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GENRE KRYPTONITE: Crazy Girl books

GENRE KRYPTONITE is a regular feature about genres we have an inexplicable weak spot for. Check out previous entries here. This installment ...

Genre Kryptonite: High School Investigations

GENRE KRYPTONITE is a regular feature about genres we have an inexplicable weak spot for. Check out previous entries here. ____________________________ Back ...

What Literary Journal Should I Read?

One of my reading goals for this year is to subscribe to a literary quarterly, but when it comes to ...

Why Print Is Here To Stay (A Not Anti-eBook Op/Ed)

Pop quiz: What percentage of the total book sales market do you think e-books currently comprise? Is it half e-books? ...

Required reading…for everybody?

Maybe it’s my I-took-a-lot-of-English-classes Stockholm syndrome talking, but I’ve always liked required reading lists. I’ve heard the criticisms leveled against ...

Five More Books to Look For in 2012

In service of my unwritten resolution to start the year without feeling like I’m already behind the eight ball, I ...

Best of Book Riot: GENRE KRYPTONITE: Stunt Memoirs

This week we’re running some of our favorite and most popular posts from our first three months. GENRE KRYPTONITE is a regular ...

Best of Book Riot: When Used Books Attack! (Banana Edition)

This week we’re running some of our favorite and most popular posts from our first three months.  __________________________ At the bookstore ...

5 Books I Missed Reading in 2011

One of the things that is most depressing about reading all of the best lists at the end of the ...

Best Books of 2011: The Superlatives

2012 quickly approaches, so Book Riot contributors are sharing some of the best books they read in 2011. Check out the ...