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Reading Pathways: Blake Nelson

I’ve been writing the Beyond the Bestsellers series here for a few months, and while I have a pile more ...

Reading Pathways: Nick Hornby

If I was to list my desert-island, all-time, top 5 favorite authors, Nick Hornby would be top of the list ...

Reading Pathways: MARY STEWART

Recently, novelist Mary Stewart died at the age of 97. I spent my early teen years reading—and then rereading—her novels, ...

Read Your Way Into New Authors with Oyster and START HERE

This post is sponsored by Oyster. Oyster offers readers the opportunity to browse thousands of titles whenever and wherever the ...

Never Stopped Doodling: An Interview with the Brothers Behind CRABTREE

This past year was the 15th anniversary of McSweeney’s, the publishing force that Slate called “the first bona fide literary ...

Reading Pathway: Margaret Atwood

This post is part of our Margaret Atwood Riot Reading Day, a celebration of one of our favorite authors on the occasion of ...

Ray Bradbury in His Own Words

Legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury would have celebrated his 93rd birthday on August 22. We are quite fond of ...

Reading Pathway: Helene Hanff

Like what you see in Reading Pathways? Back our book START HERE, Vol. 2 on Kickstarter to read your way into 25 amazing authors. ...

The Books That Helped Me Move On

This is a guest post by Caroline Leavitt. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Pictures ...

START HERE, Vol. 2 Write-In Giveaway: What Author Are You an Expert On?

Here at Riot Central, we’re in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to publishing the second book in our START HERE series, designed ...