YA Nonfiction Books for the Budding Social Activist
This list of YA nonfiction books about activism is sponsored by The Liars of Mariposa Island by Jennifer Mathieu, with Fierce Reads. From Jennifer Mathieu, the author of...
GIVEAWAY: CROWN OF CORAL AND PEARL by Mara Rutherford
This giveaway is sponsored by Crown of Coral Pearl by Mara Rutherford from Inkyard Press. For generations, the princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens...
Plagiarism and True Crime Podcasts: Critical Linking, August 28, 2019
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by The Library Book by Susan Orlean–enter to win!...
That’s Her in the Spotlight, Losing Her Religion
This Is My Body, Cameron Dezen Hammon‘s debut memoir, opens with the author on stage at The Refuge, an evangelical megachurch in a suburb of Houston...
From the Battlefield to ‘Little Women’
In Louisa May Alcott’s much beloved novel Little Women (1868), Jo March earns extra money writing low-brow sensational stories, or “blood and thunder tales,” as Alcott...
‘The Ventriloquists’: Featured Fiction from E.R. Ramzipoor
In today’s edition of featured fiction—curated by our own Carolyn Quimby—we present an excerpt from E.R. Ramzipoor’s debut novel, The Ventriloquists, out today from Park Row....
B.J. Hollars Explores the Midwest’s Strangest Corners
During his yearlong trek spent researching paranormal claims throughout the Midwest, B.J. Hollars admits “whether discussing the mundane or a monster sighting, it’s hard to know...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 27th, 2019
Sponsored by Best Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham with First Second Books. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so...
Giveaway – HANOVER HOUSE By Brenda Novak
We’re giving away digital copies of Hanover House by Brenda Novak in DRM-free epub, and pdf formats to Book Riot readers, courtesy of the author. Submit your info. Get a download...
White Writers Pushed Me Out of Fiction and Into the Essay
“Nonfiction,” I said, when we had to go around in a circle and define our work at an artist’s residency in Minnesota. “I write nonfiction.” “You...
