Han Kang Wins the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
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. South Korean Novelist Han Kang Awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature Han Kang’s Nobel Prize is unusual in […]
The 50 U.S. Writers I Would Bet on to Win The Nobel Prize…Someday
There is possibly no more humbling experience for some who consider themselves reasonably well-read than looking at the betting odds for the Nobel Prize in Literature. There are usually a few familiar names, but the greater portion are unfamiliar (unless, of course, they were on the sheet last year). There are entire literary traditions and […]
The 50 U.S. Writers I Would Bet on to Win The Nobel Prize. Someday.
Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and social channels. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone. These aren’t my favorite writers necessarily (though some of them are) or those I think most deserving (though most if not all […]
This Year’s Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Made History
Han Kang, the South Korean author best known for her surreal novel The Vegetarian, has just been announced as the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first author from her country to ever do so. The Vegetarian was originally published in 2007, then it was translated to English and released […]
Read an Excerpt of BLACK PILL by Elle Reeve
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for October 10, 2024
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2025 Latine YA Titles to Preorder ASAP, plus YA Book News, October 10, 2024
On The Wings of la Noche by Vanessa L. Torres (January 28) Estrella (Noche) Villanueva is grieving the loss of her girlfriend Dante, who accidentally drowned. During the day, Noche is that girl, plus the nerdiest science kid ever. But at night, Noche is a Lechuza, an owl who guides the dead into the afterlife. […]
Children’s Books in Translation, Middle Grade Book Club Picks, & More Kidlit News
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in […]
10 More Books to Add to Your TBR in 2024!
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror […]
A GRAPHIC NOVEL by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about trans history from Roman emperor Elagabalus to the Stonewall uprising with the upcoming Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett. This graphic nonfiction […]