Erica Ezeifedi

New York

Associate Editor at Book Riot

Associate Editor @BookRiot

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The Best New Book Releases Out June 10, 2025

2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

If you’re curious about what your fellow readers are getting into over on Libby and Goodreads, here are looks at the most read books on Goodreads last week, and the most checked out books on Libby this past month. There’s also some interesting data on audiobook listeners (“…more than half of Americans age 18 and older–51%– have listened to an audiobook”).
Books I'm Reading For Pride (and Beyond)

2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Pride Month is in full swing and off to an eventful start. To say the least. As we deal with an increasingly intolerant government, it’s even more important to to uplift and celebrate queer stories.
The Most Popular Books of May, According to Libby

3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

For the past few months, we’ve been looking at checkout statistics for Libby—the app that patrons can use to check out ebooks, audiobooks, and emagazines. For May, we’re switching things up a bit. This time, we’re looking at the check-ourt numbers for ebooks as well as audiobooks. Both sets of statistics offer some interesting insight into library patron interests throughout the country. The books span from a very recent mega-bestselling thriller to a book by a certain Georgian-era fave.
The Most Popular Books of May, According to Libby

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Erica Ezeifedi

4 hours agoWe’ve reached the point where just about everything you’ve ever done in bed now has an official name. The latest addition to the ever-expanding sex dictionary? “Shallowing”— a subtle move that plenty of people were already doing, but probably didn’t know they were “doing it” in any codified …
The Best Books to Read in June

3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

It’s always exciting to step into a new month and see what book publishers have in store for us. June has the added bonus of being the first month of summer, and so all the books coming out around this time also have the luxury of being associated with summer reading. And let me just say that we have all the summer reading recs. In addition to our list of the Best Beach Reads of All Time, there is this list, a compilation of the most noteworthy books coming out in June, according to our writers.
The Best Book Club Books of May

3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

With May having just ended, we can now look back at all the bookish things the month brought. There were lists upon lists of excellent summer reading—from The New York Times’ fiction and nonfiction lists to a general list by The LA Times’. Esquire got a bit of a jump on us with their list of the best books of the year so far, an we even released our list of the Best Beach Reads of All Time, just ahead of the sunny season.
BIPOC Beach Reads

3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Just before the beginning of a new season is always exciting for a seasonal reader. Bookish publications release big lists of the books their editors are most looking forward to, and there’s a general excitement surrounding the new wave of releases.
Book Club Books at the Biggest Public Libraries

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

This month, I thought to look at what the biggest libraries in the country were reading in their book clubs. The ALA, where I got my library size information, categorizes “big” for libraries in a few different ways—there are categorizations by circulation, holdings, or library visits. I chose to look at the size of the population plus the collection expenditures. I think this statistic has the added bonus of letting us know a little more about the community that the library is nestled in.
The Best New Book Releases Out May 27, 2025

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Summer is just around the corner, which means that it’s time to start plotting which beach reads you’ll be toting to your local sands. The past few months, we’ve been toiling away on a list of the best books to read while at the beach. Behold: our list of the Best Beach Reads of All Time.
Relax With This Cozy, Comforting Manga

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Erica Ezeifedi

Cozy and comforting stories have been around for a minute, but they’re definitely having a moment now. With the state of…things…this is understandable. A couple summers ago, I actually developed a habit that involved walking (instead of driving like I usually did) to the closest public library on Saturday mornings, getting a stack of manga and graphic novels, and spending the day reading. There were always cozy stories mixed in with my selections.