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Editors over at The Millions are staying true to their publication’s name with their whopping list of 130 new books to read this summer. With help from editors over at Publishers Weekly, The Millions has compiled a list that is full of buzzy fiction, biting nonfiction, translated psychological thrillers, and more. Below is a sampling

Almost everything about Weapon X is shrouded in secrecy, even to readers, because Wolverine could not remember his past until the 2005 storyline House of M. That secrecy meant that information about Wolverine’s past was doled out in small, and often contradictory, chunks. For example, Wolverine has no real name for his first several appearances

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Xavier first impresses Magnus by curing a catatonic woman called Gabrielle Haller, employing his unique psychology technique—that is, using his telepathy to remove mental blocks, which Cockrum represents by sending a naked, glowing Xavier inside her head to duke it out with demon Nazis. For his part, Xavier realizes Magnus’ mutant status and the two

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Science fiction and mystery make excellent bedfellows, and setting a “whodunit” in space is many a sci-fi reader’s kryptonite. If that’s you, do yourself a favor and wade through the backlists for Yume Kitasei’s debut novel, The Deep Sky. It’s hard to believe Kitasei wrote this page-turner a mere three years ago considering she’s published

The family matriarch is a clairvoyant. It’s been raining in a town for five years. A young woman’s emotions bleed into the food she prepares and make all her sister’s wedding guests hella horny. If no one bats an eye when any of this happens, you might be reading magical realism or fabulism. Born in

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For those of us who love Halloween, the fact that it only happens once a year is thoroughly lamentable. Luckily, there’s a solution for that, and it’s called Summerween. What, you may ask, is Summerween? The term “originated from an episode of Disney Channel’s Gravity Falls where residents of a mysterious town prefer to celebrate Halloween twice

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Hello, my little time capsules! In today’s round-up of recent sci-fi and fantasy links, I have updates to share about the adaptation of Alix E. Harrow’s The Everlasting, the new novel from Paul Tremblay, and the first trailer for the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. My SFF reads for this week are

It’s been a minute since the last roundup of YA book news, and a lot has happened in the young adult literary world so far this season. Whether you’re looking to catch up on the latest in adaptation news, discover new and beloved titles honored by literary awards, or want to read interesting essays from

Today in Books readers, I have an important update: this is the last week of this newsletter. Luckily, you can still follow all the book news by signing up for the Book Riot Newsletter, which goes out on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. It’s the same book news curation, covered by the same Book Riot writers,

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My Heartstopper hyperfixation continues—which is not a surprise, because the final book and movie come out in a couple of weeks. To be honest, my reading has been mostly in the fanfiction arena lately, but my obsession did lead me to pick up a few books in June. First up was I Was Born for

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. PEN America Has Announced Its 2026 Emerging Voices and Mentors Looking at the fellows and mentors chosen for this year’s Emerging Voices Fellowship feels like looking into the future. I say that because I’m sure

Whale, one of the most successful directors of the 1920s and ‘30s, also directed a slew of other Universal Pictures monster movies, including Frankenstein (1931) and The Invisible Man (1933), films which have been the source for the Skybound and Image Comics adaptations. He was known for his expressionist sensibilities, prioritizing extremely expressive performances and

Summer is not my favorite season by a long shot, but even I must admit that everything — the bright blue skies, the flourishing trees, the profusion of flowers — looks great at this time of year. And these freshly published graphic novels aren’t too shabby either. This month, you’ll find a lot of books

However, in the comics, Cable cannot be separated from either X-Force or its predecessor, the New Mutants. Introduced in the 1982 graphic novel The New Mutants by Claremont and Bob McLeod, the New Mutants were the second class of gifted youngsters who came to study at Xavier’s school. Most of their series focused on teenage

Our friends over at Libby shared which queer romance audiobooks their patrons, which stretch across more than 22,000 public libraries in the US, have been listening to the most. Unsurprisingly, Rachel Reid, author of Heated Rivalry—which was adapted into the mega-popular show—has a few books that made the list. There’s also another sports romance that