Riot Headline Book Riot’s 2025 Read Harder Challenge

Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the executive director of product and ecommerce at Riot New Media Group. She co-hosts All the Books! and the Book Riot Podcast. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccaschinsky.

New Study Shows Readers Can’t Tell the Difference Between Shakespeare and ChatGPT

Readers can't distinguish between famous poets and ChatGPT, a father of travel writing has died, and more.

The Most Influential Cookbooks of the Century

25 of the most important cookbooks of the last 100 years, the best historical fiction of 2024, and Martin Scorcese's adaptation plans.

15 Comforting, Stress-Free Reads

Books for when you need the literary equivalent of a weighted blanket, the It Books of November, and more light bites of bookish news.

Fantasy Books That Will Transport You to Another World

Your one-stop shop for Election Day distractions: transporting fantasy reads, gifts for book nerds, and writers going on wild cruises.

New Report Shows School Book Bans Tripled in 2023-2024 School Year

PEN America cites more than 10,000 banning attempts in the 2023-2024 school year, celebrity ghostwriters tell their tales, and more.

The Biggest Book News of the Week

PW and Barnes & Noble kick off Best Books of the Year season, the NYT looks at the best new releases of November, and more.

The News Book Riot Covered This Week

Publishers Weekly names the best books of 2024, John Green will publishing a book about tuberculosis, and more.

The Librarians Are Not OK

Librarians around the U.S. are struggling to balance their mental health with their desire to serve their communities. This and more news.

Scribd Ends Everand’s Unlimited Ebook Subscription, Pivots to Credit System

After negotiating wider catalog access with the Big Five, Scribd pivots Everand's unlimited reading model to a credit-based system.

The Best New Books Coming in November

Next month's best new releases, the impossible book questions we want answered, books about reproductive rights, and more.