Our True-Crime Obsession
Rachel Monroe always wanted to be a person who’d written a book, but it took years to become someone who wanted to write a particular book....
From Father Divine to Jim Jones: On the Phenomenon of American Messiahs
“And you can call me an egomaniac, megalomaniac, or whatever you wish, with a messianic complex. I don’t have any complex, honey. I happen to know...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 26th, 2019
Enter to win The Library Book by Susan Orlean! These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re...
6 Old Grammar Rules That Are Finally Going Out of Style
The internet loves a good argument. See: the 400+ comments on my piece on the Oxford comma debate, which devolved into everything from political jabs to...
From Here Your Future Looks Very Small
The Day is a Manhole The day is a manhole you drop into in broad daylight. Everything had been quite fine, though the electronic chirps of...
Writing About Black Lives Matter in 2019
Melanie Hatter’s Malawi’s Sisters depicts an event taken straight from the pages of our national news. Malawi, a young Black woman from an affluent family in...
7 Novels Set in Toronto
In the popular imagination, the idea of Canadian literature is overwhelmingly dominated by imposing landscapes: the vast emptiness of the prairies, a cruel wilderness that tests...
The Challenges of Encouraging a Reading Culture in Developing Countries
When you live in parts of the world other than industrialized countries, chances are you can’t fulfill all of your bookish quirks and literary dreams. Imagine...
10 Great Piano Books for Beginners
‘Get back to playing the piano’ is one of my regular New Year’s resolutions, and probably the one that I most regret letting slide each time...
3 Romances Featuring Former Pro Athletes
I picked up a few romances recently that I was excited to read for the sake of reading them, but then couldn’t help reading them together...
