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Book Riot Launches New Release Index for Mystery & Thriller Fans
Book Riot’s New Release Index is a searchable database that lists upcoming mystery and thriller titles by release date, letting readers filter by sub‑genre and add titles to a personal Watchlist. The tool is bundled with the All Access membership, which costs $6 per month and also unlocks premium articles. Users can scroll cover images and click for descriptions to stay ahead of new releases.
Author Dorian Rhea Debussy’s new book, The Lavender Bans, chronicles a century of anti‑LGBTQ+ policies in the U.S. military and intelligence community, weaving personal anecdotes with archival research. The narrative spotlights figures such as fashion executive Dorothy Shaver, CIA‑denied contractor Julie Dubbs, and pop activist Lady Gaga, illustrating how cultural and legal battles shaped service‑member rights. Debussy also reflects on how his scholarship contributed to the Biden administration’s reversal of Trump‑era transgender bans. The work arrives as the current administration reinstates restrictions, underscoring the cyclical nature of policy change.
MIT historian Kate Brown’s new book “Tiny Gardens Everywhere” traces the rise of urban gardening from 19th‑century Berlin allotments to contemporary community farms worldwide. The work links historic commons‑based cultivation to the 18th‑century enclosure movement that reshaped labor and property...
Project Hail Mary is one of the best books I have read this year. And the movie beat my expectations. AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE :)
Andrew Wheeler released "LLMs for Mortals," a book drafted in just two months with roughly $5 in Anthropic API fees. About half of the manuscript was generated by Sonnet 4.1 and then lightly copy‑edited for 20‑30 hours per chapter. The...
There's all kinds of editors, publishers, and authors. I've never had an editor demand changes that interfered with my artistic vision at all on small presses or big 5 ones. Though, I've also never been paid a gigantic advance where...
This book was ok. Maybe a 6.5 or 7 out of ten. Thought it would be more technical. There was some of that, but the 2nd half more about people whose lives had been impacted by various air...
Star Gazers, a 2025 novel by Duncan Sarkies, uses alpacas to allegorize election rigging, media censorship, and corporate corruption. The story follows a vet and an engineer battling a health‑biscuits scandal and AI‑driven click‑bait tactics, highlighting the fragility of democratic...
Fox News anchor Shannon Bream’s latest book, “Nothing Is Impossible With God,” entered the New York Times bestseller list at No. 1, delivering her fourth consecutive debut at the top spot. The achievement highlights a growing appetite for faith‑based titles amid a culturally...
The weekend roundup spotlights two high‑profile adaptations: Andy Weir’s science‑fiction novel *Project Hail Mary* arrives on the big screen, while Image Comics launches a new miniseries adapting H.P. Lovecraft’s short story *The Thing on the Doorstep*. The article urges readers to revisit the original book for its richer scientific...
The article introduces Part 1 of a two‑part series that decodes the terminology used in Publishers Marketplace deal announcements. It explains how writers can interpret sales figures, co‑agented deals, international rights, pre‑empts, exclusives, and multi‑book agreements to gauge an agent’s performance....
Nick Offerman has been cast as the voice of Mr. Fish in the animated adaptation of Deborah Diesen’s bestselling ‘Pout‑Pout Fish’ books, which opens in U.S. theaters on March 20. The film brings together a star‑studded cast and an international...
So two things quick: one of the most important things a writer has is a voice. A voice is honed, developed over time. AI can rob you of your voice because by design it's generic. Whatever is uniquely you is...
On March 7, 2026 the Bay Area Book Festival hosted a live conversation with actor‑musician Daveed Diggs about the 50th‑anniversary edition of Greil Marcus’s *Mystery Train*. The discussion was recorded and the full video is now publicly available online. The commemorative edition,...
Generative AI is rapidly entering core business functions, promising massive economic gains. Analysts estimate it could add almost $7 trillion to global GDP and boost productivity by 1.5 percentage points over ten years. Adoption is soaring, with over one‑third of firms already...
Whew. I don’t listen to podcasts much but I just voluntarily listened to one for the first time ever, the episode of ICYMI about Lindy West’s new book. I was trying so hard to be open but husbands just be out...
