Riot Recommendation: Haunt Us With Books About Spooky Or Dangerous Houses
This Riot Recommendation asking for your favorite books about spooky or dangerous houses is sponsored by –The Fall of Crazy House. Escape is just the beginning....
New CW Nancy Drew Casts Original Nancy Drew: Critical Linking, April 9, 2019
Sponsored by –The Fall of Crazy House This is a neat casting — the CW Nancy Drew pilot is giving a nod to the TV history...
Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Caro, Blake, Hammad, Gainza, and More
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Robert Caro, Sarah Blake, Isabella Hammad, Maria Gainza, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to...
‘The Jungle’: Putting the Refugee Crisis Center-Stage
Tellingly, some of the actors had to earn exceptions (by way of petitions) to the Trump administration’s “Muslim travel ban” in order to enter the United...
Salvador Dalí Illustrates the Western Canon
Salvador Dalí, the face of the Surrealist movement, is known for many things: melting clocks, his signature moustache, and his dream-like film work. Fewer people, however,...
Five Writing Tips from Mark Bowden
Many years ago I asked the novelist John Barth for some writing advice. He told me always to end a writing session in mid-sentence. “That way...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 8th, 2019
Sponsored by Whatbook. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Q Is For...
In “Women Talking,” Mennonite Women Grapple with Faith and Justice
What can I say about Miriam Toews’ Women Talking? Ostensibly it’s a novel, but it reads like a play. Substantially it’s a #MeToo story, but it...
Eight Novels That Blur the Line Between Memoir and Fiction
A month after I finished the first draft of my novel, The Risk of Us, I took the full manuscript to one of my most trusted...
5 Overlooked Nonfiction New York Review of Books Classics
For 20 years, The New York Review of Books‘s publishing division, NYRB Classics being its most famous imprint, has offered a steady supply of under-read and...
