Back to Plimoth Plantation
This past summer, I took my son to Plimoth Plantation. That’s what it was called when I was growing up in New England in the 1980s;...
2023 PEN America Literary Award Winners
The 2023 PEN American Literary Award Winners have been announced! This year’s awards conferred $350,000 to writers and translators in eleven different categories that include fiction,...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for March 3, 2023
Today’s Featured Deals $3.99 Honor by Thrity Umrigar Get This Deal $2.99 Goldilocks by Laura Lam Get This Deal $2.99 Nice Girls by Catherine Dang Get...
8 Novels About Complicated Queer Relationships
Queer fiction is experiencing a renaissance, with titles abounding across genres: literary, speculative, graphic, romance, YA. There are even a host of children’s books dedicated to...
Unraveling the Myths White America Tells Itself
When David Mura’s parents were eleven and fifteen, they were forced, along with their families, to board trains from the West Coast to remote camps in...
Giving Up Is Not an Option: Book Censorship News, March 3, 2023
We’re all tired. The coordinated attacks on everything from Drag Queen story hours to Pride displays to individual books in libraries is going into its second...
Cover Reveal News This Week: March 3, 2023
One very easy way to learn about and discover new books and authors is through the cover reveal. This was not a possible avenue of discovery...
The Nobel Prize In Literature Winners You Need to Read
Of the many Nobel Prize in Literature winners from the past two or so decades, who should you read — and where do you begin? Award-winners...
The Best Guided Journals to Prompt You Toward Your Goals
I have always found the blank page of a notebook so very daunting. Everyone always talks about the virtues of keeping a journal, but I sit...
An Immersive Experience: How I Read With All My Senses
For me, and I suspect for many of us, the best reading is the kind of reading that feels truly immersive. You’re not half-thinking about work,...