Robert F. Schuler’s new book, *When Simple Becomes Extraordinary*, chronicles a 60‑year‑old diabetic man’s shift from 28 years of sedentary living to completing an ultramarathon. The narrative details the training regimen, dietary adjustments, and mindset changes that enabled the transformation....
Hachette cancelled the U.S. launch of Mia Ballard’s horror novel “Shy Girl” after a New York Times probe suggested the manuscript was largely generated by AI. The move has forced the Big Five publishers to confront how generative‑AI tools are infiltrating traditional and self‑publishing channels.
In Chapter 4 of the portal‑fantasy series, protagonist Lizzie, haunted by a prophecy that she must die to save the world, returns to her hometown of Bronard, Missouri, to protect a child after witnessing a brutal demon attack. She grapples...
The newsletter highlights how diet culture blurs the line between disciplined nutrition and disordered eating, using a personal trainer’s extreme carbohydrate restriction as a case study. It explains that behaviors often labeled as “clean” or “structured” can signal orthorexia or...
In 1926 Dutch gynecologist Theodoor van de Velde released *Ideal Marriage*, a 300‑page manual that framed sexual pleasure as essential to a healthy marriage and urged men to ensure their wives’ orgasm. The book became a bestseller, selling at least half a...
At a writing conference today, so my annual reminder. If you book time to chat with editors or agents, and you’re pitching your work… just read your query. Don’t try to memorize things and put that extra pressure on yourself. It’s...
The Capital Spectator’s Book Bits (21 March 2026) spotlights two new titles. Barry Eichengreen’s *Money Beyond Borders* examines the U.S. dollar’s more‑than‑10 % slide against major currencies since early 2025 and evaluates scenarios that could dethrone it, emphasizing domestic policy missteps. Gary A. Hoover’s...
In this interview, Civil War historian Kenneth W. Noe discusses his new book, *Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend*, which interrogates the mythic portrayal of Lincoln as a flawless commander‑in‑chief. Noe traces how his research, sparked by questions raised after...
Book Riot’s New Release Index consolidates upcoming horror titles into a searchable, date‑ordered database, letting readers filter by genre and save favorites. The tool replaces manual tracking with an intuitive cover‑scroll interface and detailed synopses. It is bundled with the...
Book Riot’s New Release Index offers a curated database of upcoming romance titles, organized by release date and filterable by genre. Readers can browse cover images, read descriptions, and add favorites to a personal Watchlist, eliminating the need for manual...
The article curates ten books that introduce Stoic philosophy to modern readers, ranging from ancient texts like Marcus Aurelius’ *Meditations* to contemporary guides such as Ryan Holiday’s *The Daily Stoic*. It emphasizes that Stoic works reshape attitudes slowly through repeated,...
John Lithgow revealed he almost walked away from HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series after facing criticism for working with author J.K. Rowling, whose trans‑rights remarks have sparked industry backlash. The 80‑year‑old actor says the controversy will follow him in every...
In this episode of Poured Over, host Miwa Messer interviews acclaimed writer Tom Junod about his memoir In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man. Junod recounts how the book evolved from...
“The Need to Rename Tech”, edited by Crystal Chokshi and Robin Mansell, gathers scholars who argue that the language used by Big Tech sanitizes the social and political harms of digital tools. The book dissects popular metaphors such as “cloud” and...
Alison Cheperdak’s debut etiquette book, *Was It Something I Said?*, kicked off an intensive week‑long tour across more than ten U.S. cities, blending in‑person signings with high‑profile media appearances. She featured on Fox Business, ABC News, and the Wall Street...
Fab 5 Freddy’s memoir *Everybody’s Fly* chronicles his evolution from a Lower East Side scenester to a pivotal visual artist, filmmaker, and hip‑hop tastemaker. The book highlights his early immersion in iconic clubs like CBGB and Paradise Garage and his role in...
James H. McCommons’s new book *The Feather Wars* chronicles the late‑19th‑century American craze for collecting bird eggs and skins, a hobby that drove several species toward extinction. The work details how a rag‑tag coalition of naturalists, sportsmen, artists and politicians...
