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Readin’ On A Jet Plane: How Do You Pick Books for Long Flights?
First World Problems existed long before some smug 20th century types erected a podium for countries … Read the full post
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LIKE CLOCKWORK and the Reboot of Serial Novels
There’s something romantic about a serialised novel. It has a whiff of the Victorian about it, the … Read the full post
Doc Of Pages: Seven Reasons Why Doctor Who is a Literary Hero
Doctor Who is essentially a literary character. It is just a happy galactic coincidence that he got … Read the full post
The Centre Cannot Hold: Chinua Achebe and Rewriting the World
Over the course of his 82 years Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe attracted many titles. To some he … Read the full post
What Your Brain Sounds Like On Books
Everyone has synaesthesia. Thankfully, this is not some terrible equine-meat borne virus. It is when … Read the full post
What Next?: Three Books to Read After THE GREAT GATSBY
So you’ve read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the fifth best book of all time according … Read the full post
Blood and Beer – A Pint With Ian Rankin
A charcoal Monday in Edinburgh. January. Lunchtime. Rain. The Oxford Bar. Ian Rankin is opening letters … Read the full post
A 2013 Dictionary For Book Lovers – New Words For A New Year
Happy new year folks! From where we sit, 2013 rolls out before us like some vast, uncharted country. … Read the full post
Best of Book Riot: Why Books Provide Ballast
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
Best of Book Riot: A Bookish Wedding Retold
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
Best of Book Riot: 8 Great Real Literary Bars
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
Beyond the Headlines – The Best Untold Book Stories of 2012
Millions of years after the world ends in late December 2012, alien archaeologists picking through … Read the full post
Vote Books! 13 Literary Quotes to Take to the Polls
Dear America, Has it really been four years? Has it been that long since you were here, hands wavering … Read the full post
Pub Scrawl: The Eight Best (Actual) Literary Bars
I am but an innocent man, devoid of all pun gills. Here’s why. When I saw the #literarybars hashtag … Read the full post
In Praise of Hilary Mantel
And just like that, Hilary Mantel became a national treasure. To win one Man Booker Prize is fortunate, … Read the full post
A Director’s Cut of HARRY POTTER? No, Thanks.
In an interview with the BBC last week JK Rowling revealed she toys with the idea of doing a director’s … Read the full post
THE BOOK RIOT 50: #1 Sixteen Things Calvin and Hobbes Said Better Than Anyone Else
To celebrate Book Riot’s first birthday on Monday, we’re running our best 50 posts from … Read the full post
THE BOOK RIOT 50: #13 The Secret Lives of Bookmarks
To celebrate Book Riot’s first birthday on Monday, we’re running our best 50 posts from … Read the full post
The Book Riot 50: #50 Welcome to the Library of Fictional Fiction
To celebrate Book Riot’s first birthday on Monday, we’re running our best 50 posts from … Read the full post
We Are All Roald Dahl’s Children
Today is Roald Dahl’s birthday. That garden shed-dwelling genius of children’s literature … Read the full post
