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 Confidence Index: Franzen’s THE CORRECTIONS on HBO

The Confidence Index….in which we assess the chance that an upcoming adaptation of a novel/book/short story/comic will not suck. A ...

Why Bob Dylan Will Win the Nobel Prize

Over the last twenty-four hours or so, the odds of Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize tomorrow have moved from ...

The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1891 – 1991

I decided to draw up a list–a list of major works that would serve as a starting point and overview of 20th Century American fiction.

Reading Pathways: Toni Morrison

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

Welcome to Book Riot

Though e-books, bookstore closings, and self-publishing are dominating book news these days, there is actually something more fundamental changing about ...

Beat the Algorithm: GAME OF THRONES Edition

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Book Riot’s “Beat the Algorithm,” pitting bloggers and booksellers against Amazon’s algorithm for recommendation ...

Betting the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature

Ladbroke’s, one of those English gambling houses that seem to have a prop for everything, has an extensive board for ...

Uncollected Thoughts on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy

Like boatloads of others, I have torn through the first two novels in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy and has already pre-ordered the final chapter. ...

Forecasting the 2012 Tournament of Books

We’ve reached the half-way mark of 2012 and many around the literary web are listing their favorite books of the ...

Best Books of 2011: Looking Ahead

I’m still working on my best of 2010 list (and still reading a couple of things before the new year), ...