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Gear up for the thrilling seventh installment of the New York Times bestselling Hell Divers series from Nicholas Sansbury Smith. Read by R.C. Bray. The mission to Rio de Janeiro ended in victory, but it came at a dire cost. Even worse, the skinwalkers’ leader, Horn, escaped with his demonic crew and is coming to take the throne. Back at the Vanguard Islands, as an injured King Xavier Rodriguez fights for survival, new intel from Rio de Janeiro gives humanity hope of destroying the biggest threat of all: the machines—if the machines don’t find the Vanguard Islands first....

Book Riot is teaming up with The NOVL to give away a personal reading retreat prize pack! Join NOVL Nation for YA exclusive sneak peeks, monthly book box giveaways, the NOVLtea talk show, and access to FREE advance copies! Brought to you by @LittleBrownYR and home to Twilight, Kingdom of the Wicked, The Inheritance Games, Folk of the Air, and your other favorite book boyfriends, @thenovl is a community of YA fans who like their worlds fantastic, their points of view diverse, and their love triangles spicy....

Check out these seven best new adult books—defined here as stories featuring college-aged or twentysomething protagonists—with LGBTQ main characters. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Alex Claremont-Diaz, First Son of the United States, hates Prince Henry of Wales. He wouldn’t want to touch the stuffy young heir with a ten foot pole. But after a PR disaster, the two have to become frenemies. As Alex gets to know Henry, he sees that the prince is much more than he seems....

When he was still a Cardinal, Jorge Bergoglio — now Pope Francis — sat down with Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti to talk about the Catholic church, the importance of work, the financial crisis, and Argentina, among many other topics. These interviews have been recently republished as Pope Francis: His Life in His Own Words. Now, I’m no Catholic; in fact, I’m an atheist with strong negative feeling about the Catholic church as an institution....

From the bestselling author of Caraval, the first book in a new series. For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings…until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic, but wicked, Prince of Hearts. How far would you go for happily ever after?...

Today, I have curated a list of books that encourage men to work through their conditioning and embrace their true selves. Products of incredible research and excellent insights, these books look at masculinity and manhood through a new lens. They urge our world to abandon the rhetoric that censors men’s emotions and only accepts a specific model of manhood. Manhood and masculinity come in all varieties, and welcoming their multiple renditions is the only way forward....

One of the most beautiful things about literature is how we find ourselves in books. Books can make us feel less alone. Even in “normal” times when we aren’t dealing with pandemics and large-scale unrest, 40% of adults report feelings of loneliness. Reading fiction can reduce those feelings. It’s not easy talking about suicide. I’ve struggled with suicidal ideation for much of my life. When I was 16, I gave in to that nagging little voice in the back of my mind....

‘Celtic mythology’ is such a wide topic that it’s difficult to pin down. The stories that fall into this category hail from Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and many other places in and around the British Isles and Northern Europe. Because of the distinct ancient cultures and histories of these places, any look at Celtic mythology has to acknowledge that only a small portion can be covered in a single book....

Today, I have penned a list of culinary cozy mysteries that are my absolute favorite. If food is something you don’t just eat to sustain yourself but also something that gives you purpose, which means you are a food connoisseur in the truest sense, this list is for you! Here, food is more than just a fuel to keep the characters carrying on from one day to the next. It’s the propelling force pushing the plot, creating intrigue, and eventually unraveling the mystery....

But I do still need my horror fix even when I’m hibernating through the winter. I’m all for trimming a tree and wrapping some presents, but I want some blood and gore on TV while I do it. I want a killer Claus, a sadistic snowman, a dream of something less sweet than sugarplums dancing in my head. I want to shiver from fear, not cold, when the sky is dark and cloudy like this....

Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about theirs—creating an essential read for white people who are committed anti-racists and those newly come to the cause of racial justice.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world–a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. Like anyone who adores literature, there are few things more thrilling to me than reading books about books. From books that are heavily lined with classic literature references to books that hold actual magic within their pages, many authors know all too well how powerful reading can be for their characters....

Book Riot is teaming up with Macmillan’s Nightfire newsletter for a chance to win a Horror Lover’s prize pack containing a $200 Visa gift card and copies of the following: The Living Dead by George Romero and Daniel Kraus, Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Slewfoot by Brom, Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. Simply sign up for the Nightfire newsletter and fill out the form here to be entered to win....

The books included on this list each speak to the zeitgeist of where we are right now. That can range as far as cozy reads that will hug your heart, an escape featuring a heroine we can believe in, unflinching looks at the political climate we are in right now, and books that directly engage and grapple with the issues we are facing today. Whether you need a passport out of the nightmare of today or instead want to confront the negativity head-on, there is a book here for you....

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Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common—they didn’t have an ending. The killer was still out there. But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer and author of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara, Billy got fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops had given up....

Poetry has a reputation for being beautiful. That’s not to say that all poetry is “beautiful” (and it completely ignores the total subjectivity of what’s considered beautiful). It’s just got that reputation. It’s pared down. Editorial. Distilled to perfection. When you don’t get to use a lot of words, you have to choose each word you do use with care. There’s a level of thought and intention that goes into making poetry that’s just different than what happens with prose....

To see even more winners from this year’s Audie Awards, check out the list over on AudioFile Magazine’s website. When Ryland Grace, the last survivor of a mission to save Earth, realizes that he is the only astronaut left on his crew, he desperately begins running the numbers to try to find a way to complete his mission. Narrator Ray Porter perfectly narrated Grace’s point of view, making this a delightful listening experience from start to finish....

In years past, Book Riot has posted a literary advent calendar, filled with a daily literary reading as we count down the days until Christmas. They included links to poems from Longfellow, short stories from O’Henry, and essays from Sedaris; classic readings which have become a part of many people’s Christmas traditions. We come to you this year with a new, updated literary advent calendar for 2020, with all new links for each daily read....

For the first time, I’m a judge for a book award. Achievement unlocked! The Bookstagang Awards began three years ago as an offshoot of a group founded by Alessandra Requena, who’s on Instagram as @readwithriver. She started the Bookstagang, originally called the Read with River Book Club, as a means “to create a community that fostered genuine friendships. I think that often the contacts we make on social media can be fleeting and superficial, unless we find ways to work together and collaborate....