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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. The Millions Has Released Their Spring 2026 Book Preview The Millions released their Great Spring 2026 Book review—one

In The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders, Sarah Aziza recounts her battle with anorexia and how it transformed her perceptions of her family and her past. Aziza, whose father is a refugee from Gaza, was treated for her eating disorder in a clinic in New York City. She had a setback in

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It’s difficult to find time to read an entire book in one go, but when it comes to Tana French’s The Keeper, experiencing its tense unfurling in a single sitting will ensure it’s as nerve-wracking and thought-provoking as French surely intended. The bestselling, award-winning author, creator of the Dublin Murder Squad series and The Witch

Every month, there’s a flood of new mystery and thriller books coming out clamoring for a spot on your TBR. But with so many competing for your attention, it’s easy to lose track of the ones you’re most excited about. And often, you just end up hearing about the titles with the biggest marketing budgets.

Irish novelist Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn, Long Island, The Master, The Magician) is also an acclaimed short-story writer, and he’s returned with a collection whose stories range across place and time—from contemporary to historical. Many of the stories in The News From Dublin follow characters in extreme situations. In “The Journey to Galway,” a mother has

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While we humans are yawning as the sky brightens, or sighing as the world grows dark, what’s happening outside during these transitional times of day? As author Marcie Flinchum Atkins reveals in her immersive, poetic When Twilight Comes: The Animals and Plants That Bring Dawn and Dusk to Life, crepuscular creatures are busily foraging, hunting,

The first thing I read in March was Isn’t It Obvious by Rachel Runya Katz, a bi4bi M/F romance that I really enjoyed. I mean, the main character runs a queer teen book club, so of course I was going to love it. The book I spent most of March reading was Hell’s Heart by

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich Like A Far-flung Life, Pulitzer Prize-winner Louise Erdrich’s The Plague of Doves explores sprawling consequences that unfold from a single event: In this case, the 1911 massacre of a white family outside the town of Pluto, North Dakota, which spurs a mob of local white men to incorrectly

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This is it, the month that publishing really gets sprung. You could do months’ worth of reading with the new books coming out April 7 alone. In order to help you narrow down the options, we’ve created a highly

Robert Frost was Vermont’s first poet laureate, appointed to the position in 1961. While the official task of a poet laureate is to promote the reading and writing of poetry across their state, the work produced by appointees often serves the additional purpose of documenting the ineffability of a place and time in a way

Heated Rivalry—a M/M queer and steamy hockey romance adapted from a book of the same name by Rachel Reid—has taken hold of the collective consciousness and not let go. Its season finale garnered 10.6 million US viewers, and its production has even brought talks of republishing a secretly published predecessor written in the ’80s by

Celebrate Earth Day with this bounty of beautifully written and illustrated picture books that encourage readers to connect with and protect our planet. Originally Posted Here

The National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2), founded on Juneteenth, 2025, has announced the first National Black Bookstore Day to be celebrated on April 7. National Black Bookstore Day is intended to “recognize, elevate, and drive support to Black-owned bookstores across the United States.” NAB2 founder Kevin Johnson, who owns Underground Books in Sacramento, CA,

Maggie went to bed in Austin, Texas, but woke up in Kair Toren, the setting of her favorite (but sadly unfinished) fantasy series. It’s a world where life is held cheaply and violence abounds, but Maggie almost immediately realizes she can’t be killed when she bounces back from what was most definitely a drowning. A

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Nijigahara Holograph Mythical and harrowing, Inio Asano’s incomparably daring Nijigahara Holograph unfolds like a transcendent dream. In a small Japanese town plagued by a mysterious profusion of butterflies, fifth grader Arié Kimura’s classmates push her down a well in an attempt to appease a monster rumored to dwell in the tunnel behind the elementary school. Arié

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here’s your weekend round-up of the news readers were most interested in this week. Roxane Gay and Channing Tatum Are Writing a Romance Novel Together Roxane Gay is a writer, editor, professor, and public intellectual,

An inquisitive, courageous little girl narrates Haven Iverson’s Into the Wilderness, wherein she describes her family’s annual hiking trips to “mountains upon mountains, forests that tangle their way up ridges, and rivers that rush to pools of stillness.” An author’s note explains that the book’s terrain is inspired by both Colorado’s Mount Zirkel Wilderness, where

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. Winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards The National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its

Is there such a thing as a charming thriller centered on Jack the Ripper? Indeed, there is: A. Rae Dunlap’s The Dreadfuls features a young protagonist who finds herself all but imprisoned in the Whitechapel Hall Reform School just as the infamous serial killer begins his slaughter. Fans of Dunlap’s well-received debut, The Resurrectionist—a gothic

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. Finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction The shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, which

“You don’t really have any friends, do you, Dad?” Andrew McCarthy’s son asks him one day, and McCarthy pauses. Seemingly without much further planning, the actor and author sends a flurry of texts, proposing adventures and visits. Soon, he hits the road. This time, he’s not traversing Spain’s Camino de Santiago with his son (Walking

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. What It’s Like to Be a Romance Cover Model File this under: we all contain multitudes. In 2019, Andrew Flanagan was a welder living in Franklin County, Alabama. Now, he’s the cover model on dozens

Drawing on conversations and voicemails, as well as interviews with author Larry McMurtry’s family and friends, New York Times journalist David Streitfeld delivers a sprawling yet captivating portrait of his longtime friend in Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry.  Intercutting biographical details with in-depth analyses of McMurtry’s novels, nonfiction and screenplays, Streitfeld

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In While We’re Here, the prolific duo of Anne Wynter (Everybody in the Red Brick Building, Nell Plants a Tree) and Micha Archer (Wonder Walkers, Daniel Finds a Poem) combine talents to create a lively celebration of the joys of slowing down, seizing the moment and breathing in the beauty of your surroundings—a much needed,

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. Books Are Fashionable Again/Forever A model, a novelist, a professional ballet dancer, a chef, and Sarah Jessica Parker

Maggie Smith’s newest poetry collection (and her 11th book overall) is a contemplation of the big questions: What does it mean to be an eternal being in a body that can—and will—fail in the end? What really happens after we die, and if we got to choose our afterlives, what would they be? In the