Book Bans Impact Over 4 Million Students: PEN America’s Sobering New Report
“More” is the key word in a newly released report from PEN America, the free expression group which has been tracking and detailing censorship and gag...
On the Eighth Day God Attended a Writing Workshop
God Joins a Writing Workshop and the Old Testament Critique Doesn’t Go Well Jason (workshop leader): God, do you want to start by reading a few...
Running an Olsen Twins Fan Page Taught Me to Craft an Online Identity
Before my online life orbited around Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, my imaginative play centered on being Mary-Kate and Ashley. The twins were girls like me, except...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 19, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $3.99 Salvage The Bones by Jesmyn Ward Get This Deal $1.99 The Town of Babylon...
Book Riot Editors’ 25 Fall Reading Essentials Under $25
It’s officially fall, which means — if you’re in the northern hemisphere — it’s time to put away the beach reading supplies and start working on...
20 of the Most Fascinating Mythological Creatures Across Literature
Dragons, rusalkas, and demons, oh my! Mythological creatures and entities abound in literature, and many authors today are showing these age-old beasts in new and exciting...
The Worst Character Names in the History of Literature
When you think of the worst character names in the history of literature, there is one, undeniably, correct answer. There are a lot of bad, weird,...
Reliving History: My 30 Years with THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt
“The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.” So...
12 Ghost Romances to Tingle Your Spine
In the past, I’ve talked about horror romances, and I’ve even talked about ghost romances specifically. But it’s been a few years, and there have been...
This Season of Fresh Loss: The Millions Interviews Katie Runde
Katie Runde is a writer currently living in Iowa who grew up New Jersey, the setting of her debut novel The Shore. The novel does this wonderful...
