Yesterday, Oprah announced that she is reviving her book club, which had been dormant for the last two years. The first pick of Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 (they said it, I didn’t) is Wild by C...
There is an entire cottage industry built upon writers churning out articles and guides and essays about the benefits and how-to’s of self-publishing. Notice, nearly all of those articles incl...
Here are the most popular book trailers from last week on BookRiot.tv. Click on the cover to watch: You just finished reading The Best of BookRiot.tv: May 28 - June 1, 2012! Consider leaving a commen...
Our most popular posts from the week that was… 12 and up: The latter-day adventures of a certain boy wizard, any instance of a girl and her beloved helping each other through Difficult Life Cir...
But in a nod to the millions of readers who have abandoned print books for e-books, Ms. Winfrey has updated the club with digital and social-media elements. The e-book versions of the selected book, ...
Last week, I asked for book recommendations to feed my need to read about food, cooking, and the eating life. You Riot readers did not let me down! Here’s a round-up of the books you suggested ...
News came this week that Stephen King’s next novel, Joyland, will initially only be available as a print edition. King said that the decision is a throwback: “I also loved the paperbacks ...
Details continue to emerge about a possible film adaptation for Jonathan Tropper’s fantastic 2009 novel This Is Where I Leave You. When I caught Tropper at a reading in July 2010, he’d fi...
Fans of Flowchart Friday, I have to tell you that Flowchart Friday will be on hiatus for the next six weeks, as your friendly neighbourhood flowchart maker is off to the UK to herd a pack of 18-and-1...
Boy does the internet like a list. And boy, does the bookish internet love a book list. Here’s a round-up of recent bookish lists that caught our attention. See previous installments here. At NPR, 15...
Yes, things slow down a little in the summer for the book publishing industry. But for most readers, that’s not a problem–it offers time to catch up! However, even if you’re reading...
The new divide is such a cause of concern for the Federal Communications Commission that it is considering a proposal to spend $200 million to create a digital literacy corps. This group of hundreds,...
One of the reasons I love The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd is the insane cleverness of the hardcover version’s design. The edges of the pages read “good is dead” if you fan the edges...
Today’s question comes from our own Liberty Hardy. She asked on Twitter yesterday: So…what authors have you yet to tackle that you would like to try? And why haven’t you tried yet? ...
This week, Name That Author! is sponsored by Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier. About Ruby Red: Gwyneth Shepherd’s sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling thr...
Riot reader Margot Wood is in search of audiobook recommendations for an upcoming roadtrip. She posted on our Facebook page: This is for a road trip from Cali to Calgary my Mom and 23 year old sister...
I don’t usually fantasize about being in someone else’s shoes. No green-tinged daydreams about what life would be like if I could be Cate Blanchett, Jeff Tweedy, Zaha Hadid, or Laird Hamilton for a d...
We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and more. Some are old, some are new, and some aren’t even out yet. Enjoy...
I must be being a REALLY good girl this year because Santa brought me Christmas early last week with The Great Gatsby trailer starring Baz Luhrman trying too hard and Leonardo DiCaprio’s hair, ...
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I have some theories about why the Sherlock-like figure is such an enduring character template, but before that, let’s take a few minutes to examine the history and inner-workings of Sherlock Holmes....
We love our readers, and we love what they have to say just as much. Here are some of our favorite comments from the week that was. “I have a serious self-loathing problem with Dan Brown going ...
Time now to reveal the answer to last week’s Name That Author!. But first a recap of the clues: 1.Winston Churchill wrote an obituary for my father. 2. I once received a hand-written note from ...
I’m thinking lately about the unique joy I get from revisiting cultural touchstones of my past and seeing them with new eyes (okay, this time around it’s because I’m watching Dawson...
Welcome to another installment of [North] American Literature[s], in which Dr. B and I invite American readers to step across their borders, if only to fill their bookshelves. I know. We teased ̶...
In this installment of our new feature, we talk about the bookstore of the future with…a futurist. David Houle is a strategist and keynote speaker who is consistently ranked as one of the top f...
There are so many rich, compelling dystopias in fiction that it can be a tough to keep them all straight. The good folks at Crown publishing, as part of their launch of the paperback version of Ready...
Have to admit, I have a weak spot for movie musicals, especially ones based on books. I think this is exactly want I want it to be, big, beautiful, and wildly sentimental. Click here to view the embe...
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