Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 09-13-2024
HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th!! IT’S A LUCKY DAY FOR ME ‘CAUSE I JUST FOUND THE BOOK I’m starting next (today!!!) on this list. YAY ME!!! I. AM. THRILLLLLLLED!!! I love when I know what I’m going into, as it gives me something to look forward to, and this book is TOTALLY my thing. BIG. HUGE. […]
All the Finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Earlier this week we covered the 2024 National Book Awards Longlists for Young People’s Literature and Translated Literature. Now the longlists for Nonfiction, Poetry, and Fiction have also been released, rounding out all the contenders for this year’s […]
The Fiction Longlist for the 2024 National Book Awards
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. The Fiction Longlist for the 2024 National Book Awards The final and most closely-watched longlist for The National […]
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 13, 2024
Book Deals The best book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals Previous Daily Deals
Ferocious Women vs. Family, Society, and Alien Worlds
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, […]
Book Banning Board Members, Budgets, and More Library News
Book Adaptations in the News Disney has paused its adaptation of The Graveyard Book in light of the sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, and Amazon has paused production on Good Omens. Clémence Michallon’s The Quiet Tenant is being adapted for TV. Here’s the trailer for The Perfect Couple, based on the book by Elin […]
My Favorite YA Novel of 2024 Comes Out on Tuesday!
Have you ever wished you could change the world? Well…be careful what you wish for. For high school football superstar Cade Webster, all he wants is for people to stop acting so scared when they’re around him. But when he accidentally utters this wish aloud while visiting a mysterious pawn shop, strange things start happening […]
Major Win Against Book Censorship in Florida School District
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 WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]
Witchy Cozy Mysteries, The Appeal of Cults, + More Mystery & Thriller Talk, September 13, 2024
Zetas Till We Die by Amber Brown, Danielle Brown For fans of reunion stories, secrets, and murder mysteries! It’s been a decade since Priscilla graduated college and saw her sorority sisters. The last time they were together was when they were witnesses in a murder trial for their Zeta Phi Zeta sister Lupe. The sorority […]
10 Historical Fiction Retellings From Austen to Shakespeare
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rachel is a writer from Arkansas, most at home surrounded by forests and animals much like a Disney Princess. She spends most of her time writing stories and playing around in imaginary worlds. You can follow her writing […]