PEDRO PÁRAMO Adaptation to Star Black Panther’s Tenoch Huerta
Netflix has began filming an adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo, marking the directorial debit of cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto. The highly influential Páramo is a modern...
On Madness, Motherhood, and King Lear
Act I By the end of the morning, many tears will be shed, and I will look to Shakespeare’s King Lear for wisdom, but for now, we are...
I’m a Transgender Scientist and I See Myself in “Frankenstein”
“It is not the slumber of reason that engenders monsters, but a vigilant and insomniac rationality”—Deleuze and Guattari The fly’s head is rendered in microscopic detail:...
9 Novels About Characters Looking to Be Transformed by Sex or Love
Novels about intense romances are compelling because of the window of specificity it offers into something that from the outside might not make sense, but from...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 11, 2023
Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99 Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes Get This Deal $2.99 Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe Get This Deal $2.99 Provenance by...
25 Books Being Made into Movies and Series in 2023 and 2024
Is there anything more exciting than seeing a book you read and enjoyed being adapted into a film or movie? You’ve imagined all of these scenes...
Dark Academia Authors to Lure You Into the Shadows
There is nothing like the vibes of dark academia: the aged stone buildings, the cool breezes, the hint of something sinister in the air. What wouldn’t...
Judge a Book by Its Cover and Get a Perfect Book Recommendation
You’re never supposed to judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it: a lot of bibliophiles do exactly that. Plenty of us harbor some...
How to Run a Dungeons & Dragons Session Zero for Kids and Teens
In the high school library that I manage, we play a lot of Dungeons and Dragons. I’ve written before for Book Riot on the impact that...
8 Award-Winning Fantasy Books You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The Hugo & Nebula Awards are by far the most well-known SFF award, at least in the United States, and those awards typically go to well-known...
