Bookish Events Welcome to Kurt Vonnegut Day! Rebecca Joines Schinsky Oct 30, 2012 Rebecca Joines Schinsky Chief of Staff Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the Chief of Staff for Riot New Media Group and a co-host of the Book Riot Podcast. She can be reached at rebecca@riotnewmedia.com. View All posts by Rebecca Joines Schinsky Kurt Vonnegut is having a moment. His letters are being published today, and a book containing some of his never-before-published fiction came out earlier this month. We love him too, here at the Riot, so we’re hopping on the Vonnegut train to spend a day celebrating one of our favorite authors. Kurt Vonnegut Day Table of Contents Pour another cup of coffee and kick off your day with a special edition of Critical Linking in which it’s all Vonnegut, all the time. Behold! A gallery of the first-edition covers of all Kurt Vonnegut’s novels. Been a while since you read Slaughterhouse-Five? Brush up with two Rioters who re-read it together. Tell one Vonnegut virgin where to start with his novels. A collection of audio, video, and interviews gives you Vonnegut in his own words. Giveaways! Win the Slaughterhouse-Five t-shirt or new book with never-before-published fiction, and you’ll swear that everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. Everybody loves a list! We have three kickin’ Top Tens for you: Ten Vonnegut-Centric Sites to help you fall down the happiest of internet rabbit holes Top Ten Weird Facts about Kurt Vonnegut, himself a legendary weirdo Kurt Vonnegut’s ten best appearances in pop culture You Might Also Like The New York Times' Best Books of the Year So Far Mystery Series from Around the World Six Romances That Perfectly Execute a Bonkers Premise 12 Book Club Picks For May 2025 The Best New Book Releases Out May 13, 2025 The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week