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The Best of Book Riot: The Four Bookish Apps You Need to Have Right Now

 This week we’re running some of our favorite and most popular posts from our first three months.  __________________________ I admit ...

A Topic for Brunch: The Portmanteau

Brunch: It’s not breakfast, it’s not lunch; it’s neither, and both. I’m not talking about what you order—that’s totally up ...

Resolved: The “Nym Wars”

This is just further proof that the solution to all of the world’s problems can be found in fiction. On ...

The Four Bookish Apps You Need to Have Right Now

I admit it, I’m a fiend for finding apps that make my life easier. Since getting the iPad (and now ...

The History of Words—in 100 Words

We all love to make lists—from what we need “to do” to what we think of the world around us, ...

Judging A Reader By Their Cover

When the great Venn diagrams of this world are drawn, and what a day that will be, one of the ...

Steve Jobs, Champion of the (Type)Written Word

The news this week, ever since Wednesday’s passing of Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs at the age of 56, has ...

Why Bob Dylan Will Win the Nobel Prize

Over the last twenty-four hours or so, the odds of Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize tomorrow have moved from ...

Uncollected Thoughts on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy

Like boatloads of others, I have torn through the first two novels in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy and has already pre-ordered the final chapter. ...