Our Blue Ribbon List of Books for BLUEY Fans of All Ages
There is no shame in admitting you are a Bluey fan. Personally, I have been grounded twice by our kids for watching Bluey without them. I...
Finding Home in a New City Through History and Urban Fantasy
I grew up reading British literature and had always harbored a desire to live in London for a while. Last year, after a casual discussion with...
September 2023 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations
Welcome to Book Riot’s September 2023 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations! Thanks for joining us for another journey through the galaxy. It’s a new month, a new...
The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books for Fall 2023
What even is time? I had a couple conversations this past year, some of them surrounding the publication of my non-chronologically structured novel We Do What...
Growing Up in a Chinese Restaurant in Atlantic City
Jane Wong’s memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City is a feast of a book. It’s about hunger—the hungers of the body, of addiction, of history. Brilliant,...
I Am a Star in a Galaxy of Grandmothers
Study of a supernova at the beach The tulle of my grandmother’s dress like a comet tail, a bouquet of algae tonguing my feet. I track...
11 Books About Misunderstood Women in History and Mythology
For thousands of years, women have been on the fringes of history and mythology. From “The Serpent Queen” Catherine De Medici, evil stepmother Kaikeyi in the...
Summer is Peak Season for Sibling Rivalry in “Little Monsters”
Adrienne Brodeur’s novel Little Monsters follows the Gardner family over the course of a summer on Cape Cod, the windswept peninsula—alternately wild and painstakingly tamed—where they...
9 Books about Women’s Loneliness
Women get lonely. Men do, too, but there’s something ineffably unique about female loneliness, which is more vulnerable and open to danger than the male version....
Translating the Lives of Slackers Drifting on the Margins of Beijing
In a cold, cruel city indifferent to your fate, an acquaintance from your hometown can be a lifeline, as can the three guys you happen to...
