9 Literary Party Games for Your Brainiest Friends
Get together with your well-read pals for some bookish fun I t’s hard to combine literature and socializing. Reading a book is usually a solitary act. Sure,...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for November 30th, 2018
Just for Book Riot readers: sign up for an Audible account, and get two audiobooks free! Today’s Featured Deals Broca’s Brain: Reflections on the Romance of...
Please, Margaret Atwood, Don’t Write a Sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
The author announced that she would be following up her 1985 classic with a sequel, but we’re skeptical Photo by TitiNicola Margaret Atwood announced on Wednesday...
The Kennedys: Fact or Fiction
The Kennedy family © JFK Library Archive Editor’s Note: Kerri Maher is also the author of This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in...
Why the Open Road Is the Perfect Setting for a Thriller
Country road at night © Krivosheev Vitaly/Shutterstock. Editor’s Note: James Anderson grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He is a graduate of Reed College, and received...
10 Perfect Writer Gifts We Just Made Up
The things writers really want this holiday season don’t exist—yet Photo by Plush Design Studio Step away from the astronaut pen. Put down the blank book. And...
My Father’s Art
It is my experience that most people in the arts feel a kind of comfort in lacking worldly success. They fight for it, and suffer over...
The Best Audiobooks of 2018
It’s that time of the year—time for the best of lists! (Why were some places publishing their best of lists in October!!!) Rioters have spoken, and...
7 Indie Horror, Mystery, and Crime Novels for Music Lovers
Nothing goes together quite as nicely as music and crime. Any bloody scene begs for a soundtrack. And while all books line up perfectly with some...
15 Of The Best Fantasy Manga: Classics And New Stories
Fantasy manga can be remarkable. It’s a growing industry that leads to some companies rising, and others falling; Tokyopop’s story serves as a cautionary tale. And...
