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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. Here are the Winners of the 2026 Edgar Awards The Edgar Allan Poe Awards recognize the best in

Whidbey by T Kira Madden T Kira Madden’s debut memoir Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls put the diasporic Kanaka ʻŌiwi writer in the white, hot spotlight when it published in 2019. In one section, this coming-of-age about growing up in a privileged community as a queer, biracial child explores Madden surviving early sexual

A mere 124 days into 2026, we have finally tied a bow on the 2025 book award season. The Pulitzer Prize, which celebrate excellence in journalism, literature, drama, and music within the United States, were announced this afternoon in a ceremony live-streamed from Columbia University. Before announcing the winners, Administrator Marjorie Miller reiterated the Pulitzers’

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. What’s a romance reader with a perpetual TBR’s greatest fear and biggest delight? New books! This year continues to offer a smorgasbord of riches from new and familiar authors. I’m sure we’re all ready for Kennedy Ryan’s Score,

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. Adaptations to Stream The big news is that the much-discussed, horny adaptation of Wuthering Heights is streaming on

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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. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, from an early “best of” list to a preview of

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If your TBR keeps growing but your budget refuses to cooperate, you’re not alone—but you don’t have to choose between the two. ThriftBooks has become a go-to for readers who want to stretch every dollar and still fill their shelves with books. With their expansive inventory, everyday low prices, and ReadingRewards program, you can read

Current job/former job: Former Regional Manager at Nashville Public Library Website/Social Media links:https://www.lindseyfortn.com/https://www.instagram.com/lindseypatrickwrighthttps://substack.com/@lindseyfortn https://www.facebook.com/share/1CkesKrwbf/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://www.tiktok.com/@lindseypatright?_r=1&_t=ZT-95jXajcq6kn Election Date: November 3, 2026 What compelled you to run for state office? I was compelled to run after speaking out against book bans at my local school board meetings—something that unexpectedly resonated far beyond our community. Those moments went viral, but

The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Since its inception in 1909, the NAACP has been integral to the fight for equal voting rights. Civil rights attorney and constitutional law professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall explores the suppression tactics that have limited Americans’—particularly Black Americans’—ability to exercise

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, so let’s take a look at some of the best new science fiction and fantasy (SFF) books by people whose ancestors hail from East, Southeast, and South Asia, as

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. Previews of New Books Out May 2026 April is coming to an end and previews of next month’s

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. As with books, there are certain movies that stay with you long after you finish watching them. While I watched many good films from 2025, Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao, stands out as an exceptional book-to-film adaptation and

It’s also fitting because that child, Dani Cage, lives a life immersed in superheroes. She gets kidnapped in the Skrulls’ Secret Invasion, she’s threatened by Jessica’s arch-enemy the Purple Man, and she has the unbeatable Squirrel Girl as a nanny. More importantly, Danielle Cage grows up to be Captain America. In the 2015 event Ultron

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That revenge occurs at the end of issue #121. Goblin, his knowledge of Spidey’s secret identity restored with the rest of his memory, throws Gwen Stacy off the George Washington Bridge (well, penciler Gil Kane drew the Brooklyn Bridge, but the dialogue identifies it as George Washington). In desperation, Spidey shoots a web to catch

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino If you read The New Yorker with any kind of frequency, you’ve probably read a Jia Tolentino piece. I recommend “Elizabeth Gilbert’s Latest Epiphanies” as an amuse-bouche of her style and tone (it’s also just plain juicy). Beyond The New Yorker, Tolentino is often called-upon to deliver

Before the Raimi film, however, another Spider-Man had organic shooters. Miguel O’Hara, the Spider-Man of the year 2099, counts organic web-shooters among his abilities, alongside his stronger precognition and strangely vampiric qualities. Such has been the case with several other alternate Spideys, including the monstrous clone Kaine Parker, Cindy Moon—who goes by the moniker “Silk”

At long last, you will soon be able to borrow the Dungeon Crawler Carl ebook* (and the many sequels) from your library. Libby struck a deal with author Matt Dinniman to make Libby the exclusive distributor of the wildly popular series, after years of being an Amazon exclusive. Like so much of the Dungeon Crawler