Book Riot’s Deals of the Day: May 25, 2022
The best book deals of the day, sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $3.99 Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian Get This Deal $3.99 The Unbroken...
My Cartoon Turtles Say What I Feel
“Laramie Time” by Lydia Conklin Maggie and I had been living in Wyoming for three months when I finally agreed we could get pregnant. We were walking on...
In “This Is Us,” the Sentimentality Makes the Art
Once, during a tense graduate school workshop, an older, venerable professor lambasted a student’s paper as being “too sentimental.” The student asked what the problem was...
Stay Hydrated with Bookish Tumblers and Reusable Bottles
Something I will forever be fascinated by is that water bottles trend. As in, one kind of water bottle will be popular for a while, but...
How Much Do Most Anticipated and Best-Of Lists Overlap?
Every year, I devour most anticipated book lists from publications like Lit Hub, TIME, Vogue, Book Page, Buzzfeed, and more. I can’t get enough of them....
Why Difficult Books Matter: How One Line from a Book I Read as a Child Helped Me Heal
There’s a lot of discussion in our year of the Lord 2022 about what books are “appropriate” for children to read and which can be potentially...
The Best Books You’ve Never Heard of (Spring 2022)
Are you always trying to keep up with the latest buzzy books and new releases? There’s an undeniable draw to reading what everyone’s talking about, but...
Unalive, Le$bean, and More: It’s Not Newspeak, It’s Algospeak
People on all sides of the political spectrum have been calling 1984 prophetic since almost the moment it was published. It’s been interpreted to fit any...
The Best Comics of All Time
The best comics of all time. What a tall order. Comic books first emerged in the United States and United Kingdom in the 1930s, and have...
My Favorite Books About Female Friendships
In the isolation of the past two years, I’ve come to realize something: My female friendships truly are a lifeline. And yet I’ve spent the past...
