Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves mysteries, gothic lit, mythology/folklore, and all things witchy. Vanessa can be found on Instagram at @BuenosDiazSD or taking pictures of pretty trees in Portland, OR, where she now resides.
This week on All the Backlist, Vanessa discusses some books that she meant to recommend in October! She shares two ghost stories and a witchy book for fall reading and beyond: one middle grade, one YA, and one adult.
'Tis the season for gourd-flavored joy.
I don’t know when I would have learned about this aspect of Mexican history if reading LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE had not sent me in search of it.
What nonfiction are you looking forward to this fall?
Please share any other resources in the comments!
This week, Vanessa shares three mysteries set at schools for some back-to-school vibes.
Which magical realism books are you looking forward to reading?
Scams, witches, and poetic puppetry. Ah yes, joy.
Who knew books about a precocious kid sleuth with a passion for poison would make me cry?