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6 Great Mystery and Thriller Comics

BOOK RIOTby Elisa Shoenberger17d ago

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? remains one of the best films ever made. It managed to combine animation and the real world in a truly revolutionary way.

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Why I Love Graphic Novels About Exploring Family Histories

BOOK RIOTby Eileen Gonzalez17d ago

I was recently lucky enough to read Game On (out October 6), a new middle grade graphic novel by Sina Grace.

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🚫 Proactively removing books

BOOK RIOTby Community17d ago

How small and rural libraries build and support diverse collections Image courtesy of the Association of Rural and Small Libraries In an era of escalating book bans and coordinated attacks on...

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One Staff Member, One Budget, One Community: How Rural Libraries Really Build Diverse Collections

BOOK RIOTby Guest17d ago

America is its diversity, no matter what executive orders or policies may be passed by federal and state legislators with an agenda.

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"Weed On Purpose, Not Only After a Fight": Florida Official Demands More School Book Bans

BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen17d ago

Florida does not maintain a state-sanctioned book ban list because it is not part of the state’s laws governing school and school library materials.

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Mushroomcore Books for Kids

BOOK RIOTby Ashlie Swicker18d ago

If the term “mushroomcore” instantly brings an image to mind, you already understand its essence.

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What About Blob? 5 Fun Novels with Sentient Slime

BOOK RIOTby Liberty Hardy18d ago

This post is inspired by a recent memory I had of a phone video game a friend used to play 20 years ago: Katamari Damacy Mobile.

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The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists

BOOK RIOTby Community18d ago

This week’s bestselling books roundup is packed full of titles appearing here for the first time!

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New YA Graphic Novels and Nonfiction for September

BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen18d ago

We’ve made it well past the halfway point of September. For those of you involved in the school year in some capacity–as an educator, student, parent, or otherwise–hopefully this first month has...

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If You Loved The Love Hypothesis, Read These Fake Dating Books Next

BOOK RIOTby Silvana Reyes Lopez18d ago

Oh, Adam and Olive, we love you in every universe. 2026 has really been the year for romance book adaptations with Off Campus and Every Year After.

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📚 A fascinating choice

BOOK RIOTby Community18d ago

The BIPOC books you need this fall How many BIPOC books have you read so far this year? If you’re struggling to remember any or feel bashful about your number, help is here.

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I work at a bookshop, and my coworker and I were standing around the counter the other day, when she asked, “Kendra, what do you like to read in the fall?” I had to think about it for a second, but...

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Family Secrets, Dark Histories, and More New YA Books for September 23, 2026

BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen19d ago

Dual release young adult books–that is, books that publish in both hardcover and paperback at the same time–have been growing in numbers over the last year.

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📚 High-end reading

BOOK RIOTby Community19d ago

25 years of some traveling pants One of the quintessential YA friendship books—and one many millennials recall with a particular fondness—turned 25 years old this year.

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These Historical Manga are Some of Libby's Most Popular Comics

BOOK RIOTby Erica Ezeifedi19d ago

Libby has shared the top 10 most popular comic book checkouts across the more than 22,000 libraries they service, and 9/10 titles are historical fiction—more specifically, they are historical...

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🏆 The 2026 Booker Prize shortlist

BOOK RIOTby Community19d ago

New online game show hosted by Kwame Alexander Story Showdown is the new online game show co-hosted and developed by award-winning and bestselling poet and author of children’s books, Kwame...

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