nonfiction

Living Up to My Word: On Book Organization

In one of my first Book Riot posts, I wrote about how Frank Portman taught me not to hoard books. ...

The Well-Readheads: Darkness Readable

LH: In our last conversation, we talked about memoirs, and you mentioned you had a weakness for mental health-related memoirs, ...

Genre Kryptonite: Memoirs About Books

When I first started trying to figure out how to talk about this particular genre kryptonite, my first impulse was ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: April 24, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting popular titles that are freshly out in paperback. * ...

Earth: A Real Classic

Earth Day. It is day to celebrate our home planet—which, depending on your scientific/religious perspective is now anywhere from about ...

Riot Recommendation: Nonfiction with a Side of Self-Help?

I recently fell ass-over-teakettle in love with Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit, which combines social history with a research-based ...

Meet Our Writers: Kim Ukura

We have a bunch of crazy-passionate book folk writing here at Book Riot, and we want you to get to ...

When Literary Opposites Attract

People often ask me — since I’m always reading more than one book at once — how do you keep ...

Best of Book Riot: When Used Books Attack: Banana Edition

Today is Book Riot’s half-birthday–that’s right, we’re six months old today. To celebrate, we’re running our ten most popular posts today. Hope ...

Riot Asks: Deborah Copaken Kogan

Our second “Riot Asks” reading-centric Q&A features the versatile photographer, memoirist, and fiction writer Deobrah Copaken Kogan, whose newly released ...