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BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen10 Sept 2026
“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.” One of the most iconic opening lines in young adult fiction is also a line that helped launch a century full of...
BOOK RIOTby Community10 Sept 2026
Celebrating 25 years of Feed by M.T. Anderson The iconic YA dystopian novel Feed by M. T. Anderson will turn 25 years old next year, and today, Book Riot is revealing the new cover!
BOOK RIOTby Jamie Canaves9 Sept 2026
If you knew the world was coming to an end, how would you spend your final years, months, days? That might sound like a dreary thing to think of, but it’s a great setting for a murder mystery.
BOOK RIOTby Eileen Gonzalez9 Sept 2026
I’ve talked quite a bit about patriot-heroes before. Between seeing how they stack up against Captain America and diving deep into some of the odder heroes to defend American values during World...
BOOK RIOTby Yashvi Peeti9 Sept 2026
“The power of the people is greater than the people in power.” This is a resounding sentiment across protest movements that I have witnessed lately.
BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen9 Sept 2026
While technically still summer until later this month, it’s hard not to picture the forthcoming season and all it has to offer for readers.
BOOK RIOTby Addison Rizer9 Sept 2026
Horror novels can have some of the most inventive, if terrifying, imagery around. Descriptions of monsters lurking in the dark, bodies gone wrong, and wounds of all shapes and sizes wait in the...
BOOK RIOTby Carolina Ciucci9 Sept 2026
Few tropes are as appealing to me as enemies-to-lovers. Something about people who should not be drawn to each other being unable to help it gets me every time.
BOOK RIOTby Community9 Sept 2026
Best Nonfiction Books of the Century So Far Narrowing down the best nonfiction books of the century so far was no easy feat.
BOOK RIOTby Community9 Sept 2026
Dark, light, and everything in between: the campus novel Even if you’re no longer a student, you can always go back to class each fall with a good campus novel. The campus novel, A.K.A.
BOOK RIOTby Erica Ezeifedi8 Sept 2026
This being the second Tuesday of September means we’ve got an abundance of books to talk about. Some of the books I included as this month’s best are officially out this week.
BOOK RIOTby Danika Ellis8 Sept 2026
Book Riot’s series on the Best Books of the Century (So Far) continues with our picks for the best children’s books of the 21st century. I’ve pulled out six of the LGBTQ picture books included.
BOOK RIOTby Katie McLain Horner8 Sept 2026
Welcome back, library friends. Before we jump into this week’s post, we have to pay tribute to the incomparable singer, philanthropist, and literacy advocate, Dolly Parton, who passed away at age...
BOOK RIOTby Liberty Hardy8 Sept 2026
Books about the ragtag crew of a spaceship or an underdog having adventures and fighting evil are one of the more popular science fiction subgenres.
BOOK RIOTby Jamie Canaves8 Sept 2026
Fall is knocking at the door, and a bunch of great book clubs have announced their September selections, from a blockbuster book’s sequel to an atmospheric horror gothic.
BOOK RIOTby Community8 Sept 2026
100 Years of Pooh I can’t remember a time before I knew of Winnie the Pooh. The children’s story is one of Disney’s most enduring and high-earning franchises ever.
BOOK RIOTby Guest8 Sept 2026
Guadalupe Rosales is the author of East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood, out today from One World.
BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen4 Sept 2026
Having written this column since mid-2021, I sometimes forget what I’ve covered. In some ways, I haven’t written anything new in the world of book censorship because the tactics, goals, and...
BOOK RIOTby Danika Ellis4 Sept 2026
I had big plans for this summer of reading, but instead, I hit a bit of a slump. Luckily, we’re beginning the biggest reading season of the year: fall.
BOOK RIOTby Ashlie Swicker4 Sept 2026
Board books are among my favorites for many reasons. The obvious indestructibility is a huge plus and can benefit groups beyond the babies who will eat or rip anything weaker than cardboard.
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