Colm Tóibín reflects on how a fleeting image sparked a series of stories, from an imagined illegal Irish plumber in San Francisco to his longer work “The Catalan Girls.” He ties his fictional narrative to real‑world immigration anxieties amplified by Donald...
Frances Crawford’s debut mystery, A Bad, Bad Place, is highlighted as a standout in the month’s new‑book roundup. Set in 1979 working‑class Glasgow, the story follows twelve‑year‑old Janey Devine who discovers a corpse and struggles with fragmented memories. The novel...
Matt Goodwin’s book *Suicide of a Nation* argues Britain is undergoing a rapid demographic shift driven by mass immigration and a ruling elite he labels “suicidal empathy.” He cites polling that half of Britons feel like strangers in their own...
Good morning to every author who does not accept an editor’s changes without reviewing them first, and also to every publisher who did not ruin both an author’s career and their own reputation by fast-tracking and promoting a book *before*...
Iranian novelist Shahrnush Parsipur’s 1989 novella Women Without Men, a magic‑realist critique of gender and political repression, has been longlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize. The work, banned and censored in Iran, circulated underground and later gained worldwide attention after...
A well‑designed interior is as critical as a striking cover; professional book formatting transforms a polished manuscript into a market‑ready product. Print books demand exact specifications—page size, margins, gutter, bleed, CMYK images—while ebooks require flexible, reflowable EPUB or MOBI files...
Ava Reid’s *Innamorata* launches the first volume of the House of Teeth duology, plunging readers into the bleak island of Drepane where necromancy, political treaties, and seven noble houses vie for survival. The story follows Agnes, a noblewoman who has...
The article lists ten science‑fiction titles that dramatize humanity’s possible existence inside a simulation, from Daniel F. Galouye’s early classic *Simulacron‑3* to John Scalzi’s meta‑narrative *Redshirts*. Each work examines how simulated environments can erode identity, agency, and reality, often portraying corporate...
No. I am not saying people can’t like books. Not all books are good. Taste is subjective. I am saying that people here talk about which books they support or will stop supporting based on sentiments about the author without,...
What are we reading? Title: “Getting to Better - A new model for elevating human potential at work and in life” Author: Stephen de Groot @stephendegrootofficial Publisher: Networlding and Networlding Publishing Inc. #Books #Sales #Marketing #Socia… https://t.co/50XtmtdHir https://t.co/j9IGG9OeKm
In this episode, Planet Money chronicles its own journey to land a book deal, revealing the hidden economics of publishing—from literary agents pitching the idea, to crafting a proposal, and courting major houses amid industry consolidation. Host Alex Horowitz-Gazi and...
Didn’t expect a book on maintenance to be spellbinding Wonderfully written by @stewartbrand https://t.co/AA0fMC3MuF https://t.co/hkCoGsGMTU
Are You an Echo – on #WorldPoetryDay, the remarkable story of the forgotten woman who died in her twenties and was rediscovered to become Japan's most beloved children's poet https://t.co/zk1RX1W0Kf
This Is a Poem That Heals Fish – on #WorldPoetryDay, an almost unbearably wonderful French picture-book about how poetry works its magic https://t.co/KxUMLIeBE0
A pleasure to chair @carlbfrey’s talk on his brilliant book, How Progress Ends, at the @oxfordlitfest who kindly also included my latest book, The Great Crashes: https://t.co/i2YoILCoDR https://t.co/ZYKZYwYpyr
Unsigned copies of #BeingYou keep surfacing at @blackwelloxford - but don’t worry, these were all spotted and signed. Down in the Norrington Room. https://t.co/6sc4Lsents
As the world moves quickly from higher prices to outright rationing, I can't recommend the book "Scarcity" enough. As I write in "The Confidence Map" not having enough of what matters fuels intense feelings of powerlessness and uncertainty. https://t.co/rwHhqBqG8U
True that. Self-publishing means becoming a small business owner. And the reason why many people say they're going towards self-pub is precisely to maintain more control.
