With the start of October, there’s been round-up after round-up of the most anticipated and best books coming out this month. Since fall has only just begun, these lists—which are conveniently gathered here—have banger after banger. I’ve parsed through them to bring you a sampling of the BIPOC releases that our staff is also excited
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There’s nothing that brings people together like trying to navigate a strange situation together, and that’s exactly what happens in these queer time travel romance books. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston is the most well-known example, but there are lots of ways to approach this genre. I have two sapphic romances for you about
I’ve been saying it a lot lately, but it’s true: readers are really and truly eating well right now. The most anticipated books, by bestselling and award-winning authors, are continuing to pour out this month, as are some delightfully season-friendly reads. Among the spooky books are Trad Wife by Sarah Langan, The Ship of Death
It’s big things poppin’ for all things having to do with The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. First off, the 2021 mega-bestselling STEMinist romance, which began as a Reylo fanfic, has already been adapted into a buzzy new film that just came out on September 23rd on Prime Video. Secondly, Hazelwood announced Tuesday that not
We’re delighted to announce that Zero to Well-Read is a finalist for the Signal Awards in two categories: Best Arts & Culture Podcast and Best New Podcast! Part book club, part English class, Zero to Well-Read is a fun and informative guide to the books people talk about like everyone has read them. Hosts Jeff
Utah passed one of the strictest bills related to books in public schools in 2024. House Bill 29(HB 29) allows parents to challenge books they deem “sensitive material,” and it also outright bans books from all public schools in the state if those books have been deemed “objective sensitive material” or “pornographic” per state code
It’s a tale almost as old as time, and it’s landing on Netflix this Thursday. John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is an epic, magisterial novel about fathers and sons, family legacies, and the question of free will. Based on the story of Cain and Abel in the book of Genesis, the substantial tome cemented Steinbeck’s


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Healing fiction is, as the name implies, a genre of fiction that feels healing. Originating in Japan and South Korea, healing fiction has become a global phenomenon. In some ways, it can feel very similar to cozy fiction: it’s gentle, character-driven, and tends to have a happy ending. But healing fiction is its own distinct
In honor of cauldron season, might I interest you in a range of poisons, potions, and brews in fantasy novels? Riding the line between cooking and chemistry, a classic magic brew is a respected form of world-building in the fantasy genre. However, the art of creating poisons, potions, and brews in fantasy is not entirely
Last week, a single trading card of Dallas Mavericks young star Cooper Flagg sold for just over $8 million dollars. This is not Mickey Mantle or Babe Ruth, but a young (though much-lauded) player yet to even make the NBA playoffs. But the juice was in the rarity: it is a one-of-one card, with a


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We’ve made it well past the halfway point of September. For those of you involved in the school year in some capacity–as an educator, student, parent, or otherwise–hopefully this first month has been good. As we cross the seasonal line into fall, here’s hoping that if you’ve had a sweltering summer, the weather feels a
Your Spotify Premium membership gets you 15 hours of audiobook listening every month. We suggest these picks from Spotify’s hottest listens of the season, each under 15 hours. 🏨 Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley and Agatha Christie – An all-new Marple mystery from Lucy Foley, with full-cast narration by Hayley Atwell,
The Choose Your Own Adventure series is getting an imprint for adults. CYOA Unbound will be the first imprint “dedicated to publishing nonlinear, multiple-ending gamebooks for adults.” The inaugural lineup, out fall 2027, includes: CYOA Unbound will publish titles that span genres and categories like reimagined classics, horror, mysteries, thrillers, and romance. Launched by one
Former President and forever Reader-in-Chief Barack Obama’s podcast, A Great Book, dropped today on Audible. Each of the six episodes in the limited series features Obama in conversation a different thinker/writer/artist about a book that has “profoundly shaped his worldview and our society.” In the debut episode, Obama sits down with Tom Hanks to discuss
Florida does not maintain a state-sanctioned book ban list because it is not part of the state’s laws governing school and school library materials. But now, for the second year in a row, Florida’s Commissioner of Education is demanding schools across the state ban more books. The directive, sent to every public school and charter
If the term “mushroomcore” instantly brings an image to mind, you already understand its essence. Much like its aesthetic cousins, cottagecore and goblincore, it evokes the cozy, slightly witchy elements of forests, critters, twilight, lush greenery, and thatched-roof cottages. As a child of the ’90s, I used to associate anything ending in “-core” with hardness,
This post is inspired by a recent memory I had of a phone video game a friend used to play 20 years ago: Katamari Damacy Mobile. The idea was to roll a ball around, and the ball would pick up items as it went along, collecting more and more. It wasn’t slime, but it obviously
Oh, Adam and Olive, we love you in every universe. 2026 has really been the year for romance book adaptations with Off Campus and Every Year After. Now, The Love Hypothesis movie has been added to the list as well. Prime Video, please never stop. We could literally consume these adaptations every single day —
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