Breaking in Books: News From the Book World
Here’s your resource for updates and stories of interest from the world of books and publishing.
What’s Breaking in Books:
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community While Rebecca Yarros and her Empyrean series continues its reign over the list, we do have a new title in ...
The Best Books to Read This Spring, According to the New York Times
Community As we shift into a new season, we are also shifting into a new bout of great new releases, 24 ...
Here Are This Year’s Nebula Awards Finalists
Community Here are the finalists for this year's Nebula Awards, honoring the best in science fiction and fantasy.
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community It’s an open secret that The New York Times bestseller list is editorialized, not just a reflection of sales figures. ...
Canada Reads Queer Books—And More LGBTQ Links
Danika Ellis I scour the internet for the best queer book lists, interviews, and news so I can share them with you! ...
The Biggest Books of March, According to Libby
Community The second annual Libby Awards were just announced last week. If you’re unfamiliar, Libby is the library reading app by ...
Terry Brooks is Retiring from Writing, Delilah S. Dawson Will Write Shannara
Community Terry Brooks published the first book in the epic fantasy series Shannara in 1977. After writing dozens of bestselling titles ...
Martin Scorsese is Adapting Marilynne Robinson’s GILEAD Series
Community Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead series is a favorite at Book Riot: we even named it one of the best book series ...
Here Are the 2025 Libby Award Winners
Community The winners of the second annual Libby Book Awards have been announced. The award seeks to honor the best in ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in February 2025
Community Here’s a game that will be easy to win for anyone who has a passing familiarity with the bestseller lists: ...
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community Last week, Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros and The Crash by Freida McFadden were at the top of the fiction ...
New Analysis Shows Book Bans Target Books With Non-White, Queer, and Disabled Characters
Community PEN America has released a new analysis of book bans, Cover to Cover, and it really makes clear the purpose ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community Rebecca Yarros’s dominance over the most read books on Goodreads continues! Of the top five titles, three are from the ...
Ali Hazelwood’s Highly-Anticipated Monster Romantasy Cover Revealed
Community For those who like their romance a little monstrous 😈 🌶️
Here is the Longlist for the International Booker Prize 2025
Community The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2025 “celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories ...
The Horror Books Nominated for This Year’s Bram Stoker Awards
Community The Bram Stoker Awards recognizes “superior achievement” in horror and dark fiction. They’ve been awarded every year since 1987, and ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community The most read books on Goodreads this week are much the same as they were last week—in fact, the top ...
L.A. Times Book Prize Finalists Announced—Andrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo Among Them
Community The finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prize were just announced Wednesday. The list is 61 nominees long ...
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community Poisoned Pen PressWhen small-town cop Deputy Ben Packard finds himself at a low point—on leave and under investigation with no ...
The Best New Mysteries, According to Goodreads
Community Which cozy mysteries are you excited for this year?
Oprah has Announced her 111th Book Club Pick
Community Oprah has announced that her book club pick for March 2025 is Dream State by Eric Puchner, which came out ...
Hulu’s Series Adaptation of A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES Is Dead
Community A Court of Thorns and Roses at Hulu was axed on Valentine's Day. Maas plans to shop the adaptation elsewhere after summer.
Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY
Community Christopher Nolan is adapting Homer’s The Odyssey to the big screen, and it promises a star-studded cast. Zendaya, Tom Holland, ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community The most read books on Goodreads tend to be pretty similar week to week, but we actually have a couple ...
The New York Public Library Names The Best New Romance for Adults
Community Looking for great romance books for adult readers as selected by librarians? Look no further than this selection of 50 ...
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community Publishers Weekly, USA Today, the NYT, Amazon, and Indie Bestsellers all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.
Margaret Atwood’s First Memoir Announced
Community The multi-award winning feminist author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) has announced that she will be releasing her long-awaited memoir ...
The 2025 Libby Award Finalists
Community Book awards chosen by librarians! We love to see it.
The Most Popular Romance Books of the Last Few Years, According to Goodreads
Community How many of these books are on your TBR shelf?
We Need Diverse Books Announces the Winners of the 2025 Walter Dean Myers Awards
Community The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, aka “The Walters,” was started in 2014 by We Need Diverse ...
