Jeff O'Neal

Jeff O'Neal is the executive editor of Book Riot and Panels. He also co-hosts The Book Riot Podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @thejeffoneal.

The Ones That Got Away

Year-end Best Of lists tend to inspire five reactions from me: 1. “I loved that book, so glad it’s on ...

READING PATHWAYS: Colson Whitehead

Reading Pathways is a regular Book Riot feature in which we suggest a three-book reading sequence for becoming acquainted with certain ...

Best Books of 2011: Under the Radar

2012 quickly approaches, so Book Riot contributors are sharing some of the best books they read in 2011. Check out ...

Sunday Diversion: Novel Pictograms, Rebus-Style (with answers)

The answers are included at the bottom in the post in inviso-text (highlight the blank area to see the answers). ...

Friday Forum: What Book Was the Biggest Letdown This Year?

The Friday Forum is a weekly discussion thread about some aspect of reading. __________________________ Last week, we asked for your favorites. ...

Riot Recommendation: Like Dan Brown, but….

In Riot Recommendation, we take a request for a recommendation and turn it over to the Book Riot community to help ...

Novel Pictograms: The Answers

Yesterday, I challenged you to figure out pictograms of the titles of famous novels. From the feedback I got, most ...

Literary is as Literary Does

Disillusionment is a necessary, if underappreciated, part of education. What we think we know is stripped away, what we don’t ...

2012 Tournament of Books: Final Forecast

You can have your Pulitzers. You can debate your National Book Awards and your Orange Prizes. You can argue over ...

Sunday Diversion: Literary Term Word Search

Last week, a classic novel jumble. This week, a word search of literary terms.