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Today in Books

The Literary News Book Riot Covered This Week

A deep dive into Sally Rooney's latest, a new adaptation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS is in the works, and more bookish updates.

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Welcome to Today in Books. Here’s a look at the literary news we covered this week.

💔 Legendary actress Dame Maggie Smith has died at the age of 89.

🎧 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney is everywhere, but is it good? The Book Riot Podcast dives in.

🏅These were the most read books on Goodreads in September. And these are Goodreads users’ top books of the last 5 years.

🍿 Florence Pugh will star in an upcoming adaptation of East of Eden.

💸 Here are the bestselling books of the week, according to all the lists.

What’s the most interesting bookish news you read this week? Let us know in the comments!

The Best of the Rest

And here’s even more news from around the bookish internet. All Access members, read on.

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