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Escapism is a concept possibly as old as the invention of stories. Myths and fables about talking animals told us how to act more politely in...

I had a real glimpse at how well our editors here at Book Riot know their contributors when I first asked to write a list of...

In 1486, a man named Heinrich Kramer, under the name Henricus Institor, decided to publish a treatise about witches, where to find them, and what to...

About a year ago, I wrote a piece about reading pandemic fiction while in the midst of a pandemic. While many folks I knew had been...

You’ve seen every movie on Shudder and have a whole bookshelf devoted to Stephen King, but can you guess the horror book based on its 1-star...

A-Z alphabet reading tasks are a favorite of book challenges. Whether you’re trying to complete Read Harder, 52 Book Club, Popsugar’s Reading Challenge, Mount TBR, or...

Novels about secret societies are staples of the thriller and mystery genres, for good reason. Plot events that seemed like coincidences can actually be the result...

Last Thanksgiving, an older cousin of mine informed me that my mother, “in the tradition of a certain kind of Jewish woman,” had often” intentionally provoked...