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Pride and Prejudice Meets Parks and Recreation: A Mashup Universally Acknowleged

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice and Parks and Recreation is the greatest mash-up of all time.

5 Bookish ‘Idea’ Videos That Will Blow Your Mind

Five videos from PBS Idea Channel with novel (har har) bookish conundrums.

“Get Me Neil on the Line”: A Peek at Neil Gaiman’s Friendship with Tori Amos

This post is part of our Neil Gaiman Reading Day: a celebration of one of our favorite authors on the occasion of the publication ...

Futuristic Fiction with Crossover Appeal: A Reading List

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead. In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by ...

The Narrative Magic of Picture Books: An Interview with Mac Barnett

If you don’t think picture books can be considered literary fiction, that Harold and the Purple Crayon is strictly child’s ...

17 Movies Starring Books

We’ve done movies starring libraries and movies starring bookstores, and now it is time for the final chapter in our ...

Riot Recommendation: Futuristic Fiction with Crossover Appeal

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead. In a futuristic world nearly ...

Literary Desserts for Your Bookish Sweet Tooth

As is true with all things, literary desserts are better than regular desserts. For those of you who are on ...

Read This, Then That: A GAME OF THRONES and IVANHOE

In Read This, Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. That A ...

Zooey Deschanel as Amelia Bedelia: A (Hypothetical) Match Made in Quirk Heaven

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most beloved characters in children’s literature, Peggy Parish’s Amelia Bedelia. As ...