#breakinginbooks — Public Fediverse posts
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Barnes & Noble has Bought Another Indie Bookstore Chain
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, located in Ohio and Kentucky, is the latest indie bookstore chain to be bought out by Barnes & Noble.
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The Trailer for the New CARRIE Adaptation Is Out
The latest CARRIE adaptation—led by Mike Flanagan—feels fresh, but diverges a bit from the original story.
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Here are the Winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards
The Hugo Awards are one of the biggest and longest-running sci-fi and fantasy awards. Here are the 2026 Hugo Award winners.
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The Most Read Books on Goodreads in August 2026
The most read books on Goodreads in August 2026 include thrillers, popular book club picks, historical fiction, and more.
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The 2026 Kirkus Prize Finalists Have Been Announced
The 2026 Kirkus Award Finalists include authors like Tayari Jones, Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Michael Pollan.
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What’s Happening With Wattpad?
Fanfiction site Wattpad has banned content "primarily for sexual arousal," in a move users say is like "banning water from the ocean."…
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The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
The most read books on Goodreads this week include thrillers, popular book club picks, historical fiction, and more.
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Tom Hanks May Star in THEO OF GOLDEN Adaptation
The originally self-published book that has spent week after week on bestseller lists may now have an adaptation starring Tom Hanks.
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The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
USA Today, Publishers Weekly, NYT, Amazon, and Indie Booksellers all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.
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Check Out the Covers of A Court of Thorns and Roses Books 6 and 7
Sarah J. Maas has revealed the titles and covers of books six and seven in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series.
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Barack Obama is Hosting a New Book Podcast
Barack Obama is launching a six-part podcast series A Great Book with Barack Obama, starting September 24, 2026.
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The Fourth Wing Graphic Novel is Now Available to Preorder
The fourth book in the Empyrean series is still a ways away, but in the meantime, Fourth Wing, The Graphic Novel is available for preorder.
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Ebooks Are Coming to Libro.fm—With Exciting New Features
Libro.fm is expanding! Soon, ebooks will be offered right alongside audiobooks, as will a feature that allows you to read as you listen.
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The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
The most read books on Goodreads this week include historical fiction, a tradwife thriller, popular book club picks, and more.
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The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
USA Today, Publishers Weekly, NYT, Amazon, and Indie Booksellers all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.
https://bookriot.com/bestselling-books-august-6-2026/ -
The 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century, According to the New York Times
The 50 best thrillers of the century, according to the New York Times, includes bestsellers and books that have had huge cultural moments.
https://bookriot.com/best-thrillers-of-the-21st-century-according-to-the-new-york-times/ -
Take Book Sniffing to a New Level
Are scratch-and-sniff books... really necessary?
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20 of Libby’s Most Popular Audiobooks of the Summer
There are thrillers, feel-good novels, and some historical fiction, as well as a dystopian, and a 19th-century classic.
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The Most Read Books on Goodreads in July 2026
Can you guess the most read books on Goodreads in July? Here's a hint: the top five include thrillers, historical fiction, and book club picks.
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Barack Obama Releases Summer 2026 Reading List
Barack Obama's Summer 2026 Reading List is here! The list includes big names from the literary world and books that are under the radar.
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The Best New Books of August, According to Indie Booksellers
What better way to get book recommendations than from independent booksellers? Here are eight of their favorites for August 2026.
https://bookriot.com/the-best-new-books-out-in-august-2026-according-to-indie-booksellers/ -
The 2026 Booker Prize Longlist Is Here
Get your reading on with this year's 2026 Booker Prize Longlist, featuring some of the best of English literature this year.
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See the World’s Largest Pop-Up Book at the Los Angeles Central Library
The LA Central Library commissioned the world's largest pop-up book for an exhibit to celebrate its centennial.
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The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
The most read books on Goodreads this week include historical fiction, a summer romance, a marriage thriller, and more.
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The 2026 First Novel Prize Longlist Has Been Announced by the Center for Fiction
This year's First Novel Prize longlist includes a range of fiction, with some of the most anticipated and most talked about books.
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Haruki Murakami to Publish a New Memoir This Fall
Beloved Japanese author Haruki Murakami will publish a new memoir this fall. Abandoning a Cat: A Personal Story will be published by Knopf, and it will be translated into English by Philip Gabriel. The memoir expands upon an essay published by Murakami in The New Yorker from 2019 called “Abandoning a Cat.” The memoir will […]…
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Readers Report Highest Levels of Well-being
Use this information to defend that book-hoarding habit!
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New Fourth Wing Book Announced
Rebecca Yarros has announced a new Fourth Wing book on Instagram, but it's different from the others: it's not quite a sequel.
https://bookriot.com/new-fourth-wing-book-announced/ -
New Fourth Wing Book Announced
Rebecca Yarros has announced a new Fourth Wing book on Instagram, but it's different from the others: it's not quite a sequel.
https://bookriot.com/new-fourth-wing-book-announced/ -
THE HUNGER GAMES Will Return to Theaters This Fall
We're going back to Panem this fall, in a move that's proving lucrative for movie studios…
https://bookriot.com/hunger-games-will-return-to-theaters-this-fall/