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#Science Fiction/Fantasy

Space! Dragons! Space dragons (that’s a thing)! Welcome to the sci-fi and fantasy corner of Book Riot, where we discuss the best fantasy book series (and best fantasy books that standalone–yes, those do exist), YA sci-fi, science fiction books for kids, cozy sci-fi (also a thing!), and more. Grab your sword and hop in the spaceship: let’s get reading.

Top Ten Alternate Taglines for THE HOBBIT

A few weeks ago, we showed you the awesome “Second breakfast is the best breakfast” mugs from the even-awesomer folks ...

Testifying for Fan-Fiction

  So these two writers walk into a bar, right? And neither of them is a horse or anything but ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers – October 6-12, 2012

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

Let the Actor Who Played Gollum Read You THE HOBBIT…In Gollum Voice!

I mean, AMAZING.

Announcing Kurt Vonnegut Day

Earlier this year, we celebrated the release of Home with a whole day of posts about Toni Morrison. Well, another ...

New Takes on Old Stories

This Riot Recommendation is sponsored by The Well of Tears by Robert Trahan. More than five centuries after Camelot, a new king ...

5 Movies That Are Better Than the Book

If book people were going to pick a mantra, a good candidate would be, “the book is always better than ...

Happy Birthday, Frank Herbert: “The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.”

Required Reading: Ray Bradbury’s Last Essay

The release of The Best American Nonrequired Reading anthology is always a highlight of my reading year. This year, it’s more ...

Movie-To-Book Recommendation Engine: THE WOMAN IN BLACK

This time, when we turn the crank on the Movie-to-Book Recommendation Engine, what falls out is a lot of magic, ...