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What Do Readers Really Want From Literary Adaptations?

Readers have strong feelings about film adaptations of their favorite books, but what do we really want to see on the big screen?

Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Books and Authors You Had to Read in High School

This is a guest post by our current Rioter in Residence, Kevin Smokler. Kevin is the author of forthcoming essay collection ...

What Next? 3 Books Like THE GREAT GATSBY To Read After

These three books like The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald should keep you reading, borne back ceaselessly into the library.

Best of Book Riot: Gatsby in Real Life

As an avid reader of nonfiction, my first impulse after finishing a book like The Great Gatsby, a classic American novel ...

Best of Book Riot: On “Bad” Words in Good Literature

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six months. We’ll ...

Watch the New GREAT GATSBY Trailer

Does this give you the ooh-la-la?

Thoughts on GATZ, An 8-Hour Theatrical Reading of THE GREAT GATSBY

(The Elevator Repair Service‘s production of Gatz is an event that has spent over a decade in development. It’s played in ...

Literary Inception: Two Great Books About Books

I’m into books. So much so that I own more than one book about books. Yes, that’s right, books about ...

5 Awesome, Fun, and Totally Weird Literary “Call Me Maybe” Covers

This trend won’t seem to die, so in the spirit of “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” we present ...

Pap! Bad Quotes from Gatsby

These past few weeks, we’ve been splashing around in the milk of wonder, sharing our favorite quotes from THE GREAT ...