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Advice from Women Comedians of Color

What one reader learned from reading books by women comedians of color.

8 Books (and Advice) to Gift a Recent Graduate

Not sure what to give the graduate in your life? Try this thoughtful idea and send your best advice with your favorite book.

5 Irreverent Self-Help Books

You could make friends and influence people, or your could Calm the F*ck Down.

The Definitive Guide to Picking Up Women at a Bookstore

First, walk up to the bookstore clerk and say, “Hello, can you direct me to Toni Morrison.”

The 12-Book Program: A Holiday Survival Guide

Everyone’s most-anticipated and most-dreaded holidays are right around the corner. And, people, we need to be ready. These books can help.

A Useful List of Books About Depression by Someone Being Treated For Chronic Depression

Like just about everyone, I was saddened to hear of Robin Williams’s death. As someone who has been treated for ...

Helping Ourselves: Rioters’ Favorite Self-Help Books

From relationships to careers to just living, Book Rioters share our favorite self-help books.

Riot Recommendation: Self-Help Books That Rock

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Smile at Strangers by Susan Schorn. Susan Schorn led an anxious life. ...

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 ...