Book Review
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 25, 2021
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Books Riot’s YA Book Deals of the Day: September 25, 2021
The best YA book deals today, sponsored by Sweet Black Waves by Kristina Pérez. ...
Wait A Minute, Mr. Postman: Sweet Stationery Kits for Letter...
Stationery kits are all the rage right now, and it’s likely thanks to the dark academia...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 24, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski...
US Senate Finance Committee Presses Publishers on Library...
Earlier this year, Fight for the Future — a group of technology experts, policy...
YA Books With Muslim Main Characters: The List List #468
Lightning couldn’t strike twice, could it? Madalyn needs clear skies desperately....
10 Magical Middle Grade Reads
There are three important laws in Ezomo’s village: Don't go to The Valley, don't...
The Best Isekai Light Novels
Isekai novels are a sub-genre of light novels that have taken the manga and anime...
“What did I know of mortal babies?”: Six Parenthood Lessons...
Nothing truly prepared me for parenthood until I was thrown right into it with the...
Eight Horror Books About the Ocean That Will Make You Glad...
As summer draws to a close and fall emerges, us beach-goers say goodbye to the water...
The Essential, Authoritative, and Indispensable Collection...
While some beacons of childhood nostalgia are better left as memories, I suspected...
Why “Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” Is Bad Advice
It’s a Saturday morning and you’re looking for a nice way to relax from your hectic...
Wait A Minute, Mr. Postman: Sweet Stationary Kits for Letter...
Stationary kits are all the rage right now, and it’s likely thanks to the dark academia...
12 TV Shows Based on YA Books
While I love a good movie adaptation, I have been living for all of the YA books...
Times Are Changing: COVID-19 and Library Late Fees
Almost any reader with a library card will be familiar with the concept of library...
COMPLAINT!
In an era of Black Lives Matter, MeToo, and a host of diversity, equity, and inclusion...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 23, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Jambor Publishing. Today’s Featured...
Buckle Up, Me Hearties: Best YA Pirate Stories
Lane Garrow has a secret—one that could get her killed. A life at sea hiding as...
Book Fetish: Volume 474
Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 474, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art,...
Digital Escapes for Readers & Writers: 20 Must-Read...
We are in a renaissance for online literary journals. Especially in regards to the...
20 Unabashedly Bi Books for Bi Day of Visibility
Give me a plethora of unabashedly bi books for Bi Day of Visibility this year —...
How Jane Austen Raised Seven Gothic Novels From the Dead
With October creeping up on us, it’s time again to devote ourselves to the literature...
Horror Manga Artists to Fuel Your Nightmares
You can find a wide variety of genres in the manga format. As we’ve discussed numerous...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Terrifying, Mysterious, and...
I first encountered the story “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” when I was five, watching...
Plan a Fall Day and We’ll Give You a Book to Preorder
Gosh, I love fall. From the book stacks to the hypnotizing smells of apple and cinnamon...
10 Authors Like Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson is having a moment. Between the 2015 release of Let Me Tell You,...
How Are Romance Novel Covers Made?
I know romance covers sometimes feel like a punchline to the rest of the world,...
Central York School District (Finally) Overturns Ban On...
On September 9, we wrote about the student protests happening in Central York after...
BROKEN PIECES OF GOD
Eddy Kimes, one of the main characters in Seaburn’s tale, is a longtime supervisor...
LGBTQ-Friendly 3rd Grade Teacher Reinstated to Her Classroom
On September 13th, we wrote about Lauren Crowe, a third grade teacher from Glen...
Book Riot’s Children’s Deals for September 22, 2021
Today’s edition of children's book deals is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 22, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Atria Books. Today’s Featured Deals...
Book Riot’s Romance Deals of the Day for September 22,...
Today's edition of Romance Deals is sponsored by MIRA Books. $0.99 Summer Heat by...
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
When she was 8, the family moved to India, where her art matured considerably. Noticing...
YA Books About Fat Girls Kicking Butt
Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway a copy of NEVER SAW ME COMING...
There’s a Playlist for That: My Summer 2021 Reading Playlist
If this whole writer/editor thing hadn’t worked out, I’d loosely plotted out one...
On Being a Comics Reader vs. Being a Comics Fan
I did not read comics as a kid. The first graphic novel I can remember reading is...
16 French Books Available in English Translation
I’m back once again to recommend you a list of incredible books available in English...
The Reader They Don’t Think They Are: Building A Reading...
There is a discussion in reading spaces about reading preferences, and it hinges...
What Witches Actually Do During the Autumn Equinox: A Bookish...
Welcome to autumn, friends! While most places in the Northern Hemisphere are already...
If You Love GOSSIP GIRL, These Books Are Perfect For You
*Kristen Bell voice* Hello, friends. This is your one and only source for the scandalous...
I Love You A Latte: 10 Delicious Coffee Shop Romances
Coffee shop romances demonstrate how fiction and fan fiction have been blurring...
Book Character Costumes for the Coolest Teacher in School
Book character costumes for teachers? Sign me up! If there’s one thing I miss about...
The Best Horror Books Of The Decade
Two full decades past the new millennium, time has gotten…well, wonky. Maybe it’s...
Get Paid $1300 To See Which Stephen King Movies Give You...
USDish, a television provider, is holding a contest for a horror fan’s dream job:...
RAVENS IN THE RAIN
The story begins in a busy Las Vegas casino, and the authors immediately set a dark...
IF WINE COULD TALK
In the midst of her final year as an advertising student at the University of Florida,...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 21, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by The Hawthorne Legacy. Today’s Featured...
OUT OF DARKNESS Pulled For Review in Central Texas Middle...
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez is a 2016 Michael L. Printz Award finalist,...
Quiz: Surviving Middle School
Lightning couldn’t strike twice, could it? After a terrible year, Madalyn needs...
6 Mysteries and Thrillers on Audio
Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway a copy of NEVER SAW ME COMING...
Riot Recommendation: Best Books About Mindfulness
Who really understands the concept of karma? Half the time when people are referencing...
Music Books for Kids: 14 Titles to Teach and Inspire
“I loved this book when I was a kid!” I plucked The Philharmonic Gets Dressed —...
Creepy Fun: 35 New YA Horror Books To Devour
Every season is horror season, as far as I’m concerned, but we all can collectively...
