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Write Place, Write Time: Erica Jong

I love to write early in the morning when the whole world is quiet except for the birds. Whether in ...

War Books: The Latest and Best

Coming in the wake of the ciritcal success of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk are a few other Iraq books ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers, August 26-31, 2012

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch!  

Write Place, Write Time: Lee Woodruff

This is my office in our cottage on Lake George. It’s paneled in warm wood and the shelves are filled ...

Fly Me to the Moon: Books About Space Firsts

This is a guest post from Christina Oppold. Christina believes the best reading lives are lived off the couch by turning books ...

Riot Round Up: The Best Books We Read in August

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction and nonfiction, books for ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: August 28, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers, August 19-24, 2012

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch!  

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: August 21, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

Advanced Citizenship: A Reading List for Becoming an Informed Voter

In the opening sequence of the first episode of The Newsroom, the main character, newsman Will McAvoy, is asked the ...