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I Am Conflicted About Elizabeth Gilbert

I was walking the floor at Book Expo America (BEA) all by my lonesome, in between appointments and maybe staring ...

7 Books You Should Never Give Out On A First Date

This month, my girlfriend and I celebrated our one year anniversary. And as part of our little celebration, I took ...

5 Books on the Business of Books

If you were following Book Riot on Instagram last week, you know that many of the contributors were in New York ...

Reading Outside Your Comfort Zone

We each have libraries that reflect our characteristic interests. I have a lot of George Eliot. I have a lot ...

Books to Read After a Break-Up

Breakups suck. Always. No matter whose fault it is – if it even is anyone’s fault – they just suck. ...

Self-Help Books That Rock

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Smile at Strangers by Susan Schorn. Susan Schorn led an anxious life. For no ...

What to Read Through Your Quarter-Life Crisis (The Best of Book Riot)

Much of the good ship Book Riot is off at Book Expo America this week, so we’re running some of ...

Riot Recommendation: Self-Help Books That Rock

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Smile at Strangers by Susan Schorn. Susan Schorn led an anxious life. ...

I Bribed a Librarian to Pick Out Books (The Best of Book Riot)

Much of the good ship Book Riot is off at Book Expo America this week, so we’re running some of ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in May

We’re posting early this month as we prepare to go into “Best of Book Riot” mode for Memorial Day and Book ...