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

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Judging Books By Their Covers: An Experiment

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Doing Time: Stories of Juvenile Delinquents

I finished watching Orange is the New Black a few weeks ago, and what really stuck with me was the way the ...

The End of Your Life Book Club: An Interview with Will Schwalbe

During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. ...

Who Said History Books Have to Be Boring?

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored byShakespeare’s Pub by Pete Brown. Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a ...

Reading Pathway: Helene Hanff

Don't know where to start when it comes to reading Helene Hanff? Why don't you start here...

2013 Pulitzers Announcement Live-Chat

This live-blog event is sponsored by Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan.  

Riot Asks: Jonathan Gottschall

Jonathan Gottschall teaches English and writes books at the intersection of science and art. His work has been featured in ...

Nonfiction for the Life and Times of MAD MEN

Sometime today, my fellow Book Riot contributors will be posting their book recommendations for the characters of Mad Men. Although ...

Reading About the Dead

One of the most common resolutions made by readers in the new year is to make more time for non-fiction. ...