CJ Hauser on Gothic Literature’s Life Lessons
At the Paris Review, CJ Hauser reads Rebecca for the first time and is unsettled to recognize herself in the story. “Do you know what thrills...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for October 23, 2020
This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Get This Deal $2.99The Sellout by Paul Beatty...
The Loss of Shared Grief
Chaos has a cognitive cost. Many of us understand this at some level, having strained to function normally for months now in a jerry-rigged approximation of...
The Redesign of LACMA: An Exchange
In response to: “The Demolition of LACMA: Art Sacrificed to Architecture,” October 2, 2020 To the Editor: Review readers should know that Joseph Giovannini’s article is...
How Playing “Myst” Taught Me to Write Fiction
In the 1990s I was a lonely, nerdy girl writer. Nobody else I knew was simultaneously obsessed with learning HTML and parsing the sentences of F....
8 Books About Hexing the Patriarchy
First, a few key terms. Patriarchy is not, at the end of the day, defined by the gender of one’s leaders. It’s a societal model based...
6 Books To Read If You Liked TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM
Having emotionally distant parents can be heartwrenching. Living with people who were supposed to be the primary caregivers, but for some twist of fate are incapable...
16 Gorgeous and Fun Fall Books for Toddlers
With the change in seasons comes the opportunity to explore new sights, sounds, and experiences with your toddler. As families head outside for pumpkin patch visits...
Short Story Collections: 8 Books That Are One of a Kind
We’ve all read short story collections. Whether writing college papers or browsing in a local bookshop, short stories are very accessible. My first anthology was a...
12 Christmas YA Books That Give Hallmark Movie Vibes
The holiday season is upon us, and this is a safe space for folks who have all of the holiday spirit and can’t watch all those...
