Riot Headline The Best Books of 2024

Kelly Jensen

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen.

3 On A YA Theme: Asexuality

Explorations of sexuality in YA fiction is one of my favorite topics to think and write about. This is especially ...

28+ of Your Favorite Books Featuring Magical Schooling

This giveaway is sponsored by The Novice by Taran Matharu. He can summon demons. But can he win a war? ...

48+ of Your Favorite Books About Fashion

This Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos. In Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde’s world, teens are ...

Screen Time: A Round-Up of This Week’s Videos

Did you know we have our very own YouTube (or BookTube, as they say) channel? Watch this week’s videos below, ...

Weekend Giveaway: RUNNING FIRE by Lindsay McKenna

This weekend giveaway is sponsored by Running Fire by Lindsay McKenna. He was a haven in the midst of Hell… ...

Sh*t Book Nerds Do

  It struck me a couple of weeks ago as I was emailing a friend about books that half of ...

3 On A YA Theme: Realistic Fairy Tale Retellings

Last spring, I gave a presentation at a library conference about realistic fiction, which is my favorite arena of YA. ...

“Free” Ebooks Don’t Help Poor Kids

One of the duties I had at the last library for which I worked was helping to get patrons onto computers. ...

20 of Your Favorite Corporate Thrillers

This Riot Recommendation is brought to you by Uncaged by John Sandford and Michele Cook. Shay Remby arrives in Hollywood ...

Literary Tourism: Iowa

Unless you live in Iowa or have spent time living there, the small midwestern state probably only hits your radar ...