Featuring illuminating biographies, hilarious essay collections, sweeping historical accounts, and more!
Every September the American Library Association celebrates the freedom to read with Banned Books Week, happening now, conveniently timed with our next
Thoughts on Amazon, e-books, and the future of how we read words.
Category #5 for the 2016 MMD Reading Challenge is “a book you should have read in school." This is the time to catch up on those classics (old and new)
If you're going to invest your time and energy in one long (long!) book, you want to make sure it's a good one, right? Here's my list of ten long books worth reading...
From the inspiring to the humorous, this is the ultimate list of memoirs.
These books worth reading--and reading again--are sure to become life-long favorites that you'll reread throughout your life.
24 Weird Book Titles So Strange They're Worth Reading - The internet has generated a huge amount of laughs from cats and FAILS. And we all out of cats.
These eye-opening reads will both challenge and inspire you to shift your perspective.
You're invited to the definitive book event of the year.
Books that are confusing for the sake of being *impressive* are annoying. These eight titles, while difficult to read, are worth your time and effort.
Here we go, book lovers. Announcing Book Riot's picks for the best books of 2023!
Poster
From Cheryl Strayed's Wild to Amy Poehler's Yes Please, these are the books you need to get through your own roaring twenties. Inspired by this post.
Hilarious & atmospheric new feel-good books. Immersive fiction reads that feel like hugs in book forms & will surely put you in a good mood.
You'd think that brilliant scientists and writers and world-leaders and business people would recommend non-fiction, business strategies, self-help guides, manuals, textbooks... but you'd be wrong. Here's a list of ten surprising book recommendations from brilliant minds.
From the desk of Syrie James: Amy Elizabeth Smith, an English professor at a private California university, uses her development leave to test a theory: how do Jane Austen’s novels resonate with re…
Featuring a mix of modern fiction, true stories, and timeless classics.
From Aldous Huxley to Steven Pinker, read a list of Israeli intellectual and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari's favorite book recommmendations.
It's 1940 and for newlywed Daisy Turner, Kew Gardens is a haven away from the bombs that are falling nightly on her East End home. She grew up around plants - her parents met when they were gardeners at Kew in the last war. And her work on the Dig For Victory campaign at Kew keeps her occupied while her husband Rex, is away in the RAF. Beth Sanderson works with Daisy at the gardens, but she dreams of being a doctor while juggling her gardening job with nursing shifts. And there's the added complication of her forbidden romance with her colleague, Gus Campbell. Gus is from Jamaica and it seems impossible for he and Beth to be together. But can they overcome the prejudice they're facing and build a life together? Meanwhile Louisa Armitage, who worked at Kew Gardens during the First World War, is feeling old and useless, having retired to the countryside. So she jumps at the chance to work with Kew again and rally the WI to get them involved in growing plants for medicines. With Daisy and Beth becoming minor celebrities and featuring in magazines and on newsreels, the Kew Gardens Girls are the talk of the town. But when tragedy strikes and Daisy's life is changed forever, it falls to her friends at Kew Gardens to step in and save her and her family. Before it's too late...
In 2016, I compiled a list of books I’m anticipating by women writers of color because, as a reader, writer, and occasional critic, I couldn’t find many such titles. If I was having trouble, I thought, then others surely were, too. Perhaps they’d also find the list useful. The first list was one of Electric […]
Explore the most hilariously funny books to read for adults. Read humorous novels, funny fiction books, mysteries, & fantasy stories.
Colin Marshall explores the allure of polyglotism and the perils of linguistic hegemony through “Lingo” and “Babel” by Gaston Dorren....
From beautifully written novels like 'Wellness' to moving memoirs such as 'My Father's Brain,' we have a book for everyone in this year's top picks.
How many books have you lied about reading? When I first encountered this question in a Buzzfeed post, I sat back in my chair and gave the question serious consideration. I haven't exactly lied about reading books, but I do talk about books I haven't read in my classroom. Is that the same thing? This post came across my news feed around the same time I picked up a book with an intriguing title from my library, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, by a French literature professor, Pierre Bayard. The author of this book is a literature professor as
I'd like to think that I'm a knowledgeable, sophisticated reader, who doesn't choose what to read (or not read) next based on whim and caprice. Of course
When you're looking for the most empowering books to read, start with these personal development books life coaches love.
"I was born with a reading list I will never finish." —Maud Casey
We’ve had a lot of fun---and some debate---lately with reading lists from people like Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and even Marilyn Monroe (via her library). And we’ve featured undergraduate syllabi from the teaching days of David Foster Wallace and W.H. Auden.
I always thought it was pretty self-explanatory that you should read the introduction first. I mean, it introduces the text, right? If you weren't supposed to read it first, why would they put it there?
Here are 10 of Bill Gates’s favorite eclectic and tasteful books — and why he loved them in his own words.
When I can't be off exploring other countries I like to read about them. My favourite places to read about are ones that might not necessarily be high on my travel list but fully immerse you in a foreign way of life and introduce you to new cultures and traditions. Here are a few honourable mentions
Critical theory is not hard for students to grasp when it is explained well. These are the best books to introduce students to literary theory and criticism.
"What are the best books about Ancient History?" We consulted 18 articles and 221 books to answer that very question.
This banned books reading challenge includes sixteen of the most frequently banned books from the last two decades, as recorded by the American Library Association...
My book goal to read and listen to this year is 25 books. I've already completed 8 in January so I am WELL on my way! This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger // I listened to this on audible. It was easy for me to get swept up in the story pretty quickly. I
Read our list of books that have made us more curious, inspired and creative at IDEO U.
These charming books are perfect to read if you're feeling stuck or unsure where to go next in life – especially if you're crazing coziness, simplicity, and a slower pace of life.
I’m sharing 10 of the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to! 🎧 All of these titles are more enjoyable in this format, so grab your headphones and get to listening! 📚
Discover surreal & weird books where beautiful prose entwines with bizarre worlds that challenge the bounds of reality and imagination.
Hilarious & atmospheric new feel-good books. Immersive fiction reads that feel like hugs in book forms & will surely put you in a good mood.
Stacks on stacks on stacks.
Looking for some more books to read this upcoming fall with back to school looming? Then, read on here to see what 5 books I recommend to read this fall.
Many people believe that some books are too graphic to be taught in primary or secondary education. But does this negatively affect the students' learning?
Our family's absolute favorite books for early elementary including picture books, early readers, early chapter books, and read-alouds
