Amanda Nelson

Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.

Amazon and Goodreads: One User’s Response

Goodreads announced yesterday that it has been bought by Amazon. The immediate response on the bookternet (or at least my ...

On Reading the “Greats” (Or Not)

The biggest gap in my reading history is mid-to-late 20th century white American males, those dude-tastic modern masters. Your Pynchons, ...

Reading GILEAD on the Plane

Reading is solitary. I rarely read outside my house, mostly because I rarely leave my house. So those soul-crushing moments ...

E.L. James to Publish Writing Guide: A GIF Reponse

In today’s episode of Things That Are Too Horrifying To Respond To With Words Like a Normal Person, Fifty Shades of ...

Our Water Cooler Brings All The Boys to the Yard: Our Favorite Tweets of Last Week

Welcome to Our Water Cooler, a collection of our favorite tweets of the previous week from authors/publishing folk/bloggers/general bookish types ...

Happy National Grammar Day: Don’t Be A Grammar Nazi

March 4th is National Grammar Day, and while many of The Few, The Proud, The Grammar-tastic will celebrate by writing ...

2013 Tournament of Books Discussion: THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

  We here at Book Riot are huge Tournament of Books fans, so this year we’re going to discuss each ...

Our Water Cooler Brings All the Boys to the Yard: Our Favorite Tweets of Last Week

Welcome to Our Water Cooler, a collection of our favorite tweets of the previous week from authors/publishing folk/bloggers/general bookish types ...

Adventures in Amish Fiction

In my one short year as a bookseller, I witnessed two trends: the rise of 50 Shades of Grey and the ...

What Next?: Three Books to Read After JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte

When Book Riot asked you what your favorite books were, Jane Eyre came out number three, just after To Kill ...