Four New Friendship Novels and the Ties That May Not Bind
It’s there in the early books we read—the ideal of friendship, its glimmer. “But his favourite person of all was Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper because...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 3rd, 2019
Sponsored by our $100 Amazon gift card giveaway! Enter here. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re...
Washington Department of Corrections Quietly Bans Book Donations to Prisoners From Nonprofits
The Washington State Department of Corrections quietly rolled out a new policy via a memo on their website last month which disallows books to be donated...
How Should a Millennial Be?
“The great millennial novelist”—the mantle has been thrust, by Boomers and Gen Xers alike, upon the Irish writer Sally Rooney, whose two carefully observed and gentle...
Rick Moody Recommends “A Full-Service Shelter” by Amy Hempel
“A Full-Service Shelter” by Amy Hempel They knew me as one who shot reeking crap out of cages with a hose. —Leonard Michaels, “In the Fifties”...
In Laila Lalami’s novel, Immigrants Are Fully-Realized People—and So Are Racists
Migration and all its ensuing discontentments obsess the work of Moroccan-American novelist and essayist Laila Lalami. In her debut, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Lalami offered...
Remember to Be Interesting to People Who Aren’t You
In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?” we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the process of teaching writing....
2019 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, and the List is Gorgeous
I’m not sure I’ve ever looked at an awards list and sighed in happiness, but that’s what I did when I saw the finalists for the...
YA Graphic Novels Hitting Shelves April–June 2019
The second quarter of 2019 is an exciting season for YA graphic novels! After a slow start to the year, your TBR is going to be...
Please Let Mycroft Holmes Be Fat
I treat Sherlock Holmes the way other people treat Pokémon: gotta watch ’em all! From the big names like Rathbone and Brett to the obscure ones...
