Books, Arts, and Culture

Speaking in front of a crowd is a responsibility that strikes fear in the hearts of many who have to do it, and with good reason....

Ireland. We’re having a moment. In the Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh translated our elliptical “chat” into silences and irrationalities that allowed the whole world to...

In case you’re new around here, you should know that we love a good cover trend at Book Riot. Pantone color of the year? Check. Best...

Thanks to social media, bookish celebrities, and marginalized book lovers, there are now lots of options for book clubs, for many kinds of readers. You can...

When we’re told to work on “loving yourself,” we have every right to be confused. The term is loaded and confusing. For my purposes here, I’m...

A major problem with telling stories about writers is that the act of writing can look quite boring. Most viewers might not find it cinematically exciting...