msmagazine / February 03, 2020

The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand will amplify stories of the creation, access, use and preservation of knowledge by women and girls around the world; share innovative projects and initiatives that focus on information, literacies, libraries and more; and, of course, talk about all of the books.

bookriot / February 07, 2020

INDIE PRESS ROUND-UP: FEBRUARY NEW RELEASES AND MORE I’m excited about the independent press books I have to share with you this month! Independent presses are putting out so many important books for our times. I didn’t plan this, but I ended up reading two books about Iran that explore key moments in the nation’s history and explore how people survive in chaotic times.

Glamours / March 17, 2020

The last Roaring Twenties gave us Agatha Christie's first novel, Virginia Woolf's first best-seller, and a little novel called The Great Gatsby. With the books on this list, it seems 2020 will kick off a decade in literature that's just as spectacular.

bookriot / January 13, 2020

Start the year off right with Book Riot’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020, our round-up of the most exciting new releases of the year. Preorder, add ’em to your TBR, and shout these titles from the rooftops!

Kirkus Reviews / November 15, 2019

This slender tale, Moon writes, is “a story about Texas, something that I’m writing in the name of a novel but something that is perhaps unnamable.” It’s a novel, yes, but one that builds on word association

Asian Review of Books / February 12, 2020

There are many novels by Western authors sojourning in Asia. Stories that go the other way around are as rare as hens’ teeth. The unnamed narrator in Jung Young Moon’s newly translated novel explains that the novel is “written by someone who doesn’t know much about Texas because he doesn’t know about Texas…”

The NewYork Times / November 26, 2019

MOBITUARIES: Great Lives Worth Reliving, by Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg. (Simon & Schuster, $29.99.) As he does in his podcast of the same name, Rocca here offers whimsical capsule biographies celebrating departed people and things, from poets to sports teams.

Houston Chronicle / October 27, 2019

Andy Griffiths: Will sign and discuss “The 117-Story Treehouse,” 5 p.m., Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial; 281-497-8675, bluewillowbookshop.com. Saeed Jones: Will sign and discuss “How We Fight for Our Lives,” 6:30 p.m., Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet; 713-523-0701,

bookriot / November 15, 2019

I’m excited about the great independent press books I’ve read in the last month. In the list below, you’ll find six books I’ve read and loved, plus six more I’m adding to my TBR list. My recommendations include several great conventionally-structured novels and one novel that’s basically someone’s thoughts (a favorite form of mine).

bookriot / November 26, 2019

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Magic for Liars, The Beautiful Ones, Cats Are a Liquid, and more great books for giving this holiday season. This episode was sponsored Yale University Press and Fabulous Monsters by Alberto Manguel, Bombas, and Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko.