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As fall-ready reading lists are amping up, I’m getting more and more into the upcoming season. Even if I feel like summer is still turning us every which way but loose. I’ve already looked at books I think will be big this year for book clubs, and I’ve since narrowed my focus to BIPOC books that I think will be big this year. There are a few people—like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Haruki Murakami, Louise Erdrich, Sabaa Tahir, and Robin Wall Kimmerer—who are auto buys for a lot of people, as well as a few exciting debuts.

The Most Anticipated BIPOC Books of the Fall

It’s a new week, so it’s time to take a look at the bestsellers lists! The titles that appear on all five of the biggest lists will be familiar to you: two are by Colleen Hoover and one is by Sarah J. Maas. We do have some new appearances furhter down the list, though, including Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy by YouTuber and podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen and Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir by artist Anna Marie Tendler. The other new release is Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout, the fourth and final book in the Flesh and Fire series, which started with A Shadow in the Ember.

The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists

Woman's World

Book lovers and bibliophiles rejoice! This week we have a fresh batch of just-released book recommendations here at Woman’s World Book Club — from historical fiction to romantic-comedies, thrillers, nonfiction and more, there’s something for everyone. For the week of August 27 to September 3, we’re topping off our list with bestselling author Jodi Picoult's ...

Woman’s World Book Club Recommends the New Jodi Picoult Book for August 27 to September 3

Colleen Hoover had only recently ended her reign over the bestseller and most read lists, and now she’s back. The movie adaptation of It Ends With Us has rocketed it to the top of this week’s most read books on Goodreads, unseating the recent queen of thrillers, Freida McFadden.

The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week

How do you pick which book to read next? I don’t know about you, but it’s a problem I run into frequently. I’m a mood reader with an extensive TBR, so there’s never any shortage of books to choose from—especially considering how frequently my fellow Boot Riot writers or bookish friends recommend even more great books for me to read. That often leaves me with an embarrassment of book titles to choose from—and that can be overwhelming. I know it is for me! When there are so many good books to choose from, how do you decide which book to read next?

How To Pick Which Historical Fiction Book To Read Next

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Dungeon Crawler Carl, I’ll Have What He’s Having, Full Shift, and more great books!. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more...

New Releases and More for August 27, 2024

As the last days of summer approach, we’re getting some great summer reading recaps. Most recently, three Bookshop.org members have rounded up their three favorite or recommended reads for summer. It’s a good mix of new, relatively new, and older releases. There are brilliant biographies, sobering sci-fi tales, and ravishing romances.

The 9 Best Books of the Summer, According to Bookshop.org

There’s nothing like getting lost in a long book. No matter the genre, from historical fiction to fantasy, romance and more, a book over 500 pages gives you the chance to immerse yourself in stories with richly drawn characters, intriguing plots, detailed settings and more. These novels may seem intimidating because of their high page ...

10 Long Books That Will Keep You Entertained for Hours (or Days!): Our Title Recommendations

Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky, Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde, and Moon Unit Zapa’s Earth to Moon all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home...

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Retired math teacher Grace Winters is shocked when she inherits a run-down house on a Mediterranean island from a long-lost friend. With a one-way ticket in hand, Grace arrives in Ibiza and searches for answers on how her friend lived and died. But what Grace uncovers seems impossible, forcing her to confront her own past in another touching novel from the author of The Midnight Library.

Best Books of Fall 2024

Good fiction often stands out thanks to the humanity it captures within the pages of a book, and nothing will drive that so powerfully home as a deep sense of camaraderie between characters. It’s time to dig into a few examples of great works of fiction with a focus on...

10 greatest books about friendship we’ve ever read

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa is set during the 1800s, after the golden age of piracy. The protagonist, Mar, is a teenage transmasculine nonbinary pirate with the secret power to control fire and ice. When Mar turns 16, el Diablo comes to collect his end of a bargain with Mar’s father, the soul of Mar’s father and the rest of the crew. Mar is rescued from drowning during el Diablo’s storm, by another pirate ship. The captains son is the obnoxious, yet attractive, Bas, whom they grow closer with despite themself. But they know they can’t be too close with him because they’re keeping their powers and assigned sex/gender identity from him. When a demon appears to Mar to tell them that their father is alive and his soul can still be saved before the harvest moon. Mar must figure our how to rescue him, while keeping their secrets from their new crew.

Book Review: The Wicked Bargain

It’s honestly ridiculous — in a good way! — how many noteworthy books are coming out in the next few months. Below is just a sampling, including quite a few with wonderful older characters, which is always refreshing. Of the 10 or so I’ve read so far,...

Fall 2024 Books Preview: 37 of the Season’s Top Reads

In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Book Deals. The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi. Everyone On This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson. $2.99. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, illustrated by John Jennings.

Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 20, 2024

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Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

After an eventful summer, we are super looking forward to the official start of biggest season in publishing. Goodreads is holding us down with their roundups of some of the best horror (which we reviewed here), science fiction, and fantasy books to look forward to with the new season. And...

The Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Books Coming Out This Fall, According to Goodreads

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The faces of "Harry Potter" characters have been reimagined by AI-generated images to align with their book descriptions.

AI Reveals What Harry Potter Characters Should Look Like Based On The Books

Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. “[A] palm-sweat-inducing psychological thriller.”. “[The Snap] buzzes with all-too-familiar frustration at injustices. In the doubts and thrills of her story, Staple echoes the moment in a game when a bone-crunching collision has a player carted off the field. Are we allowed to enjoy this? Should the game still go on? An endorphin-fueled, heart-hammering sprint.”

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

You are reading this article right now. Your eyes are looking at the words in this sentence and, hopefully, processing the information. You clicked a link possibly on the Book Riot website or a link in a newsletter or social media post. Given that you are choosing to read an article about books breaking the fourth wall, you must have good and intriguing taste. Welcome to the rabbit hole.

Let’s Get Meta: 9 Books that Break the Fourth Wall

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From Shakespeare to V.E. Schwab Jodi Picoult shares some of her favorite books.

Author Jodi Picoult Shares Her Favorite Books Of All Time

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The Most Popular Book Club Books of August, According to Goodreads

My colleague Danika Ellis is That One when it comes to number crunching and idea generation, and when I took some time off in June, they...

The Most Popular Book Club Books of August, According to Goodreads

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