“[T]hose librarians failed students”: Book Ban at Irving Independent School District
It’s easy to believe that book bans don’t happen and that books aren’t pulled from library or classroom shelves. It’s far easier and more damaging to...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 10th, 2019
Sponsored by All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re...
From Homesteader Wolf to Public School Boy
An excerpt from Stay and Fightby Madeline ffitch PERLEY The snake has strong beliefs. The snake has strong beliefs about territory my Mama K said when...
Imagining the Secret Lives of Old Movie Stars
In 1928, at a glamorous soirée in Berlin, the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt takes a black-and-white photograph of Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Leni Riefenstahl, immortalizing...
The New National Literature of Canada Is Being Written by Women
As an American-born literature scholar and writer who became a permanent resident of Canada last year, I’ve spent a lot of time recently wondering how to...
5 DC Characters Who Might as Well Get a Show Too
On July 28, Alfred Pennyworth, Batman’s loyal and long-suffering butler, will be getting his own show on Epix for some reason. Don’t get me wrong—I like Alfred a...
10 Books Like STRANGER THINGS To Feed Your Need
Have you already finished season 3 of Stranger Things? Are you now looking for books like Stranger Things to tide you over while you read fan theories and (im)patiently wait...
Authors Don’t Have Much Control Over Covers; Here’s Why
We all judge books by their covers. A cover is the most important piece of marketing for any book. Publishers know this, which is why they...
Visit 28 of the Best Libraries in the World
In his keynote speech for the American Library Association’s 2019 annual conference, Jason Reynolds spoke of libraries as “sacred” spaces. I’m inclined to agree. There are many...
How (Not) To Get Your Teenager Back Into Books
If you were a teenager in the 1980s, 1990s, and maybe even 2000s, there is an extremely good chance that you sneaked a copy of Flowers...
