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In Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in a Time of Saviors, a young boy falls into the ocean and is carried by a shark—in its jaws—back to...

“The past mishandles everybody,” Alani Baum declares in my novel Vanishing Monuments. The novel starts as they learn that their mother—who they haven’t seen in almost...

Healthcare workers are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nestled safely in my one-bedroom apartment, marathoning Veep and getting ahead of my ever-growing TBR pile,...

I’ve spent at least 2,000 hours reading aloud to my kids in the last six years. My voice has gone hoarse doing all that reading aloud....

There’s a good chance that many of us will not be able to spend time with our mothers in person this Mother’s Day, due to the...

Red Dead Redemption, and especially the sequel* Red Dead Redemption 2, are something of a cultural milestone in video games. They’re also just really fun, especially...

Despite the number of book releases being pushed back due to COVID-19, there are still a fair few being released this spring, many of them novels...

With the current state of the world, I am fairly positive that I am, along with everyone else, slowly and surely losing it. At first I...

There’s no better way to escape the real world than with paranormal cozy mysteries. From ghosts and goblins to witches and werewolves, these books are filled...

Looking for some cozy romance reads? We’ve got you covered! Book Riot is teaming up with Harlequin.com and Read Bliss to offer up a Debbie Macomber...