Fashion Heroes: Squirrel Girl
If you’ve been around for a while, you may have seen some of my Fashion Disasters...
12 Bookish Hats for Bookworm’s Heads
For book lovers, there’s nothing like a literary accessory to announce your love...
Romance Anthologies
I’ll be honest. I can’t even remember the first romance anthology I read. The only...
On Reading May Sarton’s JOURNAL OF A SOLITUDE After Our...
“I feel cluttered when there is no time to analyze experience. That is the silt...
What I Learned From The Sealey Challenge
Even though it began in 2017, this year was the first I’d heard of The Sealey Challenge....
A Guide To Finding The Best Free Online English Literature...
There’s a difference between reading a piece of work and critically analysing it....
THE SUNSHINE SQUAD
123 Sunshine St., located in a multiethnic community, is the apartment-building...
THE BRONZED BEASTS
Immediately following the devastating events of The Silvered Serpents (2020), Séverin,...
PITCH PARTNERS
Part friendship story, part biofiction, and part marketing tool, this entry is closely...
A NATURAL HISTORY OF MAGICK
Introduced as a mysteriously found “scrapbook,” dated 1925, of one Conrad Gessner,...
HORODNO BURNING
Esther Leving is a remarkable young woman—a voracious reader, she can write in six...
KWAME NKRUMAH'S MIDNIGHT SPEECH FOR INDEPENDENCE
The book opens with Kwame Nkrumah gazing at the British Union Jack while waiting...
WHERE NO ONE SHOULD LIVE
Dr. Maya Summer is the hero of Miller’s tale. She is the harried public health director...
LAST WORDS ON EARTH
The first novel in English translation by the Spanish-born author Serena isn’t strictly...
THE WRONG END OF THE TELESCOPE
It has been decades since the surgeon, a Harvard alumnus in her late 50s who lives...
FIRST LOVE, TAKE TWO
Houston-based doctor Preeti Patel is juggling multiple anxieties: Not only does...
FOR EVERY LITTLE THING
The rising sun, doggy kisses, a parent’s hug, fireflies, butterflies, friends and...
AT THIS VERY MOMENT
At any one time, an uncountable number of events are happening. Just a few are included...
THE GENETIC LOTTERY
Harden, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas, treads a veritable...
Book Riot’s SFF Deals for September 20, 2021
Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by St. Martin's Press. Today’s Featured...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 20, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown...
Book Riot’s Mystery Deals for September 20, 2021
Today's edition of Mystery Deals is sponsored by Henry Holt & Co. $0.99 Opium and...
8 New YA Fantasy Series From Your Favorite Authors
Apothecary apprentice Tessa Cade is tired of seeing her people die. The King and...
Libraries Are For Everyone (and Everything): 5 Unexpected...
Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the...
Reading Pathways: Rochelle Alers
If you were to ask me about my introduction to romance novels, an author I will...
The Best Bible Story Books for Kids to Read
Bible story books for kids are a great access point into one of the world’s largest...
An Introduction to the Book-Length Essay
You might be wondering, “I didn’t think there was such a thing as the book-length...
6 More Sherlock Holmes Comics That Are Worth a (Sherlock)...
A few months back, I wrote a list of five exceptional Sherlock Holmes comics that...
How to Start Reading Fiction (When You Only Read Nonfiction)
Are you trying to start reading fiction, but you can’t get as invested as you can...
SURVIVOR 41: Heroes Vs. Villains, Literary Edition
How do you top Survivor season 40: Winners at War? This burning question has occupied...
In with DNF-ing, Out With Real World Settings: Results...
By now, it’s no secret that people are reading more romance than they were at the...
8 More Indigenous Horror Books to Haunt Your Shelves at...
I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Cammeraygal People of the Guringai tribe...
D IS FOR DROOL
Lying wakeful in his moonlit bedroom, the pale-skinned lad from the I Need My Monster...
NOBODY OWNS THE MOON
The fox goes by the name of Clive Prendergast and leads a quiet, understated life....
A WICKED WIND
Civil war has devastated the realm of Ilyar, as rebel forces have besieged its capital....
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 19, 2021
This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Forge Books. Today’s Featured Deals...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 18, 2021
This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publishers of The...
Book Riot’s YA Deals of the Day: September 18, 2021
Today's edition of YA Daily Deals is brought to you by Tor Teen. $1.99 The Darkness...
9 of the Best Recent Vampire Reads
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff,...
2021 National Book Awards Longlists Announced
The National Book Foundation has announced the longlists for the 2021 National Book...
New Middle Grade Graphic Novels for Summer and Fall
In my humble opinion, summer and fall are the perfect seasons for kids to plunk...
How I Started My Book Podcast (And You Can Too)
I’ve been obsessed with podcasts for a long time now. I’ve listened to them since...
5 Little Known Goodreads Features That Rate 5 Stars
Did I even really read a book if I didn’t shelve it as “read” on Goodreads? As “the...
Epic Listens: 9 Works of Epic Poetry on Audio
Poetry is one of the world’s oldest forms of storytelling. From Homer’s Odyssey...
The World’s Most Expensive Bookshelves You Definitely Can’t...
At Book Riot, we’re always looking for more bookshelves: because you can never have...
Comparing Rafia Zakari’s AGAINST WHITE FEMINISM to Seyward...
There are many current events that lawyer and author Rafia Zakari’s new book Against...
Comic Book Accessories You’ll Need To Survive This Semester
It’s that time of year again! School is back in session, and whether you’re still...
The Top Amazon Books Across Time
For those of you who were not yet born in the dark ages of the internet, back when...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 17, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas with...
7 Novels For Living Out Your Cottagecore Fantasies: The...
Beloved television reporter Lily Atwood has it all—fame, fortune, Emmys, an adorable...
12 YA Romance Titles That Make Me Wish I Was A Teen Again
When I was a teen I loved to read books, especially romance books that centered...
BAREFOOT BOOKS WATER
This intriguing, oversized title combines science and story to explore water in...
DINNER ON DOMINGOS
Every Sunday, narrator Alejandra heads to Abuelita’s house for dinner with her extended...
STALKER STALKED
Lexi Mazur is a pharmaceutical rep with a pill addiction and a fondness for vodka....
