What We Can Learn About the Pandemic from “The Plague”
A doctor who recognizes the first symptoms of an illness that threatens the population. Authorities who dismiss his warnings as fearmongering, until an epidemic is inevitable. A...
7 Novels About Grieving a Family Member
The absence of someone or something is as palpable as their presence. I’ve discovered this—quite painfully—in my own life as the daughter of Palestinian immigrants. Naturally,...
Cancer Is the Secret of This Company Town
“Twitchell”by Leah Hampton For the first half of Margie Pifer’s pottery lecture at the Arts Council picnic, Iva Jo Hocutt thought the Russian girl was asking...
A Novel About the Absurdity of the Gig Economy
It’s fitting—maybe even a little on-the-nose—that the last book I finished on my commute to work was Hilary Leichter’s Temporary. Now that my twice-daily train ride...
It’s Time to Take California Back from Joan Didion
Amado Vazquez, a Mexican botanist, named an orchid after Joan Didion. While that was a chic gesture, I don’t think of her as an orchid. I...
In Lydia Millet’s “A Children’s Bible,” the Kids Save the Parents from Apocalypse
Lydia Millet has always fought for the environment. She has written many books that take the natural world as their subject, but her signature approach is...
9 Diverse Books Set in the American West
Growing up in Baltimore, my world of Westerns was replete with white cowboys. When the idea for my novel Book of the Little Axe came to...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 16, 2020
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by our Robyn Carr Prize Pack giveaway, courtesy of Harlequin.com. Today’s Featured Deals $2.99Other People’s Houses by Abbi Waxman...
Chicago Public Library Calls Staff Back to Work, Plans Full Reopen June 1
Even after COVID-19 earned declaration as a pandemic and public health emergency, libraries made preparations for what that would mean. Many closed, shifting to digital work....
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 15, 2020
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by our 1-year Kindle Unlimited subscription giveaway, courtesy of Macmillan’s eDeals Newsletter. Enter now! Today’s Featured Deals $2.99Strange Practice...
