Book Riotβs Deals of the Day for April 5, 2026
A cozy fantasy with found family, speculative fiction meets philosophy, a romantasy steeped in Chinese mythology, and more of the best book deals of the day
A cozy fantasy with found family, speculative fiction meets philosophy, a romantasy steeped in Chinese mythology, and more of the best book deals of the day
Here's the best way to keep track of new graphic novelsβwithout it becoming a part-time job of catalog reviews and spreadsheets.
Here's the best way to keep track of new mystery and thriller booksβwithout it becoming a part-time job of catalog reviews and spreadsheets.
Kelsey Rexroat investigates the super-readers who log hundreds of books a year. | Lit Hub Craft The very important history of the very important pickle: βWhether itβs through jokesβ¦
Stories by Salman Rushdie, a novel by Nobel Prize winner Han Kang, a bestselling whirlwind romance, a page-turning thriller by E. Lockhart, and more of the best deals of the day
Holiday weekend link purge.
Itβs April on the east coast, and weβre starting to get glimpses of beauty amid the chilled damp. Everyone knows Eliotβs description of April as the cruelest month: βMemory and desβ¦
Create and add in different products from other sites you sell on and categorize them to make it easier for people to find them.
A queer Gothic tale of grief and ambition, a quirky, rule-breaking PI, the mystery of a missing translator, and more of today's best book deals
As the internet noted earlier this weekβand Claire Guinan at Jezebel observed yesterdayβVice President JD Vance may have a plagiarism problem. (Among his many others.) On Tuesday, β¦
Jonathan Franzenβs The Corrections, the seismic family saga you couldnβt avoid in the early aughts, is finally getting a screen adaptation. In 2012, Noah Baumbach and Scott Rudin aβ¦
The line-up today on Book Riot for your consideration.
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommβ¦
Russia (Rossiya) has never been called Russia, not officially. Itβs been the Tsardom of Russia, Imperial Russia, Soviet Russia, and the Russian Federation but never just Russia. Thβ¦
These were the five most read books on Goodreads in March. These are the buzziest books of the moment, from hard sci-fi to marriage thrillers.
What's on your TBR for April, and which 2026 Read Harder Challenge tasks do those books complete? Let's talk about it!
Catch up on the latest in news to help you do your library job even better.
βLately, Iβve found myself pining for the old WASP elite.β In which Robert Leleux reads too many biographies of rich, white Americans. | Lit Hub Biography Simon Morrison explores tβ¦
As Earth Day approaches, here are some excellent comics about nature and the environment.
Grab your TBRs. The new horror book releases for April are out of this world good.
Library Futures developed a game to help librarians protect the right to read. Here's what it is, why it was developed, and how to try it out.
Lately, Iβve found myself pining for the old WASP elite. Do admit, we used to have a better class of rich people. I mean, youβd never have seen Paul Mellon prancing around a stage β¦
βWe were punished.β Thatβs how Joe Lauria, the editor in chief of Consortium News, described PayPalβs decision to cut off their account. Lauria has spent decades writing about inteβ¦
Rainey Royal saved my life. It was 2011, the year I cried every day. My husband and I had just moved to New York City from Washington, DC, and for a long time we lived out of wardrβ¦
you waltz through the bouquet of zombies outside the Albertsonβs, skip pristine sneakers over frankenstein feet. the dead womanβs gown is hissing, but it doesnβt matter. whatever hβ¦
Let me share a love story with you, the one between me and the slow burn. Iβm obsessed with longing and will be until I die. Sex doesnβt keep us flipping pagesβanticipation does. Tβ¦
Colm TΓ³ibΓnβs The News From Dublin, Tana Frenchβs The Keeper, and Serena Kutchinskyβs Kutchinskyβs Egg all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you byΒ Bookβ¦
This first appeared in Lit HubβsΒ Craft of WritingΒ newsletterβsign up here. In her 2017 novelΒ The Idiot, Elif Batuman discusses the long-running controversy in linguistics over the β¦
The leg, a line. A close-up of a womanβs leg. And the leg is seen because the woman is tying her shoes. Isnβt the leg a line? sheβs heard saying. Tying up the laces. Thereβs a certβ¦
Which queer books did you read in March, and what's on your TBR in April? Let's trade recommendations!
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommβ¦
There are truths which predate and postdate us. Bear with me as I get a little psychedelic, as I get a little Frozen part II (wherein water has memory), as I lean into some arguablβ¦
Death investigates murders, catching flights and feelings, folk horror at a sanatarium, and more of today's best book deals
You may know her as a Grammy winning pop star, best at baiting hooks that keep Barbie in a trance. But these days youβre just as likely to know Dua Lipa for her second job: bookfluβ¦
A singular story of writing, creativity, and perseverance headlines today's book news.
Flour. Baking powder. Salt. Heavy cream or butter. These ingredients are the beginningsβof biscuitsβas well as, for me, a literary community, one that has proven to be more essentiβ¦
No one wanted AI-produced microdrama takes on Harlequin Romance titles, so why are we getting them? | Lit Hub Technology Sarah Murray on Smart House and what the early years of AI β¦
In this round-up of recent sci-fi and fantasy links, check out the Stephen Colbert Lord of the Rings news and more!
March was a busy month with YA book news, ranging from award winners to adaptation updates and so much more.
USA Today, Publishers Weekly, NYT, Amazon, and Indie Booksellers all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.
These picture books about spring are so perfect, you can almost smell the fresh-turned earth.