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 16, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos...
Quiz: Which The Lord of the Rings Character Are You?
Celebrate Hobbit Day on September 22 by reading this great modern classic and the...
8 Poetry Collections From 2021 to Read Right Now
Award-winning fantasy author Fran Wilde returns to her roots in Clock Star Rose...
Book Fetish: Volume 473
Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 473, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art,...
8 Books by Female Pulitzer Prize Winners That Aren’t the...
First things first, the Pulitzer Prizes are a big deal. I’m a talking prestigious,...
Four Fun Facts About Mexican Superhero Comics
Mid-September is a special time for both the Latinx community and comic book fans....
For the Love of Outside: 15 Nature Books for Kids
Although I probably don’t get outside and into nature as much as I should, I do...
Fascinating Books About the British Royal Family
If you’re a fan of the British royal family, there’s no shortage of reading you...
Amazon Original Stories: What They Are and Why You Should...
As a lifelong reader of multiple books and stories at once, I’ve perfected a juggling...
9 of the Best 2021 Romantic Comedy Books
If I were to sum up the romantic comedy genre in one word, it would be “joy.” Few...
Fed Up With People: 10 Great Horror Books About Cannibalism
I accepted this assignment writing about great horror books about cannibalism for...
13 Funny Twitter Responses to the Idea of Rating YA Books
At least once a week, I turn to my partner and ask, “Do you want to hear the latest...
Instead of School Board, Leander Police Investigate Book...
You might recognize Leander Independent School District (LISD) in Texas from another...
TWO NAILS, ONE LOVE
New York City, 2000. As Ethan Kenichi Taniguchi waits for his mother to arrive at...
THE SEARCH FOR MUKUROB
Father David Callaghan is considering stepping down from the pulpit. The brutal...
Book Riot’s Children’s Deals for September 15, 2021
Today’s Featured Deals $1.99 Wishes and Wellingtons by Julie Berry Get This Deal...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 15, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by The Robber Girl by Franny Billingsley....
Book Riot’s Romance Deals of the Day for September 15,...
Today's edition of Romance Deals is sponsored by BookClubbish. $0.99 Reformed Rakes...
Rock Out With These YA Books About Bands
Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway a copy of Never Saw Me Coming...
Live Your Home Library Dream With These Ex Libris Stamps
Are you always lending out books? Need a way to keep tabs on your titles and the...
Add These Top Leadership Books to Your Tool Kit
In a capitalist world, good leaders are hard to come by, especially for subordinates...
On Growing Up With Beloved Characters
I was 12 when I first met Mary Russell, 12 years old and in need of a book as I...
Book Clubbing During A Pandemic: The Online/Offline Experience
Many used to scoff at the way technological advancements has made us prone to living...
Inspire a Love of Literacy With These Reading Games for...
Games are fun, and reading games can help make reading fun, too! Whether you’re...
16 Of The Best Romance Manhwa For Every Romance Reader
Reading manhwa gives me a serotonin boost. You can be so tired and grumpy getting...
The Best Modern Shakespeare Adaptations
There is a smorgasbord of Shakespeare adaptations and retellings out there, in both...
Clue Attitude: Agatha Christie in Contemporary Literature...
For all you mystery fans at home keeping score, Agatha Christie would have been...
20 Must-Read Space Fantasy Books
I’ve always had a soft spot for science fantasy. Chock that up to being raised on...
School District Maintains Ban of Antiracist Books Despite...
Last week, we covered the student protests happening in Central York school district...
THE MOO-STERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF COW
Muppets are always getting hilariously confused—like Traveling Matt, who explored...
SMALL BUT MIGHTY
Common critters like fireflies are presented alongside more-obscure critters like...
MORE THAN JUST A GAME
Today, the ubiquity of Black and brown faces on basketball courts can be easily...
MERANDA AND THE LEGEND OF THE LAKE
Eleven-year-old Meranda hasn’t been back to Cape Breton since she was tiny, but...
BETTER DAVIS AND OTHER STORIES
Walker’s tales set fictional and real-life creative figures—drag queens, sitcom...
FOR MALICE AND MERCY
Karl and Marta Meyer joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany...
COMBATIVE TO COLLABORATIVE
This book offers a variety of suggestions for how to navigate the most difficult...
Supply Chain Challenges: Put Your Book Orders In Now For...
As a general rule, I avoid the mention of Christmas or other gifting holidays any...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 14, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Familius, Helping Families Be Happy....
The Best Places to Read Light Novels (And No, We Don’t...
Sometimes it can be hard to figure out where to read light novels online. Below...
Take This Quiz and Get a Novel About the Dark Side of Celebrity...
Beloved television reporter Lily Atwood has it all—fame, fortune, Emmys, an adorable...
I Love L.A.: 10 of the Best Books About Los Angeles
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick. FORECAST: Storm clouds are...
Good For You: 8 Authors to Follow on TikTok Who Are Doing...
I can’t be the only one whose screen time has skyrocketed to a shameful degree since...
Top 18 Books like SHATTER ME to Obsess Over
Books like Shatter Me are dramatic. Monstrously powerful teenage girls are on the...
Feel Like a Fairytale Character (Without the Costume)
Want to feel like a fairytale character — and not just on Halloween? You don’t have...
It’s the Twilight Renaissance, and We’re Just Living in...
It’s 2021, yet from the sheer amount of Twilight memes shared on my Instagram feed,...
20 Steamy Romance Novels That Will Light Up Your World
*Insert hot pepper emoji right here* I started reading steamy romance novels very...
8 Audiobooks Narrated by Adjoa Andoh
Over the last several years, Adjoa Andoh has taken a spot with my favorite audiobook...
How Do The Trauma And Revolutions Of The Non-Occident Get...
What roles do individuals play in revolutions? What position do they hold in the...
THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP PRESENTS THE BEST MYSTERY STORIES...
Many of this year’s best follow a familiar road: pitting a rugged male hero, often...
YOU GOT ANYTHING STRONGER?
Union and her husband, former NBA superstar Dwyane Wade, are a Black American celebrity...
BLANCAFLOR, THE HERO WITH SECRET POWERS
In a twist from the traditional trope in which a damsel in distress is saved by...
