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Most Romantic Book?
As we make our way toward Valentine’s Day, grappling with our ice hooks and special boots through … Read the full post
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Read More: Our Reading Lives
Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live. It is open not only to regular Book Riot contributors, but to guest posters from the publishing industry, authors, and….you. If you are interested in telling us about a book that has been influential in your life, please contact us: community (at) bookriot (dot) com.
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On Personal Connections to Fiction
A few months ago, we discussed the notion that nothing is more real than fiction. Reading fiction … Read the full post
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Remembering They Were Readers
On New Year’s Day, I found myself in Idaho, instead of at my desk in Houston, TX. I was there … Read the full post
Two Hours in a Suburban Bookstore Cafe
So I’m at the Barnes & Noble in Pikesville, Maryland, in the NW suburbs of Baltimore. Lurking. … Read the full post
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Teaching Kids How To Spell Makes You Realize How Lucky You Are
I recently picked up a part-time job tutoring elementary schoolers from low-income homes in English … Read the full post
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Three Williams: My Life With a Trio of Dead Poets
This is a guest post by Rosie Schaap. She has been a bartender, a fortuneteller, a librarian at a … Read the full post
How to Recover From an AMAZING Book
I FINALLY read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline a few weeks ago. Blew my mind sky high. I mean, like … Read the full post
Reading MOBY-DICK With My Dad, Part II
My dad has bested me big-time by going on Semester at Sea, a three-month ’round the world journey … Read the full post
How Irving Stone Ruined My Mom’s Life
This is a guest post by Preeti Chhibber. Preeti is a social media wizard for Scholastic Book Clubs. … Read the full post
The Black Stallion. Walter Farley. My First Author Crush.
When I was ten I was given The Black Stallion by Walter Farley for my birthday. Rapture! O turf-writer … Read the full post
When Bookstores Become Container Stores
My family moved to Santa Barbara, CA (about an hour and a half north of Los Angeles) when I was in … Read the full post
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Three Perfect Book Gifts From Christmases Past
Welcome back from the holidays, Book Riot peeps.Hope you had a lovely one, and I suspect there were … Read the full post
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When the Hype Machine Works: The 5 Best Big Buzz Books
I know a lot of readers who shall go unnamed who avoid reading books specifically because they’ve … Read the full post
The Bookish Presents That Worked: A Post-Christmas Recap
It was QUITE the Bookish Christmas at the Steinkellner House. In fact, I would say that the only type … Read the full post
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Best of Book Riot: On Finding Narrative in Tragedy
How does narrative help us process tragedy? That’s one of the questions I’ve been asking myself … Read the full post
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Best of Book Riot: Walking Through Bookshops With Boys
A personal romantic history through the lens of (what else?) bookish moments. # I am fourteen. My … Read the full post
Best of Book Riot: How Retro Public TV Made Me a Reader
I’m livid. For my whole life, I’ve thought my reading habit, my PhD in literature, my … Read the full post
Best of Book Riot: Analyzing the Library Hold List
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
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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: Books to Read When You’re Blue
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
