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Amanda Nelson

Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.

Confessions of a Newbie Independent Bookseller

A few months ago, I got an offer from a local indie bookstore (over Twitter!) to come work a few ...

On Literary Tattoos

Literary tattoos are strange. They brand you as a lover of this specific kind of art, of these specific words, ...

READING PATHWAYS: Jane Austen

Jane Austen wrote possibly the best, most biting and entertaining social commentary of the English middle and upper classes that ...

Top Ten Made-Up Literary Couples

Miss Liberty Hardy’s hilarious post “Literary Missed Connections” got me thinking about how my favorite literary characters would act if ...

Refreshing Children’s Books for Grown-Ups

One of the unexpected side effects of becoming a parent was that I ended up with 13,423 copies of Goodnight ...

Best of Book Riot: Late to the Party: A Harry Potter Experience

This week we’re running some of our favorite and most popular posts from our first three months.  __________________________ I don’t read ...

Tackling the TBR: A Review of Book Recommendation Websites

A case of What Do I Read Next can ruin the last chapter of whatever you’re currently trying to enjoy. ...

Reading Pathways: E.M. Forster

Reading Pathways is a regular Book Riot feature in which we suggest a three-book reading sequence for becoming acquainted with certain ...

Genre Kryptonite: Agatha Christie

After every five or six works of Very Serious Literary or Classic Fiction, I need a bookish palate cleanser- a ...

A Dangerous Method? The Influence of Twitter on a Reader

Authors are some of the best Tweeters. Their ability to create something poignant and brief makes the 140-character limit a ...