on my personal spreadsheet of new releases, and that just scratches the surface. It was tough to narrow it down to these…
Sense and Sensibility is not Jane Austen’s signal work, but it is her first published novel. This beloved tale of sisters trying to find love and preserve their family’s legacy was originally published anonymously, with the first of its three volumes credited to “A Lady.” The novel, like all of Austen’s works, is a whole…
I’m an avid, longtime reader of science fiction and fantasy so I take selecting the best new SF/F books of the month seriously, and few things make me happier than sharing what’s in store. The days are getting cooler and darker, we’re pulling out our couch blankets, and nothing sounds better than escaping into the…
Welcome back, library friends. I have a mega list of library news for October, including updates and think pieces to keep you at the top of your circulation and reference game. Also included is a huge roundup of horror, mystery, and Gothic book lists to keep your October displays stocked. Let’s dive in to all…
There really just are too many books coming out—highly anticipated books that are from well-established, bestselling authors and debuts alike. Before we get to the new books out this month, Screen Rant is inviting us to revisit an HBO adaptation of a singular, Shakespearean dystopian novel. They compare the Station Eleven miniseries to Apple TV’s…
Travis Baldree is the author of the cozy fantasy novel Legends & Lattes, which has been adapted into Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel, out today from Ten Speed Graphic. Below, Travis discusses how the cozy fantasy subgenre has grown since Legends & Lattes was first published. Legend and Lattes, my first book, was conceived…
October 6, 2026 View Online | Join All Access | Listen Today we are trying to be very chill about Zero to Well-Read being nominated TWICE in The Signal Awards. If you have a moment to spare, it would make us even MORE chill if you would vote for us in both the Best New…
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