TIME

From Anna Marie Tendler's memoir to T.J. Newman's thriller

The Best New Books to Read in August 2024

As lovely as it is to spend days or weeks immersed in a book, sometimes life doesn't allow for that. There's something very satisfying about starting and finishing a novel in a day - and no chance of forgetting what's happening or who everyone is!. From a thriller that will...

8 books you could read in a day

Parade

From Don Winslow to Tana French (and Princess Di!), we’ve got them all.

The 29 Best Mystery, Thriller and True Crime Books of 2024…so Far

Real Simple

Some of these books were foundational in inspiring other writers to share their stories.

10 Banned Books Everyone Should Read, According to These Published Authors

Helen Phillips’s Hum, Eliza Griswold’s Circle of Hope, and Jane Alison’s Villa E all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. *. 1. Hum by Helen Phillips. (Mary Sue Rucci Books) 4...

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

We talk about a lot of books on Book Riot every month…a lot. Between our dozens of newsletters, our podcasts, and our on-site content, we’re recommending hundreds of books every month in all genres, age categories, and formats. Hopefully, these recommendations connect you with your next favorite book. But how do we know which of these recs were successful? We don’t have comprehensive data on which recommendations made you read a book — that would be creepy. What we do have, though, is data on which books we linked last month that you clicked on. It’s not a perfect metric for popularity, since we don’t know why you clicked on them, but it’s the closest thing we have. So, here are the top ten most clicked on books on Book Riot last month.

The 10 Most Popular Books on Book Riot in July 2024

I mostly wish zero feelings of inadequacy about reading upon anyone. So, first things first, I don’t care whether you have or have not read all of the Important Books but if, for whatever reason, you’re trying to quickly catch up on the most popular 21st century novels so far, I’ve curated that list for you.

Catch Up on the Best 21st Century Novels in 10 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

Historical fiction is a genre that seems to just keep growing in popularity. Its blend of entertainment and education makes it a perfect book club pick, and the vivid setting pulls readers in. It’s no surprise that historical fiction readers are always on the lookout for the next breakout title in the genre — can anyone unseat Kristin Hannah? Fall is the biggest publishing season of the year, and it brings some fantastic new historical fiction releases to the shelves. Goodreads has picked out these 21 new historical fiction titles as ones you should be adding to your To Read shelf.

The Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Books of Fall 2024, According to Goodreads

The Week

The novelist recommends works by Kazuo Ishiguro, Jessamine Chan, and more

Helen Phillips' 6 favorite books about robotic companions

Our feast of fabulous reviews this week includes Becca Rothfeld on Charlotte Shane’s An Honest Woman, Hillary Kelly on Jo Hamya’s The Hypocrite, Megan O’Grady on Yoko Ogawa’s Mina’s Matchbox, Daniel Felsenthal on Beth Linker’s Slouch, and Matthew Stewart on Brenda Wineapple’s Keeping the Faith.

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

My favorite day of the year, I am personally celebrating by listening to the audiobook of Brad Thor’s new Scot Harvath thriller, Shadow of Doubt. I’ve already read it and written my review here, but because he is one of my all-time favorite authors ever, I always enjoy re-experiencing Thor’s books on Audible once they come out.

National Book Lovers Day: Discover These 15 Must-Read Mysteries & Thrillers

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

Author Jodi Picoult Shares Her Favorite Books Of All Time

The Ragpicker , Joel Dane (Meerkat 978-1-94615-459-0, $17.95, 290pp, p) July 2024. If you believe the advertising campaigns from Meta and Apple (especially Apple’s slick ads for its Vision Pro), virtual and physical realities will harmoniously exist together. It’s a utopian attitude that conflicts with the often dystopian vision presented by the genre, where VR, with its immersive pods and body suits, is a means of escaping the harsh realities of a broken world. Recent fare from Grace Chan (Every Version of You) and Adam Roberts (The Real-Town Murder’s series), for example, reinforces this idea that people, in thrall to the fantasies generated by VR, have turned their backs on social and environmental issues like climate change and economic inequality. JoelDane’s disquieting new novel, The Ragpicker – the fourth he’s written under the “Joel Dane” pseudonym – takes it a step further, imagining a postapocalyptic Earth where an event called the “Bliss” wipes out the vast bulk of humanity addicted to their virtual worlds.

Ian Mond Reviews The Ragpicker by Joel Dane

Turns out some of my favorite stories I read last month were about characters taking revenge on the patriarchy. I can’t imagine what would be happening in the world that would make me really enjoy stories where the patriarchy finally got what’s coming to them. A mystery for sure. Also resurrection. Strange bedfellows. Anyway, here are ten great short speculative fiction stories.

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2024

Tuesday's cartoons - Democrat dance moves, Republican fantasies, and more

Today's political cartoons - August 13, 2024

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

New Jersey State

The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week. My choices for this week include Cozy Culinary Mysteries, Sweet Romances, Cozy Animal Holiday Mysteries, Cozy Paranormal Culinary Mysteries, Historical Mysteries, Cozy Paranormal Mystery, Young Adult Romance Fantasy, Romantic Suspense, Cozy Craft and Hobby Mysteries, Sweet Royal Romance, Cozy Holiday Mystery, and Middle Grade Fantasy.

New Books Publishing Week 34 of 2024

BuzzFeed

I've Read Every Emily Henry Romance And Here Is My Ranking Of Each Book

These Deathless Shores , P.H. Low (Orbit 978-0-31656-920-0, $19.99, 464pp, tp) July 2024. I’m not quite sure what I make of These Deathless Shores, the debut novel from Malaysian American author P.H. Low. Low, whose short fiction and poetry have garnered them recognition, has written a novel that takes as its central concern the problem of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and the island (‘‘Neverland’’) outside the reach of the ordinary world where children never grow up.

Liz Bourke Reviews These Deathless Shores by P.H. Low

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New Books, 20 August 2024

(WordFire Press 9781680576207, $16.99, 292pp, formats: trade paperback, hardcover, ebook, 08/20/2024) SF novel. Colonists on the ark-ship Odyssey awaken to discover the ship’s tech has been...

New Books, 20 August 2024

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