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Barnes & Noble’s 2026 Discover Prize, which celebrates debut authors, has gone Vincent Yu for Seek Immediate Shelter.“What if the apocalypse, but j/k?” isn’t a bad way to think about this novel, in which the folks in a small...

June 25, 2026View Online | Join All Access | Listen 📽️ It is a truth universally acknowledged that a classic book with a beloved adaptation must be in want of a remix. Jane Austen fans are in for a big...

Two Reading Rainbow icons show up for storytime at The Obama Presidential Center, authors choose the best queer books in America, this year’s Common Reads, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at...

In the world of mystery and thriller news, we continue to have a constant stream of adaptation news, which I love to see. I’ve also got some book lists for you, a release date for Lupin Part 4 (finally!),...

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...