Laura Sackton is a queer book nerd and freelance writer, known on the internet for loving winter, despising summer, and going overboard with extravagant baking projects. In addition to her work at Book Riot, she reviews for BookPage and AudioFile, and writes a weekly newsletter, Books & Bakes, celebrating queer lit and tasty treats. You can catch her on Instagram shouting about the queer books she loves and sharing photos of the walks she takes in the hills of Western Mass (while listening to audiobooks, of course).
Ever see a book and now it'd translate so well to another format? Here are a few nonfiction books that would be phenomenal as comics, like South to America by Imani Perry.
From new releases to books to celebrate National Poetry Month and Ramadan, here are all the queer books recs you need for spring!
The retellings classics inspire can be glorious. Here are a few reasons why they may even be better than the original stories.
I read more slowly now, and I've come to value books not just for the experience of reading them, but for the passages I collect from them.
I haven't fallen out of love. I've just stopped being able to appreciate the thing I love.
Okay, so I only made if four a half days without reading. But it sure felt l like a week, and here's what I learned.
Eight books that beautifully blend languages across cultures, including America Is Not The Heart.
These gorgeous postcards celebrate the lives and legacies of inspiring writers and activists like James Baldwin and Virginia Woolf.
Foodies and book lovers rejoice! Here is a variety of goodies to make your kitchen decidedly more bookish.
Here's everything you need to create the perfect bookish table, whether that's an elegant table, a very silly one, or something in between.