Can You Guess the Most Popular Book Genre in Each State?
Welcome to your Saturday edition of the Best of Book Riot, where we round up the week’s most popular stories.
The Most Popular Book Genre in Each State
Utilizing Google Trends data over the last 12 months, Cloudwards explored the most searched genre in each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. All searches were limited to Google Trends “Books and Literature” category, and the researchers used a variety of common genre terms to determine the frequency of interest in them by state. Some of the genre categories were a little unconventional for the average reader–how do you determine the difference between “fiction” and “family” as terms–but the major genres were included, including romance, fantasy, mystery, and so forth.
Plan Your Summer 2025 Reading With These Upcoming Mystery & Thrillers
Did your winter winter too hard this year? Maybe you just always look forward to summer? Even if you’re an “I hate summer, bring me the cold!” person, these mysteries publishing June through August 2025 will make you at least wish for their pub dates to arrive sooner, regardless of the weather.
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The Best New Books Out This Week
Now, even at the end of March, we’ve still got some bangers to discuss. For starters, there’s the translated poetry collection of Uto-Aztecan legend Nezahualcóyotl that I’m super excited about: Lamentations of Nezahualcóyotl: Nahuatl Poems by Nezahualcóyotl, illustrated byCuauhtémoc Wetzka and translated by Ilan Stavans. If you’re a seasonal reader, it will come in clutch for April’s celebration of poetry.
5 Fabulous Arthurian-Related Fantasy Books
In honor of the 50th anniversary of one of my favorite movies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this time I chose five (“Five is right out”) great books involving the legend of King Arthur. I have read a lot of books about King Arthur’s adventures, including The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, which is widely regarded as one of the best. I read it when I was eight and fell in love with it. I can still see the copy I checked out from the library. It was missing its jacket and was gray with a rose-colored spine, and I ended up reading all the books in the series that year.
5 Fascinating Stats About Modern Reading Habits
Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath reveals some of the most fascinating and surprising stats about modern reading habits. This is one not to be missed!
