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Attaining a royal title may not have originally been on Danielle Sepsy’s bucket list: She might have been content opening a successful online and wholesale bakery during the COVID-19 pandemic and racking up hundreds of thousands of adoring social media followers. But after opening The Hungry Gnome, she competed on HBO’s The Big Brunch, and

Caitriona Moran’s The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow has an instantly intriguing premise: a witch on trial in a medieval fantasy world befriends the Lord Proctor overseeing her confinement. Oh-so charming and witty, the 30-something Magdalena is in cushioned captivity. She’ll soon be on trial, having been accused of performing secret abortions with tonics and tinctures

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A city girl’s summer visit to her grandfather’s isolated mountain cabin imparts a big life lesson in Kevin Maillard’s The Ones Who Came Before. Coming from a big city, Aabanya feels a bit out of place in the hills that are “rising up and rolling down, swimming through the white country mist, rippling under the

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The dynamic between the titular brothers in Lian Cho’s hilarious picture book, The Pizza Brothers, will feel familiar to anyone who’s ever been that person during group projects—the one who quietly does all the work behind the scenes while their teammates take the lion’s share of the credit. In this family, that role is filled

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Hailey Wagner is the “It” girl at Bethington High: popular, beautiful and girlfriend of the heir to a local brewer dynasty. Micah, son of the town’s sheriff, maintains a powerful reputation as a flirty, nonchalant bad boy. And Ava’s the new girl who works at a wildlife center to escape her status as a social

Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves

Every now and then a special book comes along that is delightfully different and memorable, and This Is a Door by Daniel Nayeri is one of them. It’s a heroic fairy tale about a boy named Nothing the Younger—Ing for short—who is alone, penniless and trying to pinpoint his purpose in life. Much like the

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For crafters up for some advanced activities, look no further than Zine Making and Bookbinding: A Beginner’s Guide in 25 Projects. Brooklyn, New York-based Lauren Simkin Berke is an artist, illustrator and educator who knows her stuff, having taught illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of

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Winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for biography, Amanda Vaill’s Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution documents the lives of Angelica and Elizabeth Schuyler. Intelligent, independent and unconventional, the sisters came from a privileged New York family that was involved in the American Revolution. Both made remarkable matches: Angelica eloped

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Jacob Kramer’s Wandermelon is a playful book about nature, ownership and community that will immediately grab the attention of young readers. Within, a watermelon seed sprouts near Farmer Brown’s ditch and proceeds to grow wild, wandering on and on throughout town, much to the delight of its residents.  Children will enjoy following its meandering, nonstop

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In 12-step parlance, “doing a geographical” refers to the concept of undertaking a physical relocation in order to avoid the hard and necessary work of emotional healing. At the beginning of bestselling author Kim van Alkemade’s fourth novel, Upstate, adjunct professor and memoirist Audrey Beacon appears to be doing just that. After the unexpected death

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Lisa Kleypas’ much anticipated, long-awaited Queen of Lombard Street is equal parts swoon and rage inducing, weaving a triumphant love story into a riveting, meticulously researched tale of money, sex and greed. The anchor of the story is a stunningly unconventional yet historically accurate Victorian woman. Before she turns 30, Reina Martin is already a

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These days, hearing the words “the East Wing” is likely to conjure up the unsettling image of a dusty construction pit. Many Americans have registered dismay its destruction, whether or not they have detailed knowledge of its history. With her absorbing The East Wing: Power, Intrigue, and the Untold Story of America’s First Ladies, Azadeh

Publishers Weekly has announced their 150 Best Books of 2026. In addition to their all-around Top 10, the publishing industry’s enduring magazine brought their editors together once more to determine the books that made the cut in 12 categories. Top 10 Best Books of 2026 Highlights The Disappearers by Marlon James Transcription by Ben Lerner

Kevin Crossley-Holland’s Red the River Rises is the suspenseful tale of star-crossed lovers Tor and Kata, who fall for one another during the 1066 Viking invasion of England.  When the 15-year-olds meet, 300 longships carrying 10,000 men led by Norwegian King Harald Hardrada are en route to invade the city of York and, Harald hopes,

The Pursuit of Love The best sweets always have a pinch of salt, and this is why, I suspect, Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel, The Pursuit of Love, has endured—despite being, at first glance, the literary equivalent of a bowl of whipped cream. British aristo Linda Radlett is on a madcap hunt for true love, but

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Lawrence Wright is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers working today. His books about Scientology (Going Clear) and al-Qaida (The Looming Tower) were adapted for television and helped launch him to the closest thing magazine journalists have to celebrity. Lately, he’s turned his eye to his home state, with God Save Texas and Mr.

We’re thrilled to announce that Zero to Well-Read has won two Signal Awards! The podcast, which is part book club, part English class, took home silver for Best New Podcast and bronze for Arts & Culture. In each episode, hosts Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Schinsky present a deep dive into a classic or cultural significant

As many fans of Sherlock Holmes know, Arthur Conan Doyle had a real-life inspiration when he created the world’s most famous fictional detective. His muse was Joseph Bell, the surgeon who taught Conan Doyle when the future author was a medical student in Edinburgh. In Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes, author Lindsey

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