‘The Joy Luck Club’ Turns 25
The Joy Luck Club remains one of the best-known works of Asian American literature, and on the 25th anniversary of its publication, Amy Tan looks back...
Mystery Writers Honored at 2019 Edgar Awards
The 2019 Edgar Allan Poe Awards were handed out last night in New York City. Presented by the Mystery Writers of America, the Edgar Awards honor...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 26th, 2019
Enter to win a brand new iPad mini! These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot!...
Samuel Beckett’s “Avengers: Endgame”
[Bare interior of a secret, tech-filled Avengers lair. Grey light. Left and right back, high up, two small windows, curtains drawn. Front right, a door. Hanging...
Damon Young and Kiese Laymon Discuss Death, Sex, Money, and More
The following transcript, which has been edited for clarity, is excerpted from an episode of the WNYC podcast “Death, Sex & Money.” It features Damon Young,...
7 Unlikeliest Friendships in Literature
In my novel Walking on the Ceiling, the narrator Nunu says that her friendship with the writer M. was the type of friendship she might have...
9 Prophetic IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE Quotes
I read It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis for the first time in the summer of 2016 and it messed me up pretty bad. I...
Put Down Your Phone: Books About Smartphones and the Consequences of Constant Connection
I was starting to become concerned about my phone—or, more particularly, how often I was looking at my phone. When my iPhone was updated with the...
Books That Look Like Avengers, Assemble!
It’s not everyday you pick up a book that looks like Captain Marvel, but there it was. I was holding a copy of Applied Mathematics :...
Remaining Game of Thrones Characters Sorted into Hogwarts Houses
Spoilers through Season 8, Episode 2 ahead. I am writing this post after Season 8, Episode 2 of Game of Thrones has aired. Which, I don’t...
