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Happy Record Store Day: An Ode to Nick Hornby’s HIGH FIDELITY

When it comes to music, everyone has that album they can listen to over and over again, without ever getting ...

Book Recommendations for Television Characters: House of Cards

A while ago I did book recs for the characters of New Girl and Girls. I do believe there are ...

Favorite TV Characters Who Love Books

Reading has always been important to me for all the reasons: learning, escapism, comfort, grad school, hipness, what have you. ...

Boats Against the Current: A GREAT GATSBY/ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Mash-up

Two of the year’s most highly anticipated events are the The Great Gatsby movie and the return of Arrested Development. ...

Book Recommendations For Television Characters: Parks and Recreation

We’ve done book recs for the characters of several TV shows on Book Riot and now we take on a ...

Anne Carson and Edward Hopper’s “Room in Brooklyn”: The Poetry of Art

Anne Carson's "Hopper: Confessions"--Edward Hopper's "Room in Brooklyn" and ekphrastic poetry.

A Compendium of Literary References on The Simpsons: Season 1

If you asked me to name the most literate / literary sitcom of all time, I would have to begin ...

Novelizations of 90s Nickelodeon Shows: A Wish List

Recently, the world learned that 90s Nickelodeon show Clarissa Explains it All is returning in book form. Creator of the ...

Sorting GAME OF THRONES Characters into Hogwarts Houses

I’m a book nerd, which I’m sure you’re only mildly surprised to learn given the site you’re on, reading a ...

Live-Blog the Mad Men Season Premier with Us!

Here at the Riot, we love pop culture just as much as we love books (and that’s a whole lot). Many ...