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The prominent literary magazine Granta will no longer publish the winning entries of the annual Commonwealth short story prize after one of this year’s winners drew widespread accusations of AI use.The magazine said it would no longer be involved...

Every Pride Month, I try to stack my reading list with as many LGBTQ+ books as possible. It’s not like I don’t read plenty of queer books the rest of the year, too, but I always love an excuse...

Hello, readers! For my 2026 reading goals this year, I went easy on myself. I didn’t set any, except that I wanted to read more backlist books, meaning older titles. And so far, I have been pretty successful, with...

We’ve been wrong the last five times we’ve called Peak Adaptation, and it doesn’t look like we’re going to be right anytime soon, thanks to a new partnership between Simon & Schuster and The Black List.Film and TV pros...

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, from Amazon’s picks for the best books of 2026 so far...

Got travel plans this summer? Seems like the perfect time to add these horror bookstores to your itinerary. Horror books are not relegated to one small, shadowy corner of bookstores anymore. These shops are putting horror and other twisted...

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Amazon’s List of the Best Books of the Year So FarI want to say that Amazon’s list of the best...

Hello, my little blue octopuses! In today’s round-up of recent sci-fi and fantasy links, I have updates to share about the 2026 Locus Award winners, Dan Aykroyd’s debut novel, and a new story from Isabel J. Kim. Plus,...

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.The Winners of the 61st Nebula Awards Have Been AnnouncedThis year’s Nebula Awards got a little extra something with their...

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week.Marjane Satrapi, Author of PERSEPOLIS, Has Died at 56Iranian French author...