What If Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy Were a Teenage Steampunk Vampire Platypus?
You may remember Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the 2009 bestseller that reimagined Jane Austen’s classic with more of the living dead. It made a huge...
Star Wars Characters Who Deserve Their Own Books or Movies
It’s no secret that I love Star Wars. Despite growing up in the ’80s and having a white Princess Leia toothbrush, I don’t remember ever being...
Crime Fiction’s New Favorite Private Eyes
Few crime writers will argue against the importance of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Their novels and stories are staples in the crime community, their innovative...
Quiz: Which Bookish Charity Should You Donate To?
Now that U.S. tax season is at an end, you might be fortunate to have a few extra dollars. If you’re looking for a way to...
I Quit My Goodreads Challenge And Never Looked Back
Don’t check, don’t check. You’ll just make yourself crazy. My thumb hovers over “Reading Challenge” in my Goodreads menu. I have to know. This battle between...
10 Upcoming Adult Fantasy Novels
The world has answered our prayers. Or really, Book Riot has. Because if you are a fantasy fan, we have something for you. Bookwise, 2019 has...
Help Send 1000 Books By Authors of Color To Milwaukee Public Schools
Nyesha Stone is a Milwaukee journalist with her independent media company Carvd N Stone. But it wasn’t until a college journalism class that she finally came face-to-face...
Let’s Talk About Sex Scenes In Fiction, Baby
Every so often, someone from The Millions tweets out an article that ran in 2016, “Let’s Not Get It On: The Indefensible Sex Scene.” The latest iteration...
Reading Pathways: Beverly Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins—or, as we call her in Romancelandia, Queen Bev—is a master at writing strong heroines and emotionally fluent heroes. When I am asked where to...
My WILD Trip to Toronto: From Codependent to Emotionally Detoxed
My solo trip to Toronto in October 2018 mirrored Cheryl Strayed’s Wild trip: long walks, lack of drinking water, and a suspicious man. Sure, my walks...
