Our Most Popular Posts 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 Historical Fiction Books You Haven’t Read
So, how many of you are reading this post to see if you have in fact read any of the books mentioned in it? Welcome! Either you have excellent taste, if you have in fact read any of them, or you’re about to add a lot of books to your TBR. It’s a win-win situation! It’s not possible to actually know what every single person in the world has or hasn’t read, so this list is based on the books’ low number of Goodreads rating.
We all know that there are SO many books in the world, and we will only ever be able to read a very small fraction of them. (*SOB*) But getting to read any amount of books is an incredible, positive addition to our lives. And just like we can’t read every book, we also can’t hear about every book. That’s why these lists exist—to help amazing books find new readers!
The Best Beach Reads of All Time
It’s been a minute since we shared a big list of beach reads to keep you equipped for the season, so we decided to make it count, calling upon the expertise of our staff and contributors for a list of the 50 best beach reads of all time. We expanded our thinking beyond the books we personally love–though you’ll find those listed here as well–to consider the books we’ve literally seen on the beach, the it books of summers past, and classics of the beach read canon.
5 Best Mystery & Thriller Beach Reads Of All Time!
Welcome to Beach Read season! What does that mean? Probably something slightly different to every reader as we enter the summer season in the US and many people take vacations, pop out to the pool, beach, or participate more in outdoor activities. While relaxing and stretching out with a good book and a cold drink, many readers want something that will be absorbing, fun, and that they can put down and pick up as they try and de-stress and be one with the spirit of summer.
To ring in the season, Book Riot put together The Best Beach Reads of All Time list, with everyone shouting many of their all-time favorites. I’m sharing a few of my fellow Book Riot writers’ mystery and thriller selections, and I thought I’d also add a couple more of my own.
The Best New Books Out in June, According to Indie Booksellers
If you want to keep up to date with the biggest, buzziest, and best books out every month, you have to consult the experts: indie booksellers. They are passionate readers who are always looking for the new releases that deserve to be stocked and promoted.
Luckily for us, the American Booksellers Association puts out a monthly list of their top 25 new book releases in the Indie Next List Preview. These are books that were nominated by booksellers at independent bookstores across the country, and they cover all genres and categories. Each book has a quote from a bookseller about why they recommend it.
Celebrating 20 Years of AND TANGO MAKES THREE
This year, the groundbreaking nonfiction children’s picture book And Tango Makes Three celebrates its 20th anniversary. First published in April 2005, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson’s story about two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo caring for and hatching an egg together. Roy and Silo, the penguins at the center of the book, shared their names with the real chinstrap penguins who formed a bond at the zoo. The pair tried to incubate a rock together, and seeing this, senior penguin keeper Rob Gramzay gave them an extra egg from another penguin pair. That egg became Tango.