The Book Trends of 2025, According to Goodreads
Danika Ellis As the announcements of new book releases out in 2025 roll in, Goodreads has spotted a few trends—things like paint ...
The First Trailer for The Adaptation of Judy Blume’s Forever . . . Is Here!
Community Judy Blume, despite being a staple of youth literature for decades, has not seen many of her books be adapted. ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in January 2025
Community Can you believe we’re already through the first month of 2025? And what better way to celebrate the turn of ...
The Best New Books Out in February, According to Indie Booksellers
Community Every month, the American Booksellers Association puts together a list of the top 25 new book releases of the upcoming ...
New Dan Brown Novel Coming This Year
Community Wonder if Tom Hanks will star in the movie on this one...
You Can Now Buy eBooks on Bookshop.org!
Community Since it launched in January 2020, Bookshop.org has been a popular place for readers to buy books while supporting local ...
These are the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners
Community Established in 2012, the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction are awarded by the American Library Association ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community This week, the top four most read books on Goodreads are identical to last week—but we do have a new ...
RISE: The Annual Best Feminist Books for Children, Tweens, and Teens List Is Here
Community Every January, readers who love books for children, tweens, and teens get excited about the annual awards and “best of” ...
The Oscar Nominations Are Out—7 of 10 of the Best Picture Nominations Are Adaptations
Community The majority of the movies up for the Best Picture Award are adaptations, but not just of books.
Check Out The 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists
Community Curious about what books literary critics think were the best of 2024? Check out the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards in fiction, poetry, biography, and more.
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community Flatiron Books, publisher of Beautiful Ugly by Alice FeeneyGrady Green is having the worst best day of his life. He ...
Check Out The Finalists for the 2025 Edgar Awards
Community Here are the nominees for this year's Edgar Awards for best mystery fiction and nonfiction in over a dozen categories.
Here Are the Titles Selected for the 4th Year of the Science + Literature Program
Community Will you be picking up this illuminating, science-centered books?
Here Are The Finalists for Best Audiobooks of the Year
Community Looking for a great audiobook? Here are this year's finalists for the Audie Awards in 28 different categories.
Rebecca Yarros Says: Writing ONYX STORM “Almost Killed Me”
Community It’s the release date for Onyx Storm, the third book in the Empyrean series, which started with Fourth Wing. It’s ...
The Best Books of 2024, According to Reddit
Community Just when you thought Best Books of the Year season was over, a new list enters the frame! r/Books, a ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community Since last week, the most read books on Goodreads have stayed pretty similar—in fact, number one through four are identical. ...
Everand Releases 2025 State of Reading Report
Community What do you think of these findings?
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community The new year has begun in earnest, but because the bestseller lists report on figures from two weeks ago, they’re ...
The Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2025, According to Goodreads
Community The horror genre has been steadily gaining popularity in recent years, and 2025 is delivering a slate of highly anticipated ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community Well, so far, the most read books on Goodreads in 2025 look very similar to the most read books in ...
The Best Self-Help Books of 2025, According to Oprah Daily
Community Are you looking to pick up any new self-help books this year?
A Book App’s AI Called Its Users Too “Woke”
Erica Ezeifedi What do you think of this whole situation?
Jenna Bush Hager and Random House Publishing Group Partner to Publish Emerging Writers
Community Excited for the new venture?
The Best New Books Out in January, According to Indie Booksellers
Community Some of the most knowledgable and passionate readers in the world are booksellers in indie bookstores. They read a floppity ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in December 2024
Community Here were the five most-read books on Goodreads in December! These are the buzziest books of the moment, from thrillers to romance.
The Most Anticipated 2025 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books, According to Goodreads
Community Get ready to place your preorders and library holds now on the most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy books of 2025, according to Goodreads.
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community Despite the title of this series, it’s impossible to have up-to-date information about bestsellers. In fact, most lists report on ...
The Most Popular Book Riot Posts of 2024
Community Writing for the internet is an interesting career. It’s hard to know what’s going to go viral and what’s going ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in 2024
Community Here are the five most-read books on Goodreads this year! These were the buzziest books of 2024, from romantasy to thrillers.
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community USA Today, Publishers Weekly, NYT, Amazon, and Indie Booksellers all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.
