Book news itself wasn’t something we did much when Book Riot first started, but it has become and important part of what we do: from the Book Riot Podcast to Today in Books to Literary Activism and so on. Some stories come and go, but there are some stories that are part of fundamental questions […]
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The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa on December 7, 2021 Genres: Fiction / Animals, Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary, Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / Magical Realism Pages: 208 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Books have tremendous power.” Natsuki Books was a tiny second-hand bookshop on the edge of town. Inside, towering shelves […]
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The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa on December 7, 2021 Genres: Fiction / Animals, Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary, Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / Magical Realism Pages: 208 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Books have tremendous power.” Natsuki Books was a tiny second-hand bookshop on the edge of town. Inside, towering shelves […]
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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore on July 2, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Family Life / General, Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Psychological Pages: 496 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods is a book that has a little bit of everything so I think this book […]
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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross on April 4, 2023 Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “I think there is a magical link between you and me. A bond that not even distance can break.” When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, […]
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The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson on April 30, 2024 Genres: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State, History / United States / 19th Century, History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Pages: 592 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads Where are my history buffs that also like a good […]
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EVERY DAY I READ
“I still can’t believe I wrote and published an essay collection spurred solely by my love for reading.” Readers of this book might feel the same way. Filled with breathless pleasure, this clutch of essays by Korean author Hwang (Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, 2022) hovers between the trite and the profound. Big books take […]
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FROSTLINES
National Geographic writer Shea has traveled throughout the far north and illuminates it with an emphasis on climate change. He concentrates on lands from northern Canada to Norway, which are warming three or four times more rapidly than temperate regions. The heat is destroying the Arctic cryosphere—sea ice, snow, permafrost, weather patterns, and ocean currents […]
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THIS YEAR
Too often, lyrics collections can be little more than keepsakes for fans, easily thrown together and presented without any context or new material. That was never going to be the case for Darnielle—the indie folk musician has always had a strong literary bent, as evidenced by his three well-received novels, Wolf in White Van (2014), […]
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BELLYRINA
In this installment of the Dancing Ever After series, young Peter enjoys a beautiful morning alongside friends Milo the Cat, Ren the Bird, and Roxy the Duck. Suddenly, “a HUNGRY WOLF with a grumbly tummy” swoops in, swallowing Roxy and chasing the others until Peter captures it. A large sneeze launches Roxy out of the […]