Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 17, 2026
Today’s Featured Book Deals$1.99The Marriage Narrative by Claire KannGet This Deal$0.99The Perfect Match by Adiba JaigirdarGet This Deal$1.99Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin KwanGet This...
Lit Hub Daily: May 7, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1812, Robert Browning is born. Sarah Moroz considers “the poignant sibling renaissance” of Ocean Vuong’s first photography...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 6, 2026
Today’s Featured Book Deals$2.99The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiGet This Deal$7.99The Astral Library by Kate QuinnGet This Deal$2.99Read Between the Lies...
Unions are having a moment in publishing. Here’s why.
Yesterday, workers at the University of Chicago Press announced a plan to unionize. As Publishers Weekly reported, the UCP Workers Guild would be the...
The 10 Buzziest New Books of May 2026
Summer reading season officially begins in May—don’t ask why, we don’t make the rules—and with it comes a real smorgasbord of new books. Bookstore...
Five Publishers, Plus Bestselling Author, Sue Meta and Mark Zuckerbuerg
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. We’ve got big literary...
Lit Hub Daily: May 6, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1940, John Steinbeck is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath. Juliet Faithfull remembers having...
Happiness is Within Reach! And Other Fragments of Ancient Greek Wisdom
James Romm Translates Classical Greek Poetry
In the 5th century AD, a father in the Balkan city of Stobi was educating his son. Stobaeus (as...
Is Peter Thiel a “bad fan” of LOTR?
Who is Peter Thiel, really? Maverick, or monster? Little is known about the eccentric billionaire manipulating our world from assorted bunkers, but what we...
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has a New Official Trailer
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 5, 2026
Today’s Featured Book Deals$1.99We Do Not Part by Han Kang, e. yaewon (trans), Paige Aniyah Morris (trans)Get This Deal$2.99Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidGet This...
A Must-Read 2026 Literary Thriller Novel
Whidbey by T Kira Madden
T Kira Madden’s debut memoir Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls put the diasporic Kanaka ʻŌiwi writer in the...
Lit Hub Daily: May 5, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1927, To the Lighthouse is published. Mothman is My Boyfriend author McKayla Coyle wants to settle...
On Making Time to Read War and Peace and Other Great Literary Works
Laura Vanderkam Offers Some Suggestions to Help Meet Your Reading Goals
If you’re a serious reader, you probably have a few intimidating books on your...
Here are the 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners.
The winners and nominated finalists of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes were announced today by administrator Marjorie Miller via remote video stream. The winners each...
The Winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes
A mere 124 days into 2026, we have finally tied a bow on the 2025 book award season. The Pulitzer Prize, which celebrate excellence...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 4, 2026
Today’s Featured Book Deals$2.99Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltGet This Deal$2.99Rakesfall by Vajra ChandrasekeraGet This Deal$1.99Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina SimonGet This Deal$1.99Black...
It’s Okay If Your Kid Only Reads Comics–They’re Building Literacy Skills
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Graphic Novels Help Kids Build...