Back in July, Tirzah Price wrote an article for Book Riot that asks an important question: does solving the mystery make a difference? Ever since, I’ve been thinking about my relationship with mysteries, especially murder mysteries, and what the answer is for me. In order to be good, a mystery depends on several things, and
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by Maxine Beneba Clarke ; illustrated by Maxine Beneba Clarke ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 14, 2021 The author of The Patchwork Bike (illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd, 2016) writes to children about the meaning of the phrase Black Lives Matter. Pastel illustrations, also by Clarke, on dark, textured paper are paired with oversized, contrasting text
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Grand Central Publishing and Iris Johansen’s HIGH STAKES All bets are off as #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces gambler Logan Tanner. He lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, but all the glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor—a world that comes rushing back to
by Maxine Beneba Clarke ; illustrated by Maxine Beneba Clarke ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 14, 2021 The author of The Patchwork Bike (illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd, 2016) writes to children about the meaning of the phrase Black Lives Matter. Pastel illustrations, also by Clarke, on dark, textured paper are paired with oversized, contrasting text
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by Maxine Beneba Clarke ; illustrated by Maxine Beneba Clarke ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 14, 2021 The author of The Patchwork Bike (illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd, 2016) writes to children about the meaning of the phrase Black Lives Matter. Pastel illustrations, also by Clarke, on dark, textured paper are paired with oversized, contrasting text
Book Twitter loves jumping on a meme and making it literary, and I am here for it. This meme started in 2019, but it gained popularity in September of 2021. It satirizes the performative unfollowing/softblocking of problematic people on Twitter by taking it to the extreme: “Oof, okay, softblocking now. Followed him for his jokes,
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From the Red Queen series , Vol. 1 by Victoria Aveyard ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 10, 2015 Amid a war and rising civil unrest, a young thief discovers the shocking power within her that sparks a revolution. At 17, Mare knows that without an apprenticeship or job, her next birthday will bring a conscription to
Opponents of “Critical Race Theory” have had a field day over the last few months. In Florida, a June law forbid the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in classrooms, and throughout the rest of the country, parents, community members, and lawmakers have worked to eliminate materials from classrooms — both that which is curriculum
BookClubbish Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to give away a copy of Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian and a $100 gift card to Bookshop.org to one lucky winner. Simply fill out the form and subscribe to the BookClubbish newsletter for a chance to win! Grandparents’ Day is celebrated this weekend in the
A CARTOON COLLECTION by Steve Martin illustrated by Harry Bliss ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 17, 2020 The veteran actor, comedian, and banjo player teams up with the acclaimed illustrator to create a unique book of cartoons that communicates their personalities. Martin, also a prolific author, has always been intrigued by the cartoons strewn throughout the
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It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week, though, so stick around until the end for some more Book Riot resources for keeping
The technological future promises to be a dark one—unless, as the authors insist, technology is pressed into the service of doing no harm, as once promised. Media technology often taps the worst in our instincts, driving misinformation, exploiting gullibility, and even inciting violence. The authors, Stanford professors and longtime familiars in Silicon Valley, assert that
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I recently read Casper ter Kuile’s The Power of Ritual, a book about how to create everyday rituals, especially in the context of secular spirituality. It got me thinking about the rituals that exist in my life, and I soon realized that bookish rituals are a major part of my mental and emotional well-being. Reading,
by George Takei & Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott ; illustrated by Harmony Becker ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 16, 2019 A beautifully heart-wrenching graphic-novel adaptation of actor and activist Takei’s (Lions and Tigers and Bears, 2013, etc.) childhood experience of incarceration in a World War II camp for Japanese Americans. Takei had not yet started