7 Books About Forgotten Wars
I grew up with the stories of my grandfather’s heroism as an airman in World War II. He jumped out of a burning B-17 bomber over...
Laotian Refugees Take Center Stage in “How to Pronounce Knife”
Often in literature, a refugee’s narrative ends with their arrival to a Western country, grateful and full of hope for a better future. But what happens...
The New Generation of Holocaust Memoirs
I was first introduced to the monsters when I was very young. They were rarely spoken of and yet always present. As the grandchild of Holocaust...
2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist Announced
Celebrating excellence, originality, and accessibility in writing by women in English from across the world and now in its 25th year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction...
A HUNGER GAMES Prequel Movie Is Moving Forward At Lionsgate
Get ready to go back to Panem because we have just heard that a Hunger Games film is in the works. Before the novel even hits...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 21, 2020
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99Evening in Paradise by Lucia Berlin Get This Deal $1.99The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura Get...
The Beginner’s Guide to the X-Men Characters
The X-Men have a seminal role in my comic reading experience. Created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee for Marvel Comics in 1963, the team of...
Fighting Back With Books: 5 Nonfiction Works that Challenge COVID-19-Inspired Racism
In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in the history of humanity. Yet in an ugly and sinister way, COVID-19 is nothing new....
9 Superpowers We’d Love to Have in Our Present Day Reality
A big chunk of the wish-fulfillment aspect of most genre media (sci-fi, fantasy, horror) involves inviting you to fantasize about how you would use your own...
Right-Wing Extremists Appear to Be Circulating 25,000 Stolen WHO, NIH Passwords and Emails
The Washington Post reports that 25,000 email addresses and passwords, allegedly from the World Health Organization (WHO), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Gates Foundation, and...
