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The growing field of technical writing — the work of creating user guides for new products, capturing how a business brings aboard a new customer, directing...

In her first novel published in 14 years, author Julia Alvarez explores grief, isolation, and sisterhood. Afterlife follows Antonia, a writer and retiring English professor, who...

Day Eighty-four I put a palindrome above the sink in the bathroom: Madam I’m Adam, on a piece of white paper, taped to the wall. To...

If I could go all year without ever putting on real shoes, that would be my dream. But since I live where we get snow and...

This post includes spoilers. Every day I ponder life after college. I try to suppress these thoughts, but they sit in my wooden desk chair as...

I had a cat once. It used to sit in the corner of the room, quietly, chilling out for long stretches, then suddenly pounce up into...

It struck me not long ago that B-list comics villains, especially those with roots in the DC mythos, have enjoyed a renaissance since the advent of The CW’s...

Vandalization to public property, including libraries, sees an uptick during times of social unrest and protest. In 2017 and 2018, a rash of vandals damaged library...

Welcome to Book Riot’s November 2020 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations! As 2020 comes to a close, time is growing short to find your favorite books of...

We wouldn’t dream of abandoning our vast semi–annual Most Anticipated Book Previews, but we thought a monthly reminder would be helpful (and give us a chance to note...