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Paperback THE PALE KING Offers Brand New Wallace Writing

David Foster Wallace had quite a following before his suicide in 2008, but his posthumous success has turned the timbre ...

Say What? New Research Reveals English is Less Than 200 Years Old

On the heels of a recent study that contends our language is dying, some startling new research indicates that, in ...

Where Do You Stand on Posthumous Publishing?

The recent obits for Dmitri Nabokov, only child of notorious novelist Vladimir Nabokov, got me thinking about posthumous publishing. As ...

Poster for the new THE GREAT GATSBY movie

Gotta say…..dead on to these eyes. Cautiously, carefully, guardedly optimistic….. (Check out our Confidence Index for projections on the film’s ...

The Gathering Tablet Storm

As I wrote last week, I think the iPad represents the future of reading. While writing that review, I had ...

How to Tell Your “Honeyfuggle” from Your “Hooky Bob”

Back in the late 20th Century, during my college freshman orientation, we had a visit from a linguist specializing in ...

We Practice Charity: The Finalists

Book Riot is different. We donate 2% of all revenue to an organization nominated and voted upon by our readers. ...

Brand New Fairy Tales!

Fairy tales are Mythology for children. On the sometimes scary and always difficult path that leads to adulthood, Fairy tales ...

ON THE ROAD: First Trailer

Am I nuts or does this look pretty OK? Am I not as jaded and dead inside as I thought? ...

Bret Easton Ellis’ Twitter Notes on a Sequel To AMERICAN PSYCHO

Last night at about 1am Pacific Time, Bret Easton Ellis began a five-hour Twitter rave-session about his notes on a ...