
Our Most Popular Stories of the Week
Welcome to The Best of Book Riot. Here’s your weekend highlight reel of the week’s most popular stories.
The Best Cozy Books of 2025
This is a list of books that will help you escape. Books that may deal with tough topics, but always with a light and careful touch. Books where relationships blossom and steady themselves. Books where regrets are discarded and difficult feelings are healed or dissolved. Protagonists are prescribed cats to solve their troubles, sell their regrets to a pawn shop disguised as a ramen spot, fall slowly in love, help to heal each other, and help to heal themselves.
15 Essential Books to Read for the Resistance
The thought of getting involved in a movement can be overwhelming; you might not be sure where you can start, who to approach, or how to begin your activist journey.
Luckily, many people have been in the same place before and have written books that can help point the way for others. There are plenty of options out there for people who want to gain an understanding of the context and history of resistance, including famous texts that have formed the foundation for many movements. There are literal handbooks, written by people who have dedicated their lives to activism, which are full of invaluable advice for anyone wanting to get involved in present-day resistance. Wherever you live, whatever your circumstances, and whatever you feel you can bring to the resistance movement you’re drawn to, these books will help you find your way in the times to come.
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Yet again, there isn’t a single title that made it into the top ten of all five of the biggest bestseller lists this week, and only one made it onto four: The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins.
7 Books to Read for National Poetry Month and the Read Harder Challenge
April is National Poetry Month! It’s always a good time to pick up some poetry, but this month is the perfect opportunity to put them at the top of your TBR. Plus, is there anything more romantic than reading poetry in the springtime? Bring your poetry book to a park or garden to have a real main character moment.
American Library Association Sues Trump
Right now, the biggest news in the library world has been the American Library Association announcing that they were suing the Trump administration (including Trump himself, IMLS acting director Keith Sonderling, and DOGE) for their actions against the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The lawsuit argues that the administration’s actions were both illegal and unconstitutional, and in a statement released by ALA, ALA President Cindy Hohl said…