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5 Books to Watch for In May

It seems like there were a ton of great books out in April, so many that I didn’t finish nearly ...

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

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

World Book Night: If You Had One Book to Give

World Book Night has made me wonder: If you had one book to give away to strangers, which would it be? But trying to find the answer left me feeling silly.

Giveaway: DOLLARS AND SEX

Enough with The Rules, the “he’s just not that into you,” and the declaration that men and women are from ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: April 23, 2013

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. The ...

Fresh Ink: New Books Out Today: April 23, 2013

Food! Fiction! Humor! Self-help! Get some variety in your reading life with today’s new releases. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation ...

Let’s Bring Back These Words and Phrases

Last week, in a giveaway sponsored by Chronicle Books and Let’s Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition, we asked you to share ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Trailers – April 13-19, 2013

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch!     ...

8 Blogs That Helped Rid the World of Terrible Books

In the decade since Julie & Julia and PostSecret first spawned their little army of blog babies, blogs-turned-books have become ...

Staycation Reading: Because You Can’t Always Get Away

I live in a state with a beach, but I can never seem to get away. It was cloudy at ...