Books

SoraIf you already trust Libby for yourself, Sora is the version built specifically to meet school standards — data privacy, accessibility, the works — so it's genuinely classroom-ready, not just classroom-adjacent. For parents, it means a safe, school-approved way...

September 25, 2026View Online | Join All Access | Listen Everything old really is new again. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is getting a series adaptation starring Viola Prettejohn as Lisbeth Salander and David Oyelowo as Mikael Blomkvist....

This week’s bestselling books roundup is packed full of titles appearing here for the first time! We have a collection of political books, including The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the Maga Movement by Victor...

Crooked Lane BooksTest your bravery and heart by stepping into this sapphic Bluebeard retelling from USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer!Artist Poppy's new marriage to Celia, a wealthy art dealer, is impulsive but she's brimming with excitement when she...

September 22, 2026View Online | Join All Access | Listen Questions about Book Riot? We’re turning 15 next month, and you’re invited to the party. Ask us anything, reflect on the biggest literary controversies of the last decade-and-a-half, and...

Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel is the first authorized novel featuring Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple—and Lucy Foley’s take on the iconic detective, which comes 50 years after Christie’s final novel starring her, is worth the wait. Jane Marple is...

The National Book Award Longlists were just announced last week. The Awards have been around for almost 100 years (except for a WWII hiatus), and celebrate books published in the US by US authors. It is among the most...

When I was asked to write the first full-length Miss Marple novel since Sleeping Murder was published posthumously, 50 years ago in October, I immediately thought of my granny. My first encounter with the world of Agatha Christie was...

September 18, 2026View Online | Join All Access | Listen Looksmaxxing got a glow-up this week as Merriam-Webster added 1,400 new words to the dictionary. If the Sunday scaries put you in crashout mode, get ready to feel very...

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco, Robert Siebertby Debbie TungA Cook’s Tour by Anthony BourdainA Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif AbdurraqibA Promised...