When it comes to holiday months, I get excited to see which book clubs select “on theme” and who isn’t guided by the calendar. Are there spooky books selected for October? Yes! But if you aren’t looking for that kind of mood reading, there are also plenty of other excellent options to read, from an…
We talk a lot about queer romance, about romantic manga and graphic novels, and about queer comics here at Book Riot. You can’t go far into the archives without seeing a thrilled mention of Heartstopper or Check, Please! or Bingo Love. (And there’s a reason for that: they’re all absolute bangers.) So why not aggregate…
One reason I love reading science fiction is because of how it uses imaginative visions of the future to teach us something about our present and our past. Distant sci-fi worlds full of aliens, robots, and cyborgs allow us to zoom out from our narrow view of the world and think about what it means…
This year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to Daniel Kraus for his phenomenal work of historical fiction, Angel Down. For readers who’ve not followed Kraus’s career, it felt like a surprise win–the story, set during World War I, is unique in structure, being told through a single sentence. But for those readers who’ve known Kraus…
It won’t take you an entire afternoon to read one of the great short stories of our time. All you need is an hour and a little curiosity—and if that curiosity is even the slightest bit entomological, even better for you. Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is the brief but impactful tale of a traveling salesman…
Us being mere weeks away from the holiday shopping season means we are in prime cookbook release time, and there are a few out this week that are rather eye-catching. There’s East to East by Rachel Gurjar, Effortless Japanese Cooking by Akino Ogata, and Moribyan’s Kitchen by Hajar Larbah, to name a few. There’s also…
October 12, 2026 View Online | Join All Access | Listen We’re still buzzing over last week’s adaptation news (more on that in a minute!). If a beloved film adaptation’s sequel is gonna fall through, a TV series is a consolation prize we can absolutely get down with. Spread the word. Share this email with…
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My idea to compile this list of classic Mexican books first came up while I was talking about Japanese authors. I had been thinking of doing an informal miniseries where I focus on the specific literary traditions and histories of different ethnicities and nationalities, when, during a workshop I was attending, I had mentioned that…
BookTok has now become an essential part of book marketing and publicity. Though it isn’t the best at showing diverse selections due to a lack of active editorial curation and algorithmic failures, it does well at book discovery. The BookTok community is abuzz with young adult books, driving numerous titles to popularity, including those listed…