Posted byIn Defense of Skipping
Skipping is not just for prize boxers and pig-tailed girls, but for serious readers too. Over the … Read the full post
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Best of Book Riot: Welcome to the Library of Fictional Fiction
This week we’re running some of our favorite and most popular posts from our first three months. … Read the full post
“Nobody knows what’s going to happen to anybody”: 2011 in Final Lines
To find a twitching sign of life in the idea that everyone has a book in them, consider how we conduct … Read the full post
A Christmas Appeal: Books For the Non-Reader?
One of the most chillingly effective music reviews I ever read described Crowded House as a band for … Read the full post
A Noogie from David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace is kicking my ass. I’m currently reading Consider The Lobster, his collection … Read the full post
It’s time for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award quiz!
They might be the great chroniclers of what happens between mankind’s ears – giving language to … Read the full post
Why I never borrow books
My bookshelf is like a mountain top cairn. For those non-climbers amongst you, a cairn is a collection … Read the full post
Let’s Sack The World’s Top Literary Cities
Edinburgh, my home for the past decade, is the world’s top literary city. National Geographic has … Read the full post
Welcome to the Library of Fictional Fiction
This is a project for the most precocious amongst you. The ones who have read all there is to read. … Read the full post
How To Make Plagiarism Pay
Pity poor Q.R. Markham. Plagiarism’s current pin-up should have heeded the Delphic words of Wham! … Read the full post
Gateway Books: Do You Remember Your First Time?
Forget your Hobbits, Harry Potters, Nancy Drews, or Lions, Witches and Wardrobes. The book that convinced … Read the full post
The books that occupy the Occupy movement
Forget outdoor supply stores, books have been central to equipping the Occupy movement. For many of … Read the full post
Time to Come Out of the Water Closet
The toilet is inherently a place for words. It demands gymnastics of the linguistic, as well as the … Read the full post
Confessions of a Poetry Bully
Of all the literary forms, poetry is the most picked upon. It is the small wheezy kid selected last … Read the full post
NFOs: the tragedy that reads among us
There is an affliction that many suffer from. It hides in plain sight. Someone on your bus every morning … Read the full post
How the Booker got snookered
The literary world does bitchy really well. For proof, look no further than this year’s Man … Read the full post
Judging A Reader By Their Cover
When the great Venn diagrams of this world are drawn, and what a day that will be, one of the most … Read the full post
Glasgow Snuff Films: Where Great Books Go To Die
The sight of Halle Berry and Brad Pitt chills my blood. Trust me, I’ve seen them. The pair stalk … Read the full post
Tinker Tailor Soldier Tourist
Choosing the right book to travel with is as important as selecting the appropriate wine for a meal. … Read the full post