The New York Times Readers’ Picks for the Best Books of 2024
Community The New York Times posted its 100 Notable Books of 2024 back in November—you can find out more about how ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community Here are the five most-read books on Goodreads this week! These are the buzziest books of the moment, from holidays romances to thrillers.
Here are Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2024
Community From political nonfiction to award-winning literary fiction, here are the books Barack Obama named as his favorites of 2024.
The National Book Critics Circle Awards’ First Longlist for Poetry
Community Planning to read anything from the longlists?
New York City’s Most Popular Library Checkouts of 2024
Community What was the best book you checked out from the library this year?
TIME’s Most-Anticipated Books of 2025
Community I hope you didn’t have anything pressing on your 2024 TBR, because the world of books and reading is done ...
The Most Anticipated Books of 2025, According to Goodreads
Community Goodreads has shared their most anticipated books of 2025: the 82 titles in a range of genres marked by the most users as "Want to Read".
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community Like last week, holiday romances have taken over the Goodreads Most Read Books This Week list. For once, Freida McFadden ...
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community For the last few months, the bestseller lists couldn’t seem to agree on the biggest books of the moment. They ...
Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being
Erica Ezeifedi "Libraries & Well-Being is an innovative study in how it applies positive psychology frameworks to the library world, to show for the first time that library usage positively contributes to externally validated measures of well-being."
The 10 Worst Book-to-Screen Adaptations
Community “The book was better” isn’t always true…but it’s a cliché for a reason. Readers know that unique heartbreak of having ...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community If you follow this weekly feature, you’ll know that usually, it stays pretty similar week to week. This time, though, ...
Goodreads’ Best Books of 2024
Community What do you think of this year's winners?
The New Yorker Names Their 2024 Best Books
Community Here are the 24 books that The New Yorker called their best of 2024.
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community Here are this week's bestsellers from the five biggest lists, including part one of Cher's memoir and THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
HayMarket Books Runs Books Not Bars Fundraiser for the Holidays
Community Every little bit helps!
Oprah Announces Book Club Pick and a New Podcast
Vanessa Diaz Oprah's Book Club has announced it's 109th pick, and a new podcast in partnership with Starbucks.
These are the Most Read Books of the 2024 Goodreads Reading Challenge
Community These are the 144 books in 12 categories that were read the most for this year's Goodreads Reading Challenge. How many have you read?
The New York Times Announces its Best Books of 2024
Community Here are the top 10 books of 2024, fiction and nonfiction, according to the New York Times. How many have you read?
The Best New Books Out in December, According to Indie Booksellers
Community What better way to get book recommendations than from independent booksellers? Here are five of their favorites out in December 2024.
Most Costco Locations Will Stop Carrying Books
Community 500 of the 600 U.S. Costco locations will no longer have a year-round book section, in a decision that could have big effects on publishing.
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in November
Community Here are the five most-read books on Goodreads in November! These are the buzziest books of the moment, from thrillers to romantasy.
Voting Begins for the Final Round of the 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards
Community Voting for the final round of the 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards has begun! Cast your vote for your favorite reads of the year.
The New York Times Announces its 100 Notable Books of 2024
Community How many of the New York Time's 100 Notable Books of 2024 have you read?
NPR Shares Their Big List of Favorite Books for 2024
Community NPR Books releases their interactive guide to the best books of 2024, with something for every kind of reader.
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community What's the last book you finished reading?
Anne Hathaway Set to Star in Adaptation of VERITY by Colleen Hoover
Community Will you watch this adaptation once it's out?
The National Book Award Winners for 2024
Community Here are this year's winners of the National Book Award.
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community What's the last book you purchased?
Cormac McCarthy’s Longtime Secret Muse Revealed to Be 16-Year-Old Girl
Community How does this change your view of his work?
The Winner of the $100,000 Giller Prize has Been Announced
Community Have you read this one?
The Best Debut Books of 2024, According to Debutiful
Community What's your favorite debut you've read in 2024?
Barnes and Noble has Announced its 2024 Book of the Year
Community Have you read this one yet?
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Community What's the last book you finished reading? Do you recommend it?
TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
Community How many of these books have you read?
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
Community What's the last book you bought?
The Winner of the 2024 Booker Prize
Community Are you planning to read the meditative, space-centered winner?
The Best Books of 2024, According to Amazon Books Editors
Community What do you think is the best book of 2024?
