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Meet your new reading buddy: an all-in-one spot to record everything and anything book related. Inspired by bullet journaling, Book Marks offers ideas for setting up a multitude of book tracking pages with a mix of fill-in prompts, charts, lists, and plenty of dot-grid pages to customize. To help expand your literary horizons, the journal also includes a section of recommended reading lists compiled by Book Riot. Use Book Marks to jot down what you’re currently reading, what’s on your nightstand, your favorite quotes, new vocabulary words, memorable characters, your reviews of recent reads, and more....

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X has collected multiple accolades—the Printz Award, the National Book Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, to name a few—and for good reason. It’s the powerful story of teenage Xiomara, who dreams of partaking in slam poetry and is struggling to find her voice. The audiobook is a powerful performance by the author, who has a background in slam poetry as well....

Descriptions graciously supplied from publisher descriptions and condensed when necessary. 2666 by Robert Bolaño All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr “Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel....

HOLIDAYS ARE HAPPIER WITH AUDIOBOOKS. Make your holiday travels, errands, cooking sessions, and all the rest more enjoyable by listening to an audiobook. From bestsellers, to thrillers, to self-care, you can find the perfect listen for any moment. Give yourself the gift of audio this holiday season. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or just want to skip forward to New Year’s Eve, there’s a book out there to help you get in the holiday spirit....

This should come as no surprise—publishers have long been seeking out interesting people with major platforms to write (and help sell!) books. So why not publish books by YouTubers? The site seems to be an endless source of creative people with unique stories and/or expertise to share on paper as well as on screen—from early internet star and LGBTQ+ activist Tyler Oakley (677 million views and counting) to actor Issa Rae (who got her start with the Awkward Black Girl web series) to vlogger Hank Green (co-founder of VidCon and DFTBA....

If you’re still fascinated with Greek mythology books, or looking for Percy Jackson or Circe read-alikes, you’ll find the best of them here for adults, teens, and kids alike. One quick note before we jump into it: For an ancient culture that was queer AF and existing at a crossroads between multiple, diverse cultures, today’s conversations around Greek mythology are real white-washed. Frankly, they’re much less diverse than the cultures and heroes we’ll be reading about....

But the world of poetry is vibrant and thriving, filled with voices that seem to reach out and take our hand, that let us know we’re understood, we’re not alone. And that’s what poetry can do. A great poem can help us put words to feelings we couldn’t explain before, or help us empathize with something new, or reaffirm our place in the world. And a great poem can touch that lonely, dark part of our hearts and wake us up, bring us out of the cold....

Want more queer Halloween books? Check out this list of queer horror and this list of lesbian and queer women Halloween reads.

Tonight, the role of Beetlejuice: The Musical will be performed by… Tonight, the role of Hadestown will be performed by… Tonight, the role of Waitress will be performed by… Tonight the role of A Strange Loop will be performed by… Tonight, the role of Dear Evan Hansen will be performed by… Tonight, the role of Next To Normal will be performed by… Trigger warnings: body horror and gore Trigger warning: incest, sexual assault Trigger warnings: domestic abuse, homophobia, sexual harassment....

Miss Austen by Gill Hornby (Flatiron Books, April 7, 2020) Missy is 79 and lonely. She is widowed, estranged from her daughter, and far away from her son. But into her life come two strangers and a dog named Bob, and things are never the same again. No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami (Apollo, April 2, 2020, ebook only) The famous Parisian bookstore Shakespeare & Co was founded by Sylvia Beach in 1919, and became a haunt and gathering place for artists and writers who made Modernism what it was....

There are quite a few romances releasing in an audiobook format this November that are going on my “must-buy” list. Covering multiple genres, tropes, and authors, this list isn’t comprehensive by any means, but it may be a good place to start if you are looking to try something out of your comfort zone or if you would like to purchase another book to fill your Thanksgiving travel time....

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, Narrated by Robin Eller Who better to start with than Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider? In this modern classic, Lorde examines her life as a queer Black woman and pulls out universal truths for every reader to learn. Essay after essay is a home run, tackling topics like parenting as a queer person, intersectional feminism, and the importance of supporting minority women writers. I followed along with the audio, underlining half the book (at least it seemed like it)....

Hey YA Readers! In previous newsletters, I’ve talked about YA authors who’ve delivered adult novels or middle grade novels in their careers. Today, let’s take a look at YA authors who have or will be publishing adult romance novels recently/soon. Something to note here before proceeding: this list was developed looking at writers who began their careers as YA authors and have now added romance to their oeuvre. It certainly doesn’t touch on the romance authors who’ve delivered YA books during their careers....

Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway a copy of NEVER SAW ME COMING by Vera Kurian and a $100 gift card to Bookshop.org to one lucky winner. Simply fill out the form and subscribe to the BookClubbish newsletter for a chance to win! I’ve listened to so many books since finding my love for science books, so here are a few of my favorites on audio.

at Brightly: 11 Picture Books That Make Kids Feel Warm and Cozy at Bustle: 7 Empowering Books For Female Gamers Packed Full Of Advice & Analysis at BuzzFeed: 19 More Books That People Claim Have Truly Traumatized Them For Life at Crime Reads: Seven Thrillers for Domestic Suspense Lovers at Electric Lit: 7 Books About Surviving Political and Environmental Disasters at Essence: 24 Books Written By Black Authors That We Can’t Wait To Read This Winter at Epic Reads: 14 YA Books to Read Once You’ve Fallen in Love With The Bold Type at Get Literary: 6 Dark Superhero Reads that Pack a Punch at The Guardian: Top 10 political travel books at IGN: 20 Most Anticipated Comics of 2020 at Paste: 100 of the Best Horror Comics of All Time at Riveted: YA Novels that Speak to Your Inner Artist

If you aren’t in the mood for comedy, there is always something for everyone. Romance-focused manga, horror manga so you don’t sleep at night, or even supernatural manga that makes you meet very interesting creatures. Manga is a safe haven for many, and it could be yours too. The story follows the life of former yakuza boss Tatsu, also known as ‘the Immortal Dragon’. He has retired though, choosing to support his wife— doing household chores, cooking dinner, and fighting other yakuza bosses for supermarket sales....

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall, Narrated by the Author Hood Feminism is one of the best books on feminism that I have read in recent years. Each chapter discusses a different topic that is often left out of the mainstream feminist movement. While most of the essays focus on Black women’s experiences, Kendall includes women and femmes from a wide range of identities, including people with disabilities, Indigenous women, and LGBTQ+ individuals....

The following audiobooks have exceptional narrators with superior acting skills. I absolutely adored each one of these performances and hope that my fellow audiobook lovers will find some new favorites on this list. The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood Narrated by Chris Ciulla This may be my favorite audiobook narration ever. Ciulla gives voice to an amazing relationship between Ona, a 104-year-old woman, and a very special and unusual 11-year-old boy....

Welcome to Finale, the final book in Stephanie Garber’s #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series! It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist. Tella must decide if she’s going to trust Legend. After uncovering a secret, Scarlett will need to do the impossible....

Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway a Fall New Release Pack including the following titles: Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian, The Great Glorious Goddamn of it All by Josh Ritter, The Booksellers by Michelle Gable, You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith.