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5 Gift Books for New High School Graduates
A fellow teacher once handed me a list titled “Books Every High School Student Should Read.” … Read the full post
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5 Celebrities Who Love Books
James Franco — he of the published volume of short stories and the candidacy for a PhD in comparative … Read the full post
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Who Said It: Chuck Palahniuk or David Foster Wallace?
“The next morning, room service delivers a lavish breakfast to my sumptuous penthouse suite … 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
Best of Book Riot: There Will Never Be a “New” David Foster Wallace
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post
Top 10 Best Books Serial Book-Abandoners May Have Missed
“If a book doesn’t grab me in the first 50 (100? 150?) pages, I quit. I don’t have … Read the full post
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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
There Will Never Be A “New” David Foster Wallace
Last week, I got a pitch from a small press to review a novel titled The Book of Knut. The pitch began: … Read the full post
10 MORE Bookish Facebook Feeds You Should Follow
Amanda crushed it last week with this post about book-related Facebook pages you should “like.” … Read the full post
Literary Pet Peeves Are Counterproductive
My literary pet peeve is readers who have pet peeves. That’s a statement that surely won’t … Read the full post
Nothing Is More Real Than Fiction
There’s a passage about halfway through Don DeLillo’s novel Underworld that is so profound, … Read the full post
How Do You Biblio-Tour?
I’m sure this isn’t exactly unique, but one of my favorite book-nerdish things to do whenever … Read the full post
Fun with Literary Motivational Posters
The site Big Huge Labs lets you create your own motivational (or demotivational, whichever you prefer) … Read the full post
Jane Austen vs. Jane Eyre, and 4 Other Reading Confessions
We here at Book Riot are in full confession mode! Last week, Rebecca revealed her seven reading secrets … Read the full post
When Literary Opposites Attract
People often ask me — since I’m always reading more than one book at once — how do you keep … Read the full post
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Paperback THE PALE KING Offers Brand New Wallace Writing
David Foster Wallace had quite a following before his suicide in 2008, but his posthumous success … Read the full post
A Reader’s Drinking Game, First Edition
[Editor's note: The idea for this post came from a Book Riot reader on Twitter. So thanks, S.M. Hineline!] … Read the full post
Good Writers, Bad Blurbs: A Top 8 List
For obvious reasons, established writers are usually very selective about which novels they’ll … Read the full post
Beavis & Butt-head and Books
You’re thinking, MTV’s braindead duo in a post about books? Have you gone mad with low-brow-er? … Read the full post
