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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Kaveh Akbar is just as brilliant a poet as he is a novelist, and Martyr! is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Cyrus Shams, his friend Zee, Cyrus’ parents, and his uncle each get their own distinct point-of-view chapters and feel so real. Cyrus also provides excerpts of his own work

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. This is the Winner of the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Really interesting shortlist for this year’s award, and the winner itself is not something I had on my radar. One thing

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. PRH Adds AI Prohibition to Copyright Pages In a move that appears targeted to the European Union market,

Creature Commandos Trailer Speaking of James Gunn, the co-head of DC Studios is bringing a very different band of weirdos to the new DCU. When the U.S. government bans Amanda Waller from using human villains for her secret task forces, she turns to a team of monsters to get the job done in Creature Commandos.

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In addition to being inspired by the real-life story of Rosemary Kennedy and her institutionalization, Sofia’s new backstory is a play on her introduction in 1997’s Batman: The Long Halloween. Here, Sofia helped Carmine figure out the identity of the Holiday Killer, who turned out to be her own brother, Alberto. Michael Zegen briefly played

Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her favorite exclamation is “Holy cats!” Liberty reads more than should be legal, sleeps very little, frequently writes on her belly with Sharpie markers, and when she dies, she’s leaving her body to library science. Until

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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. Take Action for the Freedom to Read Tomorrow, October 19, PEN America is hosting a Freedom to Read

Iconic manga creator Hiro Mashima, the writer and artist behind Edens Zero, Fairy Tail, Rave Master, and many other series will sit down with Crunchyroll and Kodansha USA to chat about his two-decades-worth of experience in the industry. It’s rare that Mashima appears at panels, so this one’s bound to be very special!  The Walking

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. In the fall months, it’s all about dark academia. Give me a creepy school. Give me suspicious students. Give me teachers with

Adapting WEBTOON Titles for the Screen WEBTOON titles have steadily been optioned by television and film studios around the world, including Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment, Netflix, and Skybound Entertainment; 50% of Netflix Korea’s original projects produced in 2023 were based on various WEBTOON properties. These aren’t confined to a single genre, either. From the feudal

Last night, the winners of this year’s Kirkus Prizes were announced in a livestreamed ceremony that took place in Manhattan. The Kirkus Prizes have been awarded since 2014 and grant each of their recipients a trophy as well as $50,000 in cash. This year’s winners were selected out of 1,444 books that were given a

The original Billy and Tommy from the comics were zapped away when Wanda defeated Mephisto and his servant, Master Pandemonium, whereas their live-action counterparts faded when she realized she had to release Westview from her spell. Comic book Wanda went off the rails and killed her teammates in “Avengers: Disassembled,” then robbed most mutants of

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The National Book Foundation has announced comedian and author Kate McKinnon as host of the 2024 National Book Awards, with musical guest Jon Batiste. This year marks 75 years of the National Book Awards, which honor the best

Saturday, October 19 If you’re looking to grab some convention exclusives, Covrprice and AnZ Comics have a whole bunch for you at 10:30 am on Saturday. No special guests here, just some cool stuff to help you with your FOMO. At noon, however, there are a few folks you might have heard of. Josh Williamson,

Would it be the 2020s without a new contemporary romance by Emily Henry to look forward to? The mega bestselling author’s latest is titled Great Big Beautiful Life, and feels like it fits in a familiar groove. It’s a contemporary romance about two writers (like 2020’s Beach Read) that will, undoubtably, plumb the depths of