Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 05-31-2024
<— HAPPY FRIDAY & GUESS WHAT I FOUND??? Books!!! Books that just went live (including that one there to the left which is today’s #1 BOOK ON ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE right now! HOLY MOLY!!) And books that are on super-bargain sale that are tried and true, or some that sound INCREDIBLE to me. 😀 […]
Reader Question – The book where she’s kidnapped & will be auctioned off, but her guard is secretly nice to her…
Savanna needs our book help! There’s a ton of detail so I’m sure we’ll find it! I’ve read quite a few like this back in my dark “kidnap read” days, so I’m SO curious what this one will be. It sounds super-intense and emotional. She asks: Can you help me find a book? It’s about […]
Book Censorship News, May 31, 2024
Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 31, 2024
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An Incomplete List of the Best Things That Can Happen to a Reader
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. As of this moment, my daughter is on the longest reading bender of her young life. She picked up the Percy Jackson series about a week ago, burned through that, and now is on to the Heroes of […]
The Best Literary Adaptations to Stream in June
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Reflecting on 75 Years of the National Book Awards In the run-up to the 75th anniversary of the […]
8 of the Best Sophomore Novels
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Laura Sackton is a queer book nerd and freelance writer, known on the internet for loving winter, despising summer, and going overboard with extravagant baking projects. In addition to her work at Book Riot, she reviews for BookPage […]
A Sexy Novel of Art and Queer Intimacy
Exhibit by R. O. Kwon I adored R. O. Kwon’s debut novel, The Incendiaries and have been watching out for her next novel ever since. There’s something about Kwon’s stripped-down writing style that captures readers’ imaginations and spurs us on to keep reading. In Exhibit, we follow Jin Han, a photographer living in San Francisco […]
The Hottest Queer Books of Summer 2024
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Susie (she/her) is a queer writer originally from Little Rock, now living in Washington, DC. She is the author of QUEERLY BELOVED and the forthcoming LOOKING FOR A SIGN from Dial Press/Random House. You can find her on […]
THE LETTERS OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY
This installment, which covers two years of Hemingway’s letters in the mid-1930s, offers extraordinary insights into the author’s personal and professional life. The book includes a remarkable range of textual material, including cables, postcards, assorted jottings, and unsent correspondence. We follow Hemingway’s passion for fishing, increasing involvement with leftist politics, and ongoing dedication to the […]