Book Riot highlights: July 28, 2026

Book Riot always has a bounty of literary and publishing news to offer.

Here are the posts from today that we thought were can't-misses for readers. 

• We have a longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize.

• Emily Wilson, whose translation of The Odyssey has been on bestseller lists quite a bit recently, reviewed the Christopher Nolan movie; the review made waves both because of what she said and the fact that traffic to it temporarily crashed The London Review of Books's website.

• Happy 30th birthday to the Danny DeVito-directed movie adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda, a film that many have seen as queer-coded.

• Test your knowledge of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, one of the most frequently banned older novels, with these five questions.

• Live in Los Angeles or traveling there? You can check out the world's largest pop-up book at the LA Central Library, as part of its centennial celebration this year.