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Ready or not, the season of Best Books of the Year lists has arrived. As usual, Barnes & Noble is leading the pack. It feels a little early to say farewell to 2026, especially when so many buzzy books are out in October, but here we are. Barnes & Noble has named their picks for

Sally Rooney is pulling her books from the UK after the Normal People and Intermezzo author and her publisher agreed on the move. The statement from publisher Faber reads: Current legislation in the UK has led to circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney for her work. To sell a writer’s

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Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) has been providing opportunities for young people across the country to access banned books through their Books Unbanned program since 2022. Books Unbanned provides free digital cards to BPL’s full online collection for young people anywhere in the country. They’ve partnered with five other libraries nationwide–Boston Public Library, Long Beach Public

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The unusual thing about Master Pandemonium are his arms, specifically what he has in the place of his hands: two young boys, turned green and monstrous. Even more absurd are the variations of that same scene inside the issue, where Master Pandemonium has two normal young boys at the end of his arms. Those boys

The trailer for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew has arrived. Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated Netflix film premieres in theaters on February 12, and the trailer reveals more than we’ve seen yet of her spin on the first story in the Narnia chronology. Watch it here: Here are my first impressions: “Stairway to Heaven”? Tell me it’s rock

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After many, many years of user requests, Goodreads now allows half-star and quarter-star ratings. How’s everyone feeling about it? I sifted through thousands of comments on Instagram and Reddit, and here are the top sentiments being shared: ⭐ Hooray!: There are a lot of party popper emojis in the Goodreads Instagram comments, but it’s not

It’s Banned Books Week, which means book banning and censorship are getting more coverage than usual. Kelly Jensen is out this week, but she spends the entire year reporting on censorship news in the Literary Activism newsletter. If Banned Books Week has inspired you to join (or rejoin) the fight for freedom to read, here’s

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If you don’t spend very much time on web forums, the title of this article may sound like absolute nonsense to you. The word “creepypasta” comes from the older internet slang term “copypasta,” which was used to refer to blocks of text that circulated by being copied and pasted (on internet forums and other similar

Sourcebooks Landmark From award-winning author Ann Dávila Cardinal comes an edgy, genre-bending thriller following a retired photographer who begins to hear the murders of women she knew in her punk youth, forcing her to reckon with the past she’s desperate to forget. “Full of twists…with just the right hint of the supernatural. A rollicking ride

The Quarto Group This is the story of a girl made of paper: bright, kind, and eager to please. But no matter what she folds herself into, it never feels like enough. A tender fable of self-care and discovering who you are. ★ “Stunning illustrations utilizing the Japanese art of kirie—paper cutting—enliven this fabulistic feminist

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Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo Acevedo is a favorite at Book Riot, and apparently Kirkus loves her too! Here’s what the prize jurors had to say: “Nuanced, resonant verse paints a clear-eyed, profoundly loving portrait of a teen navigating the complexities of growing up. Acevedo’s cast of fully rounded, compassionately drawn characters

Canadian poet Anne Carson is the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson was selected “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” according to a Nobel Prize Outreach 2026 press release. If you’re not familiar with Carson or her

October 6th and 7th are Prime Big Deal Days on Amazon, and there are a ton of books — including ebooks and print books — on sale today. Here are some of the most exciting deals happening now, ranging from 40-66% off. While these are deals for Amazon Prime members, most of these books are

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