WHAT ABOUT WILL
Twelve-year-old Trace Reynolds, who is White and Puerto Rican, wants to get noticed...
THIS BOOK CAN DO ANYTHING
A person representing the book—achieved with simple, bold black lines for the face...
THE BOOK OF AMAZING TREES
Five chapters are further broken down into double-page spreads with headlined text...
ENEMY AT THE GATES
The CIA asks Rapp to protect Nicholas Ward, the first trillionaire ever, who has...
THE EXTRAORDINARY PAUSE
With a minimal but meaningful text and naïve illustrations in a limited palette,...
THE BIG BOOK OF GIANT DINOSAURS AND THE SMALL BOOK OF TINY...
Each part of this Italian import features 18 spread-filling dinosaurs in side views,...
CAN'T SAY IT WENT TO PLAN
Zoë, Samira, and Dahlia are off to the coast with their respective friends to celebrate...
DARK THINGS I ADORE
In 2018, Max Durant, a once-acclaimed but now fading artist and art professor, is...
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS
Olive Smith and professor Adam Carlsen first met in the bathroom of Adam's lab....
AMANDA, TOY ENGINEER
The narration in Amanda Bright’s voice explains to young readers that “anything...
TESS PENDRAGON AND THE WAND OF AVALON
Seven years ago, children from prominent families were hidden at a magical boarding...
DINOSAUR EXPLORERS
The “meat” bit is literal (visually, anyway) in this Italian import, as lists of...
HOW TO FIND A FOX
Brief text on each page, with the occasional paragraph of further information in...
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
The organizing premise of this novelty book is the ubiquitous pile of delivery boxes...
THE BLUE BOOK OF NEBO
Veteran writer Ros structures this novel as diary entries written by Dylan and his...
TEACHING BLACK HISTORY TO WHITE PEOPLE
“African American history should be a graduation requirement in every high school,...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 13, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Traitor by Amanda McCrina with Fierce...
Teacher Pulled From Classroom After Highlighting Inclusive...
It’s not just books being targeted by conservative, white supremacist groups across...
Book Riot’s Mystery Deals for September 13, 2021
Today's edition of Mystery Deals is sponsored by Amazon Publishing. $2.99 A Midsummer’s...
8 New Adult LGBTQ Romance Reads You’ll Fall For
New Adult LGBTQ romance: a genre I would love to see so much more of. The first...
Book Darts, Dice Rolls, and Other Creative Ways to Pick...
I’m sure this comes as a surprise to no one, but I have a lot of books to read....
Cookbook Showdown: Best Buttermilk Biscuit Recipes
Welcome back to Cookbook Showdown, where we take four different recipes for the...
The Best Light Novel Recommendations for New Readers
Spend enough time delving into the world of manga and you’ll run across the term...
Book Riot’s SFF Deals for September 13, 2021
Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by Grand Central Publishing and...
Rediscovering a Love of Fan Fiction in My 30s
I grew up on fan fiction. My love for a certain book franchise led me to fanfic,...
New Horror Novels: 18 Books to Keep You Scared in 2021
New horror novels are welcome any time of the year. But fall is right around the...
A History of Library Hand
Back to School Sale Spotlight – Diverse Reads Save 25-50% on these multicultural...
What Makes a Great Long-Running Series?
This post contains spoilers for The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. If...
8 Middle Grade Books About 9/11
Yusuf Azeem's been waiting almost all his life for the chance to participate in...
Indigenous Owned Bookstores You Need To Visit
Independent bookstores have been in the headlines a lot since 2020, and for good...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 12, 2021
This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Rebecca Rode’s TIDES OF MUTINY. Today’s...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 11, 2021
This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Willodeen by Katherine Applegate. Today’s...
Book Riot’s YA Deals of the Day: September 11, 2021
Today's edition of YA Daily Deals is brought to you by Penguin Teen. $2.99 Cemetery...
Wow, Okay, Unfollowing Now: A Bookish Tweet Round Up
Book Twitter loves jumping on a meme and making it literary, and I am here for it....
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 10, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by There Will Come a Darkness by Katy...
Exploring Black Horror in the YA Space: The List List #466
Lane Garrow has a secret—one that could get her killed. A life at sea hiding as...
What Makes A Good Board Book?
I don’t think I understood the importance of board books until I had a child of...
8 Current and Future YA Sci-Fi Titles to Add to Your TBR
There’s nothing I love more than a good sci-fi novel. There’s simply something about...
How To Keep The Peace At Book Club
Book club is supposed to be a safe space to talk about books, completely geek out...
8 TikTok Book Challenges and Trends To Join
Whether you’re just getting started on BookTok or you’ve been going for a while...
What Is “Worthwhile” Reading?
I’ve encountered it in discussions with my real-life job colleagues, with customers...
First Appearance Flashback: Archie Andrews
Superheroes have been around a long time, and most of the characters and genre conventions...
20 Kids’ Reading Chairs to Snuggle Into With a Good Book
There’s nothing like adorable kids’ reading chairs to spruce up a reading nook and...
Agatha Christie’s CROOKED HOUSE and The Thrill of Guessing...
Back in July, Tirzah Price wrote an article for Book Riot that asks an important...
Hit Me: Books About Gamblers and Gambling
All bets are off as #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces...
RENEWABLE OR NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES?
In terse, impersonal prose paired to generic photos, “resources”—including fish,...
OTTERS: RIVER OR SEA?
After giving basic facts about mustelids, the family to which otters belong, the...
YAY FOR BIG BROTHERS!
A human big brother and his younger sibling, both presenting White, leaf through...
THE PANGOLIN REVELATION
In science class, Loran learns about animal adaptations, defined as “body parts...
I AM HATZEGOPTERYX
Accompanying Bradley’s mostly monosyllabic narrative, which begins with “I can hatch”...
POOPER SNOOPER
The first clue that this book will be fun as well as informational is the 3-D look...
PLEASE DON'T TELL COOPER THAT JACK IS A RABBIT, BOOK 2...
Feinberg returns with another tale about Cooper, a “civilized” canine who skis and...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 9, 2021
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of L.A....
Students Protest Book Bans in Pennsylvania School District
Opponents of “Critical Race Theory” have had a field day over the last few months....
Book Fetish: Volume 472
Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 472, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art,...
Featured Trailer: PARTLY CLOUDY by Tanita S. Davis
Madalyn needs clear skies desperately. Moving in with her great-uncle, Papa Lobo,...
10 Chilling Historical Thrillers
It is said that if we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it. The...
Raising My Standards In Books Scared Me Off Reading
Recently, I wrote about quitting 3-star reads. I’ve long ago stopped reading 1-...
To Absent Friends: Harris Hobbs
Even superheroes need friends! And, just like friendships in real life, some of...
20 Must-Read Audiobooks for the Whole Family
Audiobooks are my secret weapon. I’m an elementary librarian and a mother of young...
4 Tips And Ideas For Creating Great Kid’s Reading Nooks
Creating a reading nook for your kids is a great way to encourage them to read more...
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas is one of the best-known authors in history. But how much do you...
On Being A Reader: Before And After Social Media
There are many types of readers, and several ways of being one, but if you conciliate...
Top Books 2021: The Most Highly Ranked and Widely Read...
Have you been googling “top books 2021” lately? So have lots of people! Obviously...
What Is Dark Academia And Why Is It So Popular
Dark Academia has recently been gaining a lot of attention, with many new popular...
THE LYING SEASON
Seventeen-year-old Piper Rose, a senior at Millington Valley High School in Pennsylvania,...
Book Riot’s Children’s Deals for September 8, 2021
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Peachtree Publishing Company. Today’s...
Book Riot’s Romance Deals of the Day for September 8, 2021
Today's edition of romance deals is sponsored by BookClubbish. $2.99 Mrs. Martin’s...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 8, 2021
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Reach for the Stars With These Zodiac Books for Babies
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What Are Libraries Doing for National Library Card Sign-Up...
National Library Card Sign-Up Month has been around since 1987. It began as a response...
Literary Tea Infusers for a Cozy, Relaxing Fall
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Read-Alouds Rock: Falling in Love with Early Chapter Books...
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12 of the Best Korean Light Novels You Can Read Right Now
Korean literature in translation has given us some true gems the past few years....
Quiz: Which Antiracist Book Should You Read Next?
In the spring and summer of 2020, in the wake of the global protests after the murders...
20 Of The Best Fall Books For Kids
Looking for fall books for kids? There are a lot of autumn books to choose from....
10 Genre-Blending Fantasy Books
If the popularity of The Lord of the Rings, A Game of Thrones, and Shadow and Bone...
Hindu Epics: Are They Myths?
Human beings are storytellers by birth. Whether those stories are etched on the...
5 YA Books With Great Grandparents
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THE BRILLIANCE OF THE COLOR BLACK THROUGH THE EYES OF ART...
“Of all the tincts that can fill up a canvas,” Moore emphasizes, “black exudes brilliance.”...
New Releases Tuesday: The Books Out This Week You Should...
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 7, 2021
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Welcome Back: 9 Great Books About Returning to the Childhood...
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Witchy Bookish Goods For Leaning Into Your Magic
Some folks believe witch season is once a year, beginning around this time and,...
My Relationship to Manga: A Microcosm of Growing Up Japanese...
Through the entirety of my teenage years, I hated manga. Like, really adamantly...
8 Books That Preach the Gospel of Health at Every Size
I went to an ear, nose, and throat specialist because my chronic fatigue had been...
Barrels of Bad Apples: Copaganda in Crime Books
Copaganda, an overtly positive representation of the police, is a media trope that...
15 Delightful Books Like The Vanderbeekers
Soon after I first purchased and read The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (by Book...
8 YA Heist Novels You Won’t Be Able to Put Down
There’s something really magnetic about a good heist story. Maybe it’s because heists...
Welcome to Sponkon Books: Your Friendly (Advertiser-Friendly)...
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7 Audiobooks for Science September
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Quiz: Which Kids’ SFF graphic Novel Should You Read Next?
A new middle grade graphic novel, perfect for fans of Hilda! When Iris and her best...
PERFECT TIMING
Jess Henson meets Tom Delaney when he literally runs into her, knocking her to the...
COUNTDOWN BIN LADEN
Wallace begins the countdown in August 2010, nearly eight months before the operation...
TO BREAK RUSSIA'S CHAINS
Alexandrov, a Yale professor of Slavic languages and author of The Black Russian...
SOMETIMES A SOLDIER COMES HOME
It’s 1944, and Roger and Eleanor Mitchell, who live in Flint, Michigan, have been...
IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK
Neither Muna Saheed, Brittany-Rae Johnson, nor Kemi Adeyemi ever envisioned themselves...
JINGLE BELLS / NAVIDAD
With a neat trick of engineering, this bilingual book can be read in one language...
MISS KOPP INVESTIGATES
It opens on a grim note: The sudden death of their brother, Francis, in January...
INSIDE THE SUITCASE
Placing images on multiple descending or overlapping layers of large, shaped flaps...
PORTRAIT OF A SCOTSMAN
Banking heiress Hattie Greenfield has always been seen as the lovely one in her...
THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK
At the heart of the story are two characters whom we meet early on: “Vlad Tenev...
MAJOR DETOURS
Before parting for different colleges, four friends spend their last summer together...
ELEANOR AMPLIFIED AND THE TROUBLE WITH MIND CONTROL
Miku Tangeroa, a determined seventh grader at Brighton Middle School, is confident...
HOOKED ON A FELINE
Sure, Kathleen Paulson’s always known that Mike Bishop played in Johnny Rock and...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 5, 2021
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 4, 2021
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 3, 2021
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The American Library Association’s Ranking of the 100 Most...
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Queer Love Is Sacred
If you haven’t been watching Love, Victor, I highly recommend it. It’s a TV spin...
Best Book Accounts on Instagram to Follow for When You...
Social media and books usually don’t mesh well. Sometimes, we find ourselves falling...
Authors and Parasocial Relationships
Get on Twitter. Be on Instagram. Post frequently. Try TikTok. Develop an online...
Lessons to Learn From the Kate Clanchy Memoir Fiasco
On August 6, author Kate Clanchy wrote a now-deleted tweet that started a storm....
The Bookish Rituals That Keep Me Grounded
I recently read Casper ter Kuile’s The Power of Ritual, a book about how to create...
Do Romance Novels Ruin Relationships?
Any longtime romance reader has heard this question: do romance novels ruin relationships?...
Monstrify Your Bookshelf With These Horror Books About...
From the monster under the bed to monsters on the big screen, critics have long...
Racism in the Dewey Decimal System
A lot of old things are racist. Mickey Mouse’s white gloves, for example. The concept...
12 New Coloring Books for Kids
I am well into adulthood, and coloring is just as fun and soothing now as it was...
A look at the long-awaited Wheel of Time trailer
I’ve waxed lyrical about The Wheel of Time on Book Riot before. It’s been a big...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 2, 2021
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The Best Slasher Novels For A Bloody Good Time
In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic...
Book Fetish: Volume 471
Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 471, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art,...
10 Comics to Put on Your Pull List This Month
Are you looking for some comics that might fly under your radar for September? With...
8 Uplifting and Feel-Good Speculative YA Books
I know the feeling all too well — it is the end of a long week where nothing has...
13 LGBT Books That Will Make You Cry
Looking for LGBT books that will make you cry? I’ve got you covered! But we’re not...
Tier Ranking Book-to-Movie Adaptations
Book-to-movie adaptations can be tricky. With so many fans of the books having so...
My Reading Life Indicates How Stressed I Am
2016 didn’t invent stress. But it did add a whole new layer of stress for me that...
Is DC Really Making Superman Gay?
As you may have heard, Robin recently came out. Or, to be more specific: in Batman:...
On Community: Virtual Book Clubs During the Pandemic
Books are always a trusted coping mechanism during stressful times. For all that...
Who Is Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine?
WARNING: In this take on Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, there could be...
GRANDUDE'S GREEN SUBMARINE
Casting about for something to do on a sweltering day, the multiracial quartet eagerly...
COVERED IN ADVENTURES
Sasha, a girl with dark skin and cornrowed hair, can’t believe it when Dad Paul...
Book Riot’s Romance Deals of the Day for September 1, 2021
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Billions of Dollars in Library Funding Hang in the Balance...
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a $3.5 trillion federal...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 1, 2021
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New September 2021 YA Releases For Your TBR
Ah, I love September! The start of my favorite season, the back-to-school vibes,...
Literary Baby Costumes To Buy for a Fun Halloween
One of the conversations that takes place in my house on repeat is about what our...
#SuperheroProblems: So You’ve Been Thrown Into the Future
The future is a blank slate, an uncrossable void into which we pour our hopes and...
September 2021 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations
Welcome to Book Riot’s September 2021 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations! September...
Hey, It’s OK If You Don’t Like to Read
School is back in session, which means parents and teachers will soon be encouraging...
Quiz: Design Your Perfect Dinner Party and Get an Under-the-Radar...
Queer books and dinner parties are two of my favorite things in the universe. I...
15 Top Investment Books For New Investors
While in school, I was taught everything from imaginary numbers to the quadratic...
15 Must-Read September Children’s Book Releases
Choosing the 15 books on this list of September children’s book releases out of...
How Reading Agatha Christie Helps With My Anxiety
I’ve had anxiety most of my life. As a child, I didn’t have the word for it, nor...
A Brief and Personal History of Wattpad
I was thirteen when I first stumbled upon Wattpad. Growing up, I had been a picky...
PRINCESS PERSEPHONE LOSES THE CASTLE
Princess Persephone is distraught by the drafts in her father’s castle. When Aluminum...
EARTH WILL SURVIVE
With a particular focus on the impact of humans, author and middle school science...
THE NEXT PANDEMIC
Based on our experiences with Covid-19, Allen frankly explores the concerns of scientists...
THE F WORDS
Cole Renner is a White sophomore at August Mersy High School in Chicago. His principal...
STARS WITH FLAMING TAILS
Within thematic groupings, Bloom writes of children newly born or bored (“Family...
ALL KINDS OF ANIMAL FRIENDS
This follow-up to Henn’s All Kinds of Animal Families (2021) features unusual animal...
ACROSS THE FACE OF THE STORM
After 15-year-old Frederick and 17-year-old Isabel’s mother passes away in Washington,...
WHAT ISN'T REMEMBERED
The short stories in this debut collection chronicle the lives of characters beset...
A SHELTER FOR SADNESS
“I am building a shelter for my sadness and welcoming it inside,” declares a skinny...
LUNA LOVES DANCE
Luna twirls at Dad’s house and leaps at Mom’s. Dancing makes her world bright. On...
DESMOND GETS FREE
In “the most beautiful meadow in all the land,” mouse Desmond follows the same daily...
THE GIRL WHO LOVED GIRAFFES
As a child, Dagg, a White Canadian, was told that a girl’s future was to be a good...
A PICNIC IN THE SUN
The gentle creatures dress, act, and talk like kind, friendly people—and sport antlers...
HOW TO HAUNT A HOUSE
Groana, Moana, and Shrieky have successfully used their ghostly tricks to haunt...
SATURDAY AT THE FOOD PANTRY
While many children’s books about food pantries and soup kitchens focus on how children...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 31, 2021
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Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses: A New...
Monday, August 30, 2021, marks the launch of the Republic of Consciousness Prize...
Romance Tropetonite: Famous Fake Flings
Ah yes. Here we are again. The romance tropetonite. These are particular romance...
Who is Black Adam?
Dwayne Johnson is the biggest name in Hollywood and we’re all waiting as patiently...
9 Books Like VERITY by Colleen Hoover
Colleen Hoover’s Verity is a romantic psychological thriller that gets a lot of...
Cool Book Accessories to Gift to Loved Ones — Including...
I love books, and I love accessories. Who’s shocked to learn that I also love cool...
8 Horror Books About Witches That Are Truly Scary
Are witches and witchcraft scary? Plenty of books are filled with magic and the...
Lights, Camera, Comics!: A Quick-ish History of Licensed...
Movies and TV shows based on comic books are all but inescapable these days. But...
Why Do I Bounce So Hard Off Fiction Written in Present...
In the last year or so of my reading life, I seem to be encountering more fiction...
Pick A Horror Movie, Get A Horror Novel
In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic...
Advocate For A Public Good: Library Fundraising Ideas
Libraries are the heart of communities. They are one of the only places people can...
9 of the Best YA Dark Dystopias
The 30 million fans of the blockbuster YA series have been asking: Where is Maximum...
8 Native Memoirs on Audio From Erin and Dani’s Book Club
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BEING A HUMAN
Building on Being a Beast (2016), in which he looked at the world through the viewpoints...
THE GAMBLER WIFE
Kaufman, a scholar of Slavic languages and literature, especially Russian, creates...
THE LAST CHANCE LIBRARY
Without her realizing it, 28-year-old June Jones has spent almost a decade of her...
HOW THE BIG BAD WOLF GOT HIS COMMEUPPANCE
Struggling to keep her family afloat, a mother pig tells her three children that...
TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO
When his big sister, Bea, disappears just two months before her Indiana high school...
THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN
Flick hasn’t been in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, where members travel between...
BECOMING HERSELF AGAIN
Emma Cloutieris a well-respected transplant surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital...
THE ENABLERS
The Germans of the Third Reich are the textbook case of those who “were only following...
ONCE MORE TO THE SKY
In 2005, journalist Raab was assigned to cover the rebuilding of the World Trade...
TODAY A WOMAN WENT MAD IN THE SUPERMARKET
Ninety-one-year-old Wolitzer, author of five novels and mother of Meg, collects...
Every Bookish Movie Coming to Netflix in Fall 2021
Sometimes I prefer to watch a book, you know? Last week, Netflix announced their...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 30, 2021
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Uplift Your Favorite Trans Books Today Using This Hashtag
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Get Those Pencils, Get Those Books: Bookish Items for Back...
You can see it in the aisles of Walmart and Target. You can see it in the panicked...
I Only Read uQuiz Book Recommendations For a Month
If you’ve been on the internet at all over the last year, I’m sure you’ve seen uQuiz...
Making Moms Everywhere Blush: 1950s Teen Pulp Comic Magazines
There’s a common belief that we’re in an era of oversexualization of teenagers....
Give This Hero a Comic Book: Blindspot
The past 80 years of comic book history are littered with hundreds of forgotten...
9 LGBTQ Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Novels You’ll Love Reading
Even though I know the outcome because it’s in the name, enemies-to-lovers, when...
Where to Find the Best Children’s Book Reviews
There are more great children’s books being published than ever before, but how...
10 Bibliomemoirs About the Life-Altering Power of Reading
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8 Books About Voter Suppression to Ignite Your Inner Activist
The 2022 midterm elections in the United States are getting closer and closer. And...
There’s No Place Like Libraries: A Personal History of...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 29, 2021
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 28, 2021
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LOVE IS EVERYTHING
Uncluttered scenes in nature at various times of day and through the seasons show...
Support Haiti Earthquake Relief Through The Romance For...
Romance authors are teaming up to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by...
18 of the Best Books for Autistic Children
Autism is still often treated as a taboo topic, so books about autistic children...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 27, 2021
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3 in 5 Americans Hope Their Summer Reads Will Make Them...
In a July 2021 survey of 2,000 U.S. Americans, OnePoll (on behalf of Thriftbooks)...
8 Cool Bookstores and Libraries You Can Spend the Night...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Racism, Oh My
Wizards of the Coast debuted Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) in 1974. Since that time,...
How to Find Themes in Books
Whether you’re studying something for fun or pleasure, looking for themes can be...
The Things Books Have Changed For Us
A few weeks ago I was recording a podcast episode, and the conversation veered into...
THE HUNGER GAMES’ Three-Finger Salute: A Symbol of Resistance...
Although the pandemic shut down the world in 2020, protests around the globe didn’t...
Pumpkin Spice + All Things Nice: Bookish Fall Decor
I know it is August. Before you come at me to inform me it’s summer and too early...
How Book Stands Let Me Lose Myself in Books Again
If there’s any feeling in the world I’m trying to chase, it’s that feeling of devouring...
5 Poetry Challenges To Enrich Your Reading Life
I have been deeply in love with poetry for most of my days, but I fell even harder...
The Best Apps to Sell Used Books
Moving-day downsizing. Overflowing bookshelves. Duplicate titles. There are so many...
Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club Season 2 Release Date
Have you been waiting eagerly for news of when the second season of Netflix’s adaptation...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 26, 2021
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More Than 30 Years On, Suspect Confesses To Murder of Lois...
Lois Duncan, known for her young adult thrillers of the 70s and early 80s, including...
Book Fetish: Volume 470
Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 470, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art,...
20 Must-Read Books from University Presses
University presses have a reputation for publishing niche nonfiction and dry academic...
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Reader
I may have mentioned a time or two that I’m Mexican American. (Like here, for instance.)...
A Brief History of Botanical Illustration
Photography is not yet 200 years old, and yet humans have been interacting intimately...
The Most Translated Books From Every Country in the World
Without reading translated books, we’re only seeing a tiny sliver of the literature...
It’s Okay To Be An Adventurous Reader
I see/hear a lot of reading opinions every day, and have for years now, and a thing...
Weird Westerns Explained
What are weird westerns? There are classic westerns, sure — those tales of the U.S....
Where To Start Reading Marvel Comics: Your Reading Order
There are just about as many ways to read Marvel comics as there are comics. Currently,...
What You Should Know About The Brontës: 10 Facts About...
Who were the Brontës? Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë are three...
5 Reasons You Should Not Combine Book Collections as a...
My partner and I went about our relationship a little backwards. We moved in together...
YOU'RE ONLY TWO ONCE
The narrator, who delivers encouragement like a keynote speaker, begins with the...
GOP Candidate Terrifies Teen Library Worker In Anger About...
Kerrigan Trautsch was 17 and working as a page at the Prairie du Chien Memorial...
Respected Sociologist and Activist James Loewen Dies at...
James Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, died last Thursday, August 19 in...
11 Emotional Manga That Will Give You All the Feels
Since I started my reading journey as a child, manga has always held a special part...
Raising Hell: From Faustus to Modern Fantasy, We Just Keep...
Raising demons is something we’ve done in literature forever, and modern fantasy...
Comic Books Don’t Count As Reading & Other Lies People...
As a high school librarian, I’m always trying to get teens reading, especially comic...
Romance Novel Awards: Your In-Depth Guide
Literary awards, no matter what kind, are imperfect at best. They’re always going...
Take This ’90s Food Quiz and We’ll Tell You What Throwback...
Do you feel a little nostalgic every time you think about Bagel Bites? Wish you...
26 of the Best Cozy Mystery Series
I have always been a fan of cozies, but lately I’ve been reading cozy mystery series...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 25, 2021
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Let’s Talk About Foundation And That Trailer
I read Isaac Asimov’s Foundation as a sci-fi obsessed teenager, but I didn’t think...
3 YA Books for Classic Romcom Lovers
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Fun DIY Bookmark Ideas for a Quick Crafting Session
Given the mind-boggling and sometimes downright horrifying variety of things that...
Secrets of the Flash Family
In a world of angsty Bats and convoluted Hawks and galaxy-spanning Lanterns, the...
Kishōtenketsu: What It Is and 8 Books That Use It
Note: This post contains some spoilery information about the films Kiki’s Delivery...
MR. LION'S NEW HAIR!
Even the king of the beasts can have bad hair days! When Mr. Lion shows up, leaves...
ANGULAR MOMENTUM ON HANUKKAH!
A White-presenting child with dark brown hair puts toy candles in a menorah and...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 24, 2021
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THE HALF-CLASS
The city of Bexbury has a rigid hierarchy, based on skin color, in which the “light...
LEGACY AND THE DOUBLE
In this sequel to Legacy and the Queen (2019), Legacy Petrin and her friends Javi...
YOURS IN BOOKS
This very funny sendup of epistolary novels combines understated text with hyperbolic...
THE FOX AND THE FOREST FIRE
A young child moves far from the city to a house in the woods. It takes time for...
WITCH FOR HIRE
Witches aren’t part of the A squad, as new high schooler Cody learns when her popular...
THE MISSING PAIRS
It’s a late autumn day. Fox has lost a sock, Hare has lost a mitten, Badger has...
DART AND DIVE ACROSS THE REEF
Though most of the 13 reefs here are, as usual in surveys of this sort, in tropical...
RIDING HIGH IN APRIL
Stuart is a talented software engineer who develops a secure system, COMPASS, that...
THE WHOLE WORLD INSIDE NAN'S SOUP
When a child asks Nanni what is inside the big pot on the stove, Nanni’s unexpected...
WHERE THREE OCEANS MEET
Sejal and Mommy live in the United States and Pati in Bangalore, so while Sejal...
MORE THAN I LOVE MY LIFE
When Nina was 6 years old, her mother was imprisoned on Goli Otok, an island off...
THE COMPLEXITIES OF LOVE
It’s 1966, and Mark knows he’s different from the other boys, hiding his attraction...
BORN TO BE MAGIC
By all outward appearances, Rachel Collins is an ordinary agent for the Colorado...
The Long History of Little Golden Books
You know them by the glinting foil spine. That yellow foil edge lining children’s...
10 of the Best Horror Novels Featuring Cults
I can’t remember when I first became interested in cults, but I know that it was...
Get To Know Satyajit Ray: Bookish Polymath Extraordinaire
This year is the birth centenary of legendary Indian filmmaker and writer Satyajit...
12 Great Indigenous Memoirs
Seeking out Indigenous writers is a good way to find a great book. The 12 memoirs...
Mermaid, Selkies, and Sea Creatures, Oh My! Under the Sea...
As the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman song says, “the seaweed is always greener in...
Gorgeous Farmhouse Bookshelves for Every Room
It’s hard to deny the appeal of the farmhouse aesthetic — cozy, comforting, simple....
Please Don’t Make Me Read in Order
At this point, I’ve been reading romance for more than half of my life and I’m well-versed...
Light Novel vs Manga: We Can Have Both
For comic book fans, it may seem like 2020/2021 was the rebirth of manga. Adaptations...
A Better World for Disabled Readers
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YOU'LL NEVER FIND US
As a young girl, when Baker Guy thought about her future, she, like many other women...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 23, 2021
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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Jack Kirby’s Creations?
Jack Kirby is to American comic books as Stephen Sondheim is to musicals: he didn’t...
An Ode to the Author’s Note
Rita Williams-Garcia’s A Sitting in St. James is one of the best and most important...
How I’m Trying (And Failing) to Rebuild a Reading Habit...
Two and a half years ago, I came down with what I thought was a normal cold or flu....
8 Remarkable Black Lesbian Fiction Books You Need To Read
Black lesbian fiction was a result of the feminist movement of the 1960s and ’70s....
8 High-Tech Mysteries for When Social Media Turns Deadly
When I think of murder mysteries, I think of Agatha Christie or Dorothy L. Sayers....
The Golden Library of the Moscow Tsars That No One Can...
The promise of a lost library brings to mind hushed voices in dark corners, a shiver...
8 of the Best Horror Books To Creep You Out This Fall
As summer winds down and the first bits of fall set in soon, I cannot stop thinking...
Bookish Hills Upon Which I am Prepared To Perish
I love writing these kinds of posts. I come from a family of shit-starters and pot-stirrers,...
20 of the Best Light Novels You Need to Read
If you told me five years ago that we’d have a thriving light novel market in North...
The 5 Best Libraries to See in Cambridge
Agent Pendergast takes on a bizarre and gruesome case: in the ghost-haunted city...
9 Books By Women From Afghanistan That You Need To Read
In the past several weeks, the world has watched as the Taliban have once again...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 22, 2021
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 21, 2021
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MILES FROM MOTOWN
Georgia Johnson was prepared to spend the summer months of 1967 lip-syncing to records...
FIVE YEARS LATER
In 2017, Elle Fox is a 23-year-old would-be writer living in a suburban town near...
The Winner of the 2021 Public Library of the Year Has Been...
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is...
It’s Time To Pick LeVar Already: Richards Out as New Jeopardy...
After it came to light that Mike Richards, newly-named host of Jeopardy, had a history...
Quiz: Which Brontë Heroine Are You?
Have you ever wondered which Brontë heroine are you? The Brontë sisters are one...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 20, 2021
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A Compilation of the Best Books on Western Interventions...
When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral in the Earth’s crust, they...
