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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Amazon Revisits 25 Years...

Making Space: Interior Design by Women has an extraordinary, fascinating organizing principle: a survey of interiors designed by women. The book includes 65 entries from as early as the 1880s—such as Candace Wheeler’s design of Mark Twain’s Connecticut home—although...

A History of Book AffordabilityFor centuries, consumers have had access to affordable print reading materials. Penny dreadfuls emerged in the 1830s but came into prominence in the 1860s and 1870s in newsstands. These were disposable, salacious booklets that often...

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of 2025You’re not imagining it; Best Books of the Year season is getting earlier and...

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Here are the stories we covered this week:If you follow international news (or the digest editions of this newsletter),...

Book Riot Editorial is made up of passionate readers, writers, and book lovers dedicated to delivering insightful book recommendations, literary analysis, and the latest in book culture. With expertise spanning multiple genres and a deep understanding of the publishing...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE...

Book Riot Editorial is made up of passionate readers, writers, and book lovers dedicated to delivering insightful book recommendations, literary analysis, and the latest in book culture. With expertise spanning multiple genres and a deep understanding of the publishing...

The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature takes its incredibly specific subject matter—literary sea monsters—and spins it into an anthology that includes art, history and generous excerpts from a variety of fantastical stories. Beginning with the Enuma Elis...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of...