Isaac Asimov Takes on ‘The Bible’
What happens when one of the “Big Three” science fiction writers decides to take on the most widely-read book in the world? Over at Open Culture,...
Thanks for Joining Us for Persist: the Feminist Book Club!
Persist: A Feminist Book Club is presented by Flatiron Books, publishers of Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao, now in paperback. An electrifying debut novel about the...
Looking for Myself in the Stories of Sib Lit
1. Recently I did something I’ve been avoiding for a long time: I read literature by people like me, about people like us. We go by...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 15th, 2019
Sponsored by Amazon Publishing. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals The Leaving...
“The Left Hand of Darkness” Is the Anti-Nationalist Book We Need Right Now
This March, I borrowed a friend’s copy of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness, excited to finally remove the novel from my “To...
The Impossible Cost of the Sex Tax
Petar didn’t have enough money. All his friends had forgotten him. He couldn’t pay his sex tax and that meant that he could no longer be...
7 Non-Fiction Books About Filipinx America by Pinoy Writers
“The supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the archipelago, and those who resist it can accomplish no end...
Do Crime Like a Victorian: 11 Nonfiction Recommendations
Is there anything better than a Victorian crime story? From Poe and Collins to Doyle and Hornung, some of the 19th century’s most enduring tales revolve around...
8 Books about Passover for Children and Babies
I feel like I should start this post with a disclaimer: I am not Jewish. I married into a Jewish family three years ago and since...
Your Horoscope Says You Need Zodiac Notebooks
I’ve mentioned before my love for astrology and all things zodiac. It’s certainly trendier now than it was when I was a teenager, but that doesn’t...
