Books, Arts, and Culture

Macron’s overhaul of pensions is a response to what the French conservative right has wanted to accomplish for two decades, without success. De Gaulle used to...

Sponsored by Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast Novel Gazing. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while...

It is 1348. Berna has stolen a book from her father’s library, and now she is getting the gardener to cut her a rose from the...

Until I was 19 years old, I thought I was white. Friends, strangers, and teachers always sensed that I was different, asking never-ending questions: “Where are...

An upbringing in a religiously robust household acquainted me very early on in life with the idea of cataclysm. Environmental destruction on an imperial, sometimes planetary,...

Ever wish one of those giant biographies had more pictures? I mean, Alexander Hamilton was a fascinating figure, but Chernow’s biography is massive, pages and pages...

When I was a kid, I was resistant to any recommendation of a book that adults told me kids my age liked. When I was first...

The Nobel Prize for Literature has long had a woman problem. Not only in the sexual assault allegations that led to the postponement of the 2018...

In 2019, I challenged myself to always have a book written by a Filipino writer in rotation. I like to juggle multiple books at a time...

To my friends with reading tastes opposite from mine: Thank you. I know how annoying it is when you pass a book off to me or...