Author Q&A: Michael Cardwell

Posted on January 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mystery, police procedural, and thriller author Michael Cardwell's photo and website URL

Today we're interviewing author Michael Cardwell, who writes mysteries, police procedurals, and thrillers.

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery, Thriller

News of note for readers: January 20, 2026

Posted on January 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Tuesday, January 20, 2026, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Excerpt, Libraries, Poetry

Bookshop.org bestsellers: January 19, 2026

Posted on January 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the ten bestselling books from last week at Bookshop.org, a website that enables shoppers to purchase books online and send the proceeds to an independent bookstore.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, Bookstore

News of note for readers: January 19, 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Monday, January 19, 2026, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Author interview, Awards, Lawsuit, Libraries, Politics

IndieReader bestsellers: January 16, 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie books as of January 16, 2026, as compiled by IndieReader.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Bookish birthdays for the week of January 18, 2026

Posted on January 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

“Happy Birthday” is written in black on an orange balloon that floats near a pastel-frosted cake with pink candles, with the phrase "Bookish birthdays: Week of January 18, 2026.”

Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of January 18, 2026.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries

Weekend reads: Week of January 17, 2026

Posted on January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog this past week but thought were worth highlighting.

Categories: Favorites

News of note for readers: January 16, 2026

Posted on January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Friday, January 16, 2026, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Bans and challenges, Fantasy, Movie adaptation, Politics, Pop culture, TV adaptation

New York Times bestsellers: January 16, 2026

Posted on January 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times has released its bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction for January 16, 2026.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Romance news for readers: January 15, 2026

Posted on January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the romance news stories we found Thursday, January 15, 2026, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Movie adaptation, Pop culture, Romance, TV adaptation