1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (262+ words) These were the top 11 most challenged books in American libraries in 2025, according to the American Library Association. Every year, the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) shares the top 10 most challenged books across the country during National Library Week. Here's…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (600+ words) The state of Utah has banned four more books from every public school statewide. That brings the total of state-sanctioned bans to 32. The state of Utah has been on a book banning blitz in 2026. Late last week, the state added…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago  (156+ words) Here are all of the winners of this year's LA Times Book Prizes, ranging from excellence in audiobook production to fiction and more. The Los Angeles Times named their Book Prizes winners on Friday, April 17, to launch their weekend long…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (397+ words) "Mashed Potato May" is a month-long readathon that encourages you to finally pick up those books you've been putting off. Danika spends most of their time talking about sapphic books at the'Lesbrary. What's a mashed potato book? For the average…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (131+ words) Jane Austen, Homer, and Shakespeare get the romance treatment in these new and upcoming retellings coming in 2026. Rachel is a writer from Arkansas, most at home surrounded by forests and animals much like a Disney Princess. She spends most of…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (242+ words) This month, read BIPOC poetry that is experimental, looks at the magic of nature at night, and explores how community should look. View All posts by Erica Ezeifedi Below are collections of poetry (and one nonfiction book about poetry by…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (245+ words) These 8 mystery books explore the wide world of cryptids, from werewolves to Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster. View All posts by Elisa Shoenberger These wishes aren't necessarily ungrounded: the giant squid did turn out to be real. Unicorns…...

23+ hour, 22+ min ago  (208+ words) View All posts by Vanessa Diaz Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered ourselves on Book Riot this week. Spotify has…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (127+ words) Adapted, best-selling sci-fi, SHADOW AND BONE, apocalyptic satire with a new kind of zombie, a cozy rom-com, and more of the best deals of the day Today's Featured Book Deals $1. 99 The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Get This Deal$2. 99 L. A Weather…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (210+ words) Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the Chief of Staff for Riot New Media Group and a co-host of the Book Riot Podcast. She can be reached at [email'protected]. View All posts by Rebecca Joines Schinsky Hollywood relocated to Las Vegas this…...