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“Amazon doesn’t help independent bookstores. Period.”

Amazon's lackluster response to scheduling its book sale around Independent Bookstore Day, Broadway is making big bucks, and more.

Spilling the Tea on the Fiction Pulitzer

The fascinating story (and discontent) behind the selection of the Pulitzer in Fiction winner, the "Fyre Fest of book festivals," and more.

Guess Who Won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction

The books that won 2025 Pulitzer Prizes, the Edgar Awards (and its dearth of representation), a new way to purchase Kindle books, and more.

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.

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.

Agents Are Looking for Books Like This….Or Are They?

A special edition of a classic writing book, a harder than you think quiz, emergency arts funding. All in today's book news.

How THE GREAT GATSBY Took Over High School

Gatsby's high school bona fides, Amazon is going to be loud about what is to blame for higher prices, and John Lithgow perhaps doesn't understand what he signed up for. All in today's book news.