Posted on June 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
-
Read an excerpt from I’ll Take the Fire, written by Leila Slimani and translated by Sam Taylor (Literary Hub).
-
We've got two best-so-far lists for nonfiction books (Book Riot) ...
-
… and a best-so-far collection, with an overall list and several genre-specific ones (Amazon).
-
To mark how the genre has come into its own, here's a list of the best young adult literature of the century, so far (Book Riot).
-
Check out the cover of Finlay Donovan Plays with Fire, the next installment in Elle Cosimano's hit mystery series; it comes out March 16 (People).
-
John Basinger, believed to be the only person in history to have memorized John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost in its entirety, died May 29 at age ninety-two (The New York Times).
-
The US House of Representatives has voted to take over the power to appoint the librarian of Congress (Roll Call).
Categories: Today in Books