NO ONE GETS TO FALL APART
In Labrie’s raw account, there is the failure of her mother to parent her daughter without resorting to abuse. There is also her grandmother’s refusal to seek medical help for her daughter’s escalating mental health crisis. And LaBrie tells of battling her own mental health issues, making clear the danger she faced in having to […]
IF MICE PULLED THE SLEIGH
An unnamed narrator laments that, despite the book’s title, mice wouldn’t be strong enough to do the job of pulling Santa’s vehicle. If cats tried to do so, they wouldn’t be able to agree on which direction to go, so they wouldn’t be a good replacement either. Dogs would slobber and sit on the sleigh […]
STATUS QUO IS NOT COMPANY POLICY
In a five-year period, David Naylor turned the Rayburn Electric Cooperative from a $300 million company to a $1 billion cooperative in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. In this nonfiction debut, Scott tells the story of Naylor’s success, providing a detailed account of how he transformed Rayburn into a successful “family feel” organization that’s not exclusively […]
The Best Fiction & Mysteries of 2024, According to Barnes & Noble
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Kaveh Akbar is just as brilliant a poet as he is a novelist, and Martyr! is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Cyrus Shams, his friend Zee, Cyrus’ parents, and his uncle each get their own distinct point-of-view chapters and feel so real. Cyrus also provides excerpts of his own work […]
What’s Happening in York County Library (SC) Should Be A Wakeup Call
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 […]
The Best Mystery and Thriller Deals for October 22, 2024
Mystery/Thriller Deals The best mystery and thriller book deals of the day, all hand picked by Book Riot. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deals
Ursula K. Le Guin Price Announced
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. This is the Winner of the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Really interesting shortlist for this year’s award, and the winner itself is not something I had on my radar. One thing […]
This is the Winner of the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction recognizes authors who are “realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now”—the kind of stories Ursula K. Le […]
2024 Adaptations You Might Have Missed
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and social channels. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone. 2024 has been such an […]
The Best YA Book Deals of the Day for October 22, 2024
Young Adult Deals Grab one of these excellent YA book deals while they last. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deals