Stealing the Crown Jewels
The end of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey would be catastrophic for American women, generations of whom have lived with access to abortion....
8 Year Old Published Book About How A Turtle Got Its Shell
Ethan Wang, an eight-year-old from San Diego, has published a book that was first inspired by a class assignment last year. Once he showed it to...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 12, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 Belgravia by Julian Fellowes Get This Deal $0.99 Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen Get...
Say “Hi” with These Heartstopper Accessories
Netflix has low-key been killing it with the YA adaptations lately. Heartstopper is one of the latest additions to the list and possibly the most adorable....
It’s Time to Destigmatize Talking Openly About What’s Going On Down There
When I started reading Chloe Caldwell’s new book, The Red Zone, a memoir about identity, love, health, and pain, all told through the lens of her...
How an Omani Novel Gets Translated from Arabic into English
Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s new novel Bitter Orange Tree, translated by Marilyn Booth, is beautifully sad. The book is narrated by Zuhour, a young Omani woman...
Mix It Up: 20 Must-Read, Genre-Blending Historical Fiction Books
You got chocolate in my peanut butter: How much fun are genre mashups in books? Spoiler: a lot. The historical novel is so great because it...
10 Works of Queer and Two-Spirit Indigenous Fiction You Need To Read
I spend a lot of time reading, thinking about, and writing about queer books. I make a lot of queer book lists. Over the years, it...
14 Must-Read Chinese Books in English Translation
China is the largest publisher of books, magazines, and newspapers in the world by volume. Chinese authors won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000 and...
What is Point of View in Literature?
Literary point of view is the perspective from which an author tells a story. It’s one of the most important decisions authors make in shaping a...
