Who Do Powerful Men Become When They Sit Down at Home?
Taymour Soomro’s debut novel Other Names for Love begins with a son flinching at the sound of his father’s voice. Sixteen-year-old Fahad has been ordered to...
$90M Batgirl Movie Canceled
Warner Bros.’ Batgirl movie has officially been canceled. It was originally approved in 2021 as the studio was making efforts to make more movies for HBO...
Old Story, New Money
The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’s new series for HBO, never mentions the name of its muse-matriarch, Edith Wharton. But twenty minutes into the first episode, it...
Book Riot’s Romance Deals for August 3, 2022
Today’s edition of Romance Daily Deals is sponsored by $2.99 She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen Get This Deal $3.99 By the Book by Jasmine...
Book Riot’s Children’s Deals for August 3, 2022
Today’s edition of kids’ book deals is sponsored by Featured Deals $3.99 Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan Get This Deal $2.99 Real Friends by...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 3, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $3.99 I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider Get This Deal $2.99...
My Palm Reading Says I Will Die Alone
“On Being Alone” by Jane Campbell Her fine white hair stood out around her head like a gauzy halo framing the sunburnt face. A lifetime of African...
The Flexible Reality of Interactive Fiction Brought Me Agency During Lockdown
When my best friend and I first saw the apartment, we loved it. We thought it a little strange, a tad bruised, but overall it felt...
Book Banners Don’t Know What a Book Ban Is
If you open up any one of hundreds of news stories of rightwing “parents’ rights” groups trying to have book removed from schools for having queer...
No Toil Nor Trouble, Just New Witchy Book Goods
I don’t know about you, but even though I love summer and have no need to see it end quickly, I am always up for some...
