Books, Arts, and Culture

As I rewatch old seasons of The Great British Baking Show for the seventh (millionth?) time, I find myself especially drawn to the quirkier creations that...

2020 has been an excellent year for horror. And it makes sense if you think about it. With all of the horrifying things happening all around...

The instant New York Times bestseller from Del Rey Books. After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin, socialite Noemí Taboada heads to High Place,...

Today busyness has become a badge of honor. We want to say we’re busy, yet at the same time we feel exhausted. Instead, we should start...

From the award-winning author of Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Amazon Original Stories comes a powerful short story of becoming a mother. When Zikora, a DC...

Book Riot is teaming up with Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers, to give 10 lucky winners a bundle of all five of their Winter...

In 2018, Guinean asylum-seeker Aboubacar Soumah was presented with an opportunity to get out of immigration detention under the United States immigration bail bond system. The...

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Bryan Washington, Martin Amis, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn...

In 2008, on the precipice of the presidential contest between Barack Obama and John McCain that would hold the world in thrall, the late, great historian...

The day after that day, four years ago, was funereal. Most people I spoke to said it was like a funeral, and it was like a...