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Here are the Winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize

These are the books that won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, Biography, Biography, Memoir, Poetry, General Nonfiction, and Fiction.

Read the Best of SFF with the 2025 Locus Awards Finalists

The finalists for the 2025 Locus Awards have been announced, which celebrates the best recent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books.

Your Key to Being the Most Cultured Person at the Party

Stun your friends and acquaintances with poetic recitation, consider whether we need more male novelists, laugh at a nostalgic fave, and more.

The Book News Book Riot Covered This Week

Here is the book news we covered this week at Book Riot:

The Biggest Book News of the Week

Here are the headlines that defined the week in book news....

A Book News Link-O-Rama

A super-size list of book-related interestingness today.

The State of U.S. Civics Education: Book Censorship News for May 2, 2025

Do you feel confident in your knowledge of civics or U.S. government? If not, it might be because civics education in America has been deeply underfunded for decades. That, plus book censorship news this week.

The Most Read Books on Goodreads in April 2025

Here were the five most read books on Goodreads in April! These are the buzziest books of the moment, from romantasy to dystopia.

The New York Public Library’s Best New Poetry Books

The NYPL's librarians and staff read more than 250 poetry books and narrowed them down to the current list, which has a little of everything

Christie Estate Authorizes AI Deepfake of The Queen of Crime to Teach a Class on Writing

Fake Agatha, real support for trans people, and more in today's book news.