A New Book for the True Crime Girlies
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 Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive […]
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 12, 2024
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Viola Davis & James Patterson To Cowrite Novel
Ladykiller by Katherine Wood For fans of missing person mysteries, books inside a book, cryptic messages, and Greece settings! Gia and Abby are lifetime friends. After a tragedy when they were teens, Gia wrote a memoir about it, and Abby focused on her studies. Now, Gia doesn’t show up to meet Abby in Sweden for […]
New Science Fiction and Fantasy This Week, July 12, 2024
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Alex Acks is a writer, geologist, and sharp-dressed sir. They’ve written for Six to Start and been published in Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, and more. Alex lives in Denver with their two furry little bastards, […]
Libraries Under Siege
My cats are simply fascinated with my laptop, and they’ve taken to marching all over my keyboard. I hope spell check is up to the challenge… Libraries & Librarians News Updates PLA released its 2023 Public Library Technology Survey. NYPL budget issues have made it difficult for branches to purchase in-demand books for their patrons. […]
12 Book Club Picks for July
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Friday at last! Look busy while you catch up on bookish news. This month there is a wide range of books selected offering a wonderful reading list, and certainly at least one book is a great fit for […]
A Book That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud and Cry Your Eyes Out
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi It’s wild how different Yaa Gyasi’s novels are from each other, and yet they’re both so good. I feel like Gyasi’s Homegoing gets a lot of love, and rightfully so, but Transcendent Kingdom is one of my favorite books ever. This novel is an honest and heartbreaking examination of grief, […]
The UGLIES Adaptation Has A Release Date
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Published in 2005, Scott Westerfeld’s YA sci-fi novel Uglies tells the story of a society where everyone is considered “ugly” until they are given a treatment at the age of 16 to become “pretty.” In it, Tally Youngblood […]
Book Censorship News, July 12, 2024
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 CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL […]
12 Book Club Picks For July 2024, From Reese’s Book Club to Roxane Gay’s
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Summer is in full swing, and a bunch of great book clubs have announced their July picks! Every month I look forward to these selections because I enjoy seeing what people are excited about, if multiple book clubs […]