We’re celebrating the 15th anniversary of Book Riot entering the independent literary media scene this October, and you’re invited! All month, we’ll be looking back on the last 15 years in books and publishing. Our readers, listeners, and followers are invited to join us on the journey, sharing more than a decade of literary controversies…
I love YA thrillers, from murder mysteries to slashers, dark academia to teen detectives uncovering old crimes casting their shadows into the present day. Luckily, we’re currently going through something of a golden age for YA thrillers — series such as One of Us is Lying and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder captured the…
Thanks to streaming, there have been noticeably plenty of book-to-movie adaptations in the past year or so, especially in the romance genre. Major studios have picked up and are releasing film adaptations of books such as The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry, and many…
The National Book Award Longlists were just announced last week. The Awards have been around for almost 100 years (except for a WWII hiatus), and celebrate books published in the US by US authors. It is among the most prestigious literary awards. National Book Award winners are among my favorite books, and this year’s nominees…
The tween and teen years are a formative period. They’re a time when big topics like mental health, body image, challenging family and friendship situations, romantic relationships, and more begin to matter in new ways. A great way for young people to access helpful information on big topics is, of course, through books. If someone’s…
I’ve spoken at length about my love of the gothic genre, whichever variant it comes in. Gothic horror? I’m in. Gothic romance? Shut up and take my money. Gothic mysteries? Well, why didn’t you just say so? Mystery plots hit differently when placed against the backdrop of a Victorian manor or a crumbling abbey. The…
September is National Translation Month! Books in translation are severely underrepresented in the English market, which means we’re missing out on some of the best writing in the world. The best way to counter this is to prove there’s a market for literature in translation. Here are seven excellent books in translation that also check…
Meryl Streep is our next Aslan. “I wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a child,” Greta Gerwig told Empire in a first-look. Oh, and it had to be one of the greatest actors to play the role.…
Libbie Grant is the author of The Ended World, out now from Galiot Press. Below, she recommends three novels about humanity’s relationship with thinking machines. When I first began writing my novel The Ended World, I never imagined I’d see some of the themes play out in real time shortly before the book’s release. The…
Whether or not going analog was one of your resolutions or goals this year, there’s nothing quite like a fresh new hobby book to get you excited to make things with your hands. With fall imminent–whether or not the weather agrees with the calendar itself–there’s no better time than now to plan your fall TBR…