Twenty-First-Century Seoul, as Told by Sang Young Park
At Asymptote, Sang Young Park discusses his English-language debut novel, Love in the Big City, an ambitious love story told in a colloquial tone with copious...
Students Called Radicals by Superintendent Fundraise for Freedom to Read
On January 25th, Granbury Independent School District in Texas pulled 100 books for review based on Matt Krause’s list of 850 books he wants banned from...
Book Riot’s Mystery Deals for January 31, 2022
Today’s edition of Mystery Daily Deals is sponsored by the audiobook edition of Such a Pretty Smile. $2.99 A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Get...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 31, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi Get This Deal $2.99 Eight Perfect Murders by...
Book Riot’s SFF Deals for January 31, 2022
Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston Get This Deal $4.99 Ashes of the...
What You Call Your Territory I Call My Home
What is another word for colony? The internet tells me my country has a dependency. Without being a possession of the United States, how could we...
7 Novels About Family Curses
I have always held a keen interest toward the processes of myth formation and how beliefs about family identity are handed down through generations. My debut...
Who Was George Villiers, and Why is He in So Many Books?
Who was George Villiers? Here’s the short answer: George Villiers was an extremely messy likely bisexual in 17th century England who at minimum had love affairs...
Chaotic Neutral: Reading Short Story Collections Out of Order
Most of the time, there is only one way to read a novel — from beginning to end. It’s a forward motion, anchored by a direction...
Why Do We Keep Reading a Book We’re Hating?
Have you ever finished a book and hurled it across the room? Or at least felt that desire? Then you have finished a book you hate....
