Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for June 8, 2023
Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99 Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal Get This Deal $1.99 The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen by Nella...
Biden to Announce Anti-Book Ban Coordinator
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a list of actions it will take to better protect LGBTQ+ Americans. Among them was a plan to address the rise...
Long Live the New Flesh
I don’t experience my dreams from a first-person point of view. My gaze exists only as a third-person stranger at a theater, watching it all like...
The Strange Spy Story at the Heart of #MeToo
It’s not a spoiler to say that one woman whips out a switchblade, or that another’s boozy airplane ride leads to a warrant for her arrest....
The Best Doujinshi Sites That Still Support Creators
I blame Book Riot for my obsession with fanfiction and the natural progression I have made into doujinshi (also known as dōjinshi). It’s often mistaken for...
8 Great Dystopian Books for Middle School Students
Being a school librarian, I have found that escapism is something that students crave on a daily basis. There are a few genres that stand out...
Grumpy Monkeys, Sneaky Alligators, and More: 10 Funny Books for Preschoolers
When I bring books home from the library for my preschool-aged son, he often asks, “Are they funny books, mom?” We’ve loved reading together since he...
Be Gay, Do Crime: 20 Must-Read LGBTQ+ Crime Novels
Sometimes, it’s fun to root for the “bad guy” in a book. Sometimes, a wrong does, up against an oppressive system or societal structure, make a...
10 Great New YA Books to Read in June 2023
It’s June, one of my favorite months of the year. Not only is it the start of summer, but it’s also Pride Month, so it feels...
9 of the Best New Nonfiction Releases to Read in June 2023
It’s June! More sunshine, longer days, the official start of summer, and (hopefully) more time to read all the books we’d like to read. (Wait, scratch...
