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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MURDER IN MINIATURE
Her work as a consultant to the local police, along with what she earns selling custom-made dollhouses, has helped widowed Maple Bishop stabilize her financial situation. But it’s clear that the miniature crime scene recreations that she makes for Elderberry Sheriff Sam Scott are a source not only of income but of professional pride and […]
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A STEEPING OF BLOOD
Arthie Casimir and her brother, Jin, managed to uncover the real identity of—and steal a ledger with incriminating evidence about—the Ram, monarch of Ettenia, but their crew, a mix of vampires and humans, is irrevocably changed. The revelation of a secret leads to a rift between the siblings, the Ram is still in power, and […]
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UNDER THE DRAGON’S SHADOW
It’s 1978, and Jon Fenton, the courier for New York City’s notorious Flying Dragons gang, is on the run. After getting wind of gang leader Sifu Qiu’s plan to kill him, he took the money he was supposed to deliver and faked his own death. However, the gang still wants a measure of revenge, and […]
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THE PATCHWORK CLOAK OF KAMAL BEY
Zada opens his memoir with a terrifying scene: Yanked off a bus at a military roadblock on the way to Mardin, Turkey, in 2015, the seasoned journalist wondered if the men with semiautomatic weapons would ever let him go. The author then flashes back to his very first trip to “the East” at age 24, […]