If You Haven’t Seen ‘Billions’ Yet, You Should
1.The Showtime series Billions finished its fourth season last month. I’ve been watching since the 2016 premiere, but I’ve been a staff writer for The Millions...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 9th, 2019
Sponsored by Kensington Books. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Vampire Hunter...
The Murderer, the Writer, the Reckoning
On February 10, 2002, in a New York State prison cell, the bestselling author and twice-convicted killer Jack Abbott hanged himself. That same day, the body...
This Novel About the Publishing Industry in 1987 Shows How Little Has Changed
Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer. She’s an editorial assistant at a literary imprint, but the office seems far friendlier to WASP-y men than to Jewish...
Audiobooks, Children’s and YA Nonfiction Lead Publishing Revenue in 2018
New numbers are out from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) on the continued growth of audiobooks consumption, nonfiction consumption, and more. The numbers, which cover...
The Battle of the Book Cover
Perhaps the defining question of any book lover’s life is: should you read the hardcover or wait for it to come out in paperback? There are...
The Strange Connection Between Detective Fiction and Union Busting
In the summer of 1892, members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers (AA) union and the Carnegie-run steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania were squaring off...
I Read the Unpublished MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Novel And I Must Scream
Airing from 1964 to 1968, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. combined humor and action (and more subtext than you can shake a Special at) to become one of...
Millennial Pink YA Books
Sometimes you know you just have to have a book for its aesthetic. I’ve bought a book just for its cover before. Let’s be honest, we...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Comics
So you’ve picked up a copy of Smile or Fun Home or Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet and you are totally digging it. Words!...
