bookriot.comadded August 2026
BOOK RIOTby Danika Ellis17d ago
September is National Translation Month! Books in translation are severely underrepresented in the English market, which means we’re missing out on some of the best writing in the world.
BOOK RIOTby Arvyn Cerezo17d ago
Thanks to streaming, there have been noticeably plenty of book-to-movie adaptations in the past year or so, especially in the romance genre.
BOOK RIOTby Carolina Ciucci17d ago
I’ve spoken at length about my love of the gothic genre, whichever variant it comes in. Gothic horror? I’m in. Gothic romance? Shut up and take my money. Gothic mysteries?
BOOK RIOTby Megan Mabee17d ago
The tween and teen years are a formative period. They’re a time when big topics like mental health, body image, challenging family and friendship situations, romantic relationships, and more begin...
BOOK RIOTby Community17d ago
Scrappy sci-fi books for everyone who loves an underdog Books about the ragtag crew of a spaceship or an underdog having adventures and fighting evil are one of the more popular science fiction...
BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen17d ago
Whether or not going analog was one of your resolutions or goals this year, there’s nothing quite like a fresh new hobby book to get you excited to make things with your hands.
BOOK RIOTby Guest17d ago
Libbie Grant is the author of The Ended World, out now from Galiot Press. Below, she recommends three novels about humanity’s relationship with thinking machines.
BOOK RIOTby Community20d ago
This week, Theo of Golden by Allen Levi has been bumped out of the #5 spot by the gothic romantasy novel The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig—the second book in the series that started with The...
BOOK RIOTby Eileen Gonzalez20d ago
Every year, everyone gets very excited about all of the creepy books there are to read at Halloween–and justifiably so. But the rest of fall deserves love, too!
BOOK RIOTby Lyndsie Manusos20d ago
Folklore and horror go together like blood and flesh. One cannot exist without the other. Stories were originally passed down by word of mouth, long before any written language existed.
BOOK RIOTby Community20d ago
Something Latine for everyone Happy Latine Heritage Month! Also known as Hispanic Heritage Month (Latine is more inclusive), the celebration began on September 15 and concludes on October 15.
BOOK RIOTby Guest20d ago
Super Bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick sparked a national conversation about police brutality against Black and Brown people when he took a knee during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” His memoir, The...
BOOK RIOTby Community21d ago
Awards season is upon us, and all week long, the National Book Award judges will be releasing their 2026 longlists across five categories.
BOOK RIOTby Community21d ago
Get to know our incoming AI overlords It’s a critical time to understand AI progress. Most recently, discourse around the swiftly developing tech has focused on an unexpected statement: We must...
BOOK RIOTby Community21d ago
In this week’s roundup of the bestselling books according to all the lists, we have four titles making their debut.
BOOK RIOTby Margaret Kingsbury21d ago
After Asia, Africa is the second-largest and most populous continent, with a great diversity of ecosystems, histories, and customs across its more than 50 countries.
BOOK RIOTby Rachel Brittain21d ago
Austen fans are having a banner year for adaptations. A BBC miniseries based on The Other Bennet Sister, a 2020 novel reimagining the life of Mary Bennet, premiered earlier this year and...
BOOK RIOTby Liberty Hardy21d ago
These days, just being awake in this world is enough to raise your blood pressure, when everywhere we turn, it’s doom, doom, doom. To help you relax, you should try a mundane fantasy novel!
BOOK RIOTby Susie Dumond21d ago
No matter how complicated or confusing your problems may be, answers can always be found in the natural world.
BOOK RIOTby Community21d ago
Zoje Stage is the author of Something of a Calling, an eco-horror/thriller mash-up out this week from Blackstone Publishing. Below, she discusses what drew her to writing from animal perspectives.
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