Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 19, 2023
Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99 Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Get This Deal $2.99 My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby Get This Deal $2.99 Mr. Perfect on...
7 Books to Devour if You Love “Yellowjackets”
Showtime’s Yellowjackets was the unlikely sleeper hit of 2021 with its dark, off-kilter narrative and female characters who are messy, deeply flawed (and sometimes just downright...
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Minda Honey’s “The Heartbreak Years”
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for Minda Honey’s highly anticipated debut memoir, The Heartbreak Years, which will be published by Little A this...
Incarcerated People Fight for Freedom in a Televised Death Match in “Chain-Gang All-Stars”
Imagine a world in which your life depended on your ability to kill. Your freedom contingent on another person’s destruction. All at the behest of state...
A Bill in Connecticut Would Fund Sanctuary Libraries: Book Censorship News, May 19, 2023
A couple of weeks back, I shared a roundup of pending legislation across several states and at the national level which would ensure the right to...
8 Picture Books To Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month
Why do I pay attention to AAPI Heritage Month? As a school librarian, I spend a lot of time thinking about the diversity of my collection....
Why Are More and More Brands Creating Virtual Book Clubs?
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic circa 2020, there came the rise of virtual book clubs. With the strict adherence to social distancing rules, many...
Reckless Vibing: 12 Disaster Girl Novels to Make You Think You’re Doing Pretty Great, All Things Considered
I’ve seen the term “disaster girl novels” floating out there in the ether. In particular, BookTokker Mari (mynameismarines) used the label to describe one of her...
12 Books That Prove Nothing is Off Limits for YA
Young adult fiction has a certain reputation with people who don’t normally read it. Since the books are about teens, the themes must be juvenile, right?...
We Live in a Society: A Brief Introduction to the Social Horror Genre
The social horror genre takes societal issues and exaggerates them, turning them into a major source of horror in the story in order to